| Arthritis dates back to prehistoric times and is seen | | | | structure at the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis occurs in |
| all through the ages in the joints of the skeleton | | | | people of all ages. As this arthritis progresses it can |
| remains. | | | | becomes crippling. |
| Most of you will have problems with your joints and | | | | Rheumatoid arthritis is a recent disease, which |
| it may be arthritis. Arthritis is associated with aging | | | | appeared at the turn of the 20th Century. Its cause |
| but it is not caused because you are aging. Arthritis is | | | | can be associated with diet where the balance of the |
| caused by the body not been fed the proper | | | | joint structure receives chemicals that destroy its |
| nutrients that keep your joints health and free of | | | | balanced condition. |
| wear and tear. | | | | Gouty Arthritis |
| There are plenty of joints in your body and typically | | | | Gout is a disease where uric acid deposits in the |
| there are only specific joints that have arthritic pain. | | | | joints of feet and legs. When the body has an |
| Those are the ones that you use frequently. For | | | | excess of uric acid, which it can't eliminate through |
| men it is knees, spine, and feet. For women it is | | | | normal channels of elimination- the kidney - the uric |
| fingers, hands, knees, and spine. | | | | acid settles in the joints and soft tissue causing pain. |
| Arthritis means inflammation of the joint. When your | | | | Gout is more common with men, people with high |
| joints have bone-to-bone contact and grind against | | | | blood pressure, alcoholics, diabetics, and obesity. Gout |
| each other that area becomes swollen and inflamed. | | | | means drop. It was thought by Romans that gout |
| There are two main type of arthritis - osteoarthritis | | | | was caused by poisonous crystals coming from the |
| and rheumatoid - and others that are less known. | | | | blood, drop by drop, and depositing in the toes. |
| Osteoarthritis | | | | There is some evidence that gout is related to the |
| Osteoarthritis means inflammation of the bony part | | | | amount of wine that is drunk with the meal. This put |
| of your joint. As your joints move against each | | | | an extra strain on the liver that tries to detoxify the |
| other, the protective coating and surrounding material | | | | wine and the meal at the same time. Result is the |
| - membranes, oil sacs, cartilage - wear down. This | | | | liver is unable to detoxify the complete meal. |
| wear down occurs when the joints see excess | | | | Other Types of Arthritis |
| activity. | | | | There are other types of arthritis. These account for |
| Normally you would not expect to see this wear | | | | a small amount of the types of arthritis that most |
| down condition since there are many joints that see | | | | people have. Here is the list: |
| excess activity and don't become inflamed or arthritic. | | | | Bursitis - inflammation of the shoulder joints and |
| There millions of people who don't get arthritis, yet | | | | muscles. |
| the use their joints are used just as much and | | | | Neuritis - is know as rheumatism of your nerves. |
| perhaps even more. Then there are people who don't | | | | When the sheaths of your nerves dry out you have |
| use their joint to excess and still get arthritis. | | | | neuritis |
| So the actual cause of arthritis is more than excess | | | | Myositis - pain that comes from working hard and |
| activity. | | | | muscles have friction between them. |
| The cause of arthritis has come down to a single or | | | | Fibrositis - is when your connective tissue become |
| combination of nutritional deficiencies, excess joint | | | | inflamed |
| activity, and emotional issues. | | | | Lumbago - occurs before you get arthritis of the |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | | | | spine. |
| Rheumatoid means "similar to flowing pain." It is an | | | | Which arthritis doe you have? In other articles, I'll tell |
| autoimmune disease where good cell and tissue are | | | | you what you can do to prevent or eliminate arthritis |
| attack by the immune system. Rheumatoid first | | | | of any kind. |
| affects the joint membranes and later the bone | | | | |