| Arthritis is a common condition affecting
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| | deteriorated badly. Conventional
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| literally millions of people worldwide.
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| | arthritis medications help many people
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| For many, mainstream medical care brings
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| | and they should be regarded as standard
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| relief. But are there any alternative
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| | treatment for someone experiencing the
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| remedies that are effective?
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| | onset of the condition. However, it has
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| Firstly, a brief run-down of what
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| | to be pointed out that these treatments
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| arthritis actually is. The fact is that
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| | can have severe side effects, including
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| arthritis is a blanket term covering over
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| | depression, immune system suppression,
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| one hundred different conditions, some
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| | diarrhea, headaches and elevated blood
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| common, some uncommon and some extremely
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| | pressure, intestinal bleeding, nausea and
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| rare. Arthritis means inflammation of one
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| | abdominal pain.
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| or more of the body's joints, generally
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| | Perhaps this is the reason why more and
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| caused by infection, injury or just the
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| | more people - especially those who have
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| plain wear and tear of life. It can also
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| | suffered from arthritis for some time -
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| be a genetic condition.
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| | turn to alternative forms of treatment
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| The causes of arthritis are many and
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| | and remedies. Conventional medicine does
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| varied and its effects well-known. Pain,
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| | prove effective in the majority of cases
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| inflammation, mobility limitation and
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| | - despite the side-effects - but for some
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| redness with swelling are all common
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| | it just simply does not give the relief
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| symptoms. A strange fact is that people
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| | they need. Alternative treatments are
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| who show little joint damage may
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| | many and varied and, whilst little
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| experience a great deal of pain, whilst
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| | scientific research seems to have been
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| others whose joints show terrible damage
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| | carried out on most of these remedies the
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| sometimes feel little pain, even none at
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| | fact remains that, at least for some,
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| all.
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| | they work.
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| The most common form of arthritis are:
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| | Alternative treatments include
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| osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and
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| | (alphabetically): Acupressure,
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| gout.
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| | Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Bach
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| Some other types include - systemic
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| | Flower Remedy, Chiropractic, Color
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| infectious arthritis, gouty arthritis,
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| | Therapy, Food/Diet Therapy, Herbal
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| psoratic arthritis, bursitis and juvenile
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| | Medicine, Homeopathy, Hydrotherapy,
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| rheumatoid arthritis. As stated, there
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| | Hypnosis, Juice Therapy, Massage Therapy,
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| are many more less common forms.
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| | Nutrition Therapy, Oriental Medicine,
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| Osteoarthritis (wear-and-tear arthritis)
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| | Reflexology, Tissue Salts, Traditional
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| is the most common form of all,
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| | Chinese Medicine and Yoga.
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| especially in elderly people. It is
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| | It is impossible to say which, if any,
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| associated with loss of bone tissue in
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| | will work for a given individual - if
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| the joints and can limit mobility
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| | indeed any will work at all for that
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| severely.
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| | person. Yet the fact remains that many
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| Rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatism) is more
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| | sufferers experience relief from joint
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| common in women than in men and usually
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| | pain and other arthritic symptoms that
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| effects the over-40's. It tends to attack
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| | they simply cannot find through
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| the hands, causing swelling in the
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| | conventional medicine and, given the
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| knuckles, though it can affect any other
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| | nature of arthritis, any relief from
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| part of the body, including the lungs and
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| | pain, however small, is worth
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| eyes.
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| | consideration.
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| Gout is much more common in men than in
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| | I'm not suggesting for one minute that
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| women, again usually in the over-40's. It
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| | anyone should ignore their physician's
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| is caused by elevated levels of uric acid
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| | advice, throw away their medication and
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| in the blood that form crystals in the
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| | go over completely to alternative
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| joints. These are attacked by the body's
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| | therapies. However, if you are one of the
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| immune system, thinking them invaders,
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| | unlucky ones who find little relief from
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| and inflammation results together with
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| | pain in taking accepted medication, or
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| pain that can be localised but severe.
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| | suffer unpleasant side-effects, it may be
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| Unfortunately there is as yet no cure for
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| | well worth considering these alternatives
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| arthritis, especially if the bone or
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| | as a new path to pain relief and a better
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| cartilage has become damaged or has
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| | quality of life.
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