What is it?
Arthritis is a generic term for several diseases that can cause pain and inflammation in joints. Joints are the areas most affected, but also tendons, ligaments, and muscles can be injured. Sometimes the skin may also be affected.
You must first understand arthritis. It can affect anyone of any age, gender, or race. Even babies at a young age of six months can develop arthritis. It is true that your risks will increase after the age of 40. There are different things that can increase your risk of arthritis as well. For example, sports injuries can often occur and it is necessary to continue treating your injury throughout your life to prevent more serious conditions later on in life.
In most cases, the disease begins slowly and steadily. Generally ultimately leads to pain, especially in the joints of the hands, feet and elbows, which may affect other organs such as eyes, heart, salivary and lachrymal glands. There are several types of arthritis. The two most common types are rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA).
The Osteoarthritis
OA usually manifests itself after 50 years and affects mostly women. The increase in average life expectancy of its population does predict a higher incidence of this disease, which produces a degeneration of cartilages, which facilitates the movement of joints, with pain and inflammation in them. On many occasions and asymptomatically OA has a prevalence that increases with age, being the most affected the elderly and obese.
The Rheumatoid Arthritis
The RA is more common among women and the proportion is a man to three women with RA. An autoimmune disease (that is to say, caused by a change of defense systems, which react against the body itself) is characterized by inflammation of one or more joints. AR at its most severe decreases the average life expectancy of five to ten years, but also causes pain, inflammation, and may cause severe physical deformities and organ damage. The disability and symptoms can appear at any age but is most common between 40 and 50 years.
Treatment
After diagnosing the type of arthritis you have, the doctor will determine the best treatment, which may include medication for pain, inflammation and stiffness of joints and creams or ointments to relieve local pain.
We leave you some suggestions to combat pain.
Lose weight
Try to reduce your daily stress
Exercise regularly not only when you feel pain
Learn to relax. Yoga may help you
Aquatic exercises are excellent
Use ice to prevent the pain
Use the hot to reduce the pain
Do not use additive drugs
Increase vitamin C consumption
Practice the food selection
Reduce the consumption of vegetable oils
Insist on carrot juice
Thank you for reading
José Zózimo.
