| Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease. An | | | | treat rheumatoid arthritis can be quite severe. Is |
| autoimmune disease is when our immune system | | | | there any way out? Alternative medicine and natural |
| turns on the body that hosts it and systematically | | | | cures for arthritis can help cure rheumatoid arthritis at |
| tries to destroy it by attacking healthy body tissue | | | | the source. |
| such as the joints (rheumatoid arthritis), muscles | | | | Of course there are many options in alternative |
| (fibromyalgia), pancreas (type 1 diabetes) or nerves | | | | medicine for alleviating pain, but the main aim is to |
| (multiple sclerosis). | | | | deal with the cause of arthritis which in most cases is |
| Think of the immune system as a huge army of | | | | a weak immune system. So what's the best thing we |
| white blood cells ready to defend our body against | | | | can do to strengthen our immune systems? |
| attack by outside invaders such as germs, bacteria, | | | | Get sufficient sleep - There's nothing more draining |
| viruses and parasites (also known as antigens) It | | | | on the immune system than a sleep deprived body. |
| does this by producing antibodies which fight against | | | | Everyone has different sleep needs, make sure |
| these external parasites. Rheumatoid Arthritis is | | | | you're getting enough sleep time for you. |
| caused by our immune system mistakenly identifying | | | | Improve your diet - This is one of the best ways to |
| our joints as external parasites (antigens), causing it | | | | give your immunity a boost! We can use up a lot of |
| to attack and destroy the tissues that line bone | | | | energy just digesting the foods we eat. Eat plenty of |
| joints and cartilage. This as we know causes pain and | | | | fresh foods and cut down on junk and processed |
| inflammation. So why does this happen? | | | | foods. |
| It's because our immune system is compromised. Our | | | | Take a supplement - Mainstream medicine is fond of |
| modern lifestyle puts more and more stress on our | | | | telling us that food alone can give us all the nutrients |
| immune system. Drugs, infections, smoking, hormone | | | | we need. Well it probably could if we knew what to |
| inbalances, lack of exercise and stress all play a role, | | | | eat and in what quantities. |
| whereas our diets do nothing to help. No wonder our | | | | Added to the fact that we're not all nutrition experts, |
| immunity is struggling to cope! | | | | our soils are depleted of natural nutrients owing to |
| A healthy immune system is vital for a healthy and | | | | over-cultivation, chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Our |
| vigorous life. More and more these days we are | | | | food is sometimes stored for months in cold storage, |
| hearing of the increase of autoimmune diseases such | | | | allowing nutrients to leak out. Just take a supplement! |
| as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, | | | | Get plenty of exercise - You knew I was going to |
| guillain-barre syndrome and type 1 diabetes. If medical | | | | say that, didn't you? Exercise increases oxygen into |
| science has taken such great strides in the research | | | | the bloodstream, releases endorphins, the "feel-good" |
| and discovery of breakthrough knowledge and | | | | hormones and helps to build the muscles that support |
| medicines, why do we seem to be getter sicker and | | | | your joints. |
| sicker by the year? | | | | This has been a very brief venture into the ways to |
| Well conventional medicine focus more on treating | | | | boost our immune health to help prevent or alleviate |
| the symptoms rheumatoid arthritis, than focusing on | | | | autoummune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The |
| the prevention and possible cure of this debilitating | | | | spin-offs are fewer diseases like cold and flu and |
| disease. The side effects of medical drugs used to | | | | more energy to do the things we enjoy. |