Millions of people suffer from some form of arthritis. The standard medical response to reduce the symptoms is simply to prescribe medication. Several studies shows that the pain and disability caused by arthritis can be alleviated or even prevented through: stress reduction, diet, nutritional supplementation and other alternative therapies.
There are different forms of arthritis, each has is it's various causes. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis (degenerate joint disease), which has resulted from a trauma, infection, wear and tear and simply, aging of the joint.

Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints, surrounding tendons, and cartilage. Among the oldest known afflictions of human beings, it can affect virtually every part of the body: from the feet, to the knees, back, shoulders, and fingers. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), arthritis symptoms can range from slight pain, stiffness and swelling to the joints, to virtually crippling and disabilitating. Arthritis can affect people of all ages. It is estimated that about 15 percent of the population today is afflicted with arthritis or a related disorder, and that three hundred thousand children in North America are suffering of some form of arthritis.

Types of Arthritis
There are a variety of arthritic conditions, with the three most common forms of the disease being Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Gout.

Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the larger joints which are weight bearing, and is often associated with age. Small bony growths on the joints and calcium spurs sometimes soft cysts appear on bones and within the joints. As the disease progresses, the joint cartilage deteriorates and eventually interfering with movement. X-ray evidence shows, that one third of adults in the United States have osteoarthritis in their hands, feet, knees or hips, and by the age of sixty-five as much as seventy five percent of the population has x-ray evidence of the disease in at least one of these places.
The symptoms of osteoarthritis include: mild early-morning stiffness, pain that worsens by using the joint(s), joint stiffness and immobility (resticted mobility), tenderness, soft tissue swelling, creaking and cracking of the joints by movement.

Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory form of joint disease, is considereed an autoimmune disease - one in which the body's immune system attacks itself.
While it is less common than osteoarthritis, it is a serious and very painful joint disease. It often results in crippling disabilities for young and old alike. It incapacitates the synovial tissue, which is the membrane hat lines joints and secretes its lubricant, which normally allows bones to move painlessly against other bones. With this condition, joints-most commonly affected are the small joints of the hands. These joints become tender, swollen, and even deformed. people can have: night sweats, depression, and lethargy among many other symptoms. Over time, the condition can also spread to other parts of the body.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects about 6.5 million people in the United States-of which mostly of them are women. The condition usually starts between the ages of twenty and fifty, although it can begin at any age. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include: fatigue, possible low-grade fever, general body weakness, joint stiffness, and various degrees of joint pain. These symptoms can lead to the appearance of painful, swollen joints within a short period.

Gout
Gout is a type of arthritis caused by a build up of the body of uric acid, which is found in red meats and other foods and also is produced by the body. When this production is out of balance, or there is inadequate elimination of uric acid, gout occurs. When the level of uric acid rises to unhealthy levels in the body, it crystallizes in the joint cartilages and synovial tissues and fluid, causing sharp, needle-like pain in the joints, as well as chills, and loss of mobility. Some of the health problems caused by gout include constipation, indigestion, headaches, depression, eczema and hives, and those who suffer gout also run a much higher risk of heart and kidney problems.

In fifty percent of gout cases, the first attack is characterized by sharp pain in the first joint of the big toe. If the attack progresses, fever and chills can appear. Initial gout attacks usually strike at night and are preceded by a specific event such as excessive red meat consumption, alcohol use, trauma, certain medications, and even surgery! Reoccuring attacks are common, with most patients experiencing another attack within one year. However, nearly seven percent of the gout sufferers never have a second attack. The condition affects approximately three out of every thousand adults and is primarily a disease of adult men, ninety five percent of gout sufferers are males over the age of thirty.

Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (also arthropathic psoriasis or psoriatic arthropathy) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects around five to seven percent of people suffering from the chronic skin condition called  psoriasis. Psoriatic arthritis is said to be a seronegative spondyloarthropathy and therefore occurs morst commonly in patients with tissue type HLA-B27. Treatment of psoriatic arthritis is similar to that of rheumatoid arthritis. More than eighty percent of patients with psoriatic arthritis will have psoriatic nail lesions characterized by pitting of the nails, or more extremely, loss of the nail itself (onycholysis).
Psoriatic arthritis can develop at any age, however on average it tends to appear about 10 years after the first signs of psoriasis. For the majority of people this is between the age of 30 and 50, but it can also affect children. Men and women are equally affected by this condition. In about one in seven cases the arthritis symptoms may occur before any skin involvement.
As well as causing joint inflammation, psoriatic arthritis can cause tendinitis and a sausage-like swelling of the digits known as dactilytis. Radiology will give the appearance of “fluffy, new” bone.


There are five main types of Psoriatic Arthritis:

 · Symmetric: This type accounts for around 50% of cases, and affects joints on both sides of the body simultaneously. This type is most similar to Rheumatoid arthritis and is disabilitating in around 50% of all cases.
 · Asymmetric: This type affects around 35% of patients and is generally mild. It does not occur in the same joints on both sides of the body and usually only affects less than 3 joints.
 · Arthritis Mutilans: Affects less than 5% of patients and is a severe, deforming and destructive arthritis. This condition can progress over months or years causing severe joint damage.
· Spondylitis: This type is characterized by stiffness and deformation of the spine or neck, but can also affect the hands and feet, in a similar fashion to symmetric arthritis.
· Distal Interphalangeal Predominant: This type of psoriatic arthritis is found in about 5% of patients, and is characterized by inflammation and stiffness in the joints usually at the end's of the fingers and toes. Nail changes are often seen.


Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis
The underlying process in psoriatic arthritis is inflammation, therefore treatments are focused at reducing and controlling inflammation.
This can be achieved with the BIO MEDICI pulsating magnetic therapy device.

Septic Arthritis
Septic arthritis is the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent, which produces arthritis. The usual etiology is bacterial, but viral, mycobacterial, and fungal arthritis occur occasionally. Bacteria are carried by the bloodstream from a infectious element elsewhere, introduced by a skin session that penetrates to the joint, or by surrounding tissue (e.g. bone or bursae).

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