It is a condition that causes pain, limited movement and swelling. Is estimated to affect approximately 1 in 100 people, but homeopathy offers a solution through personalized treatments.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, degenerative disease characterized by causing inflammation in the synovial membrane (tissue that nourishes, protects and covers the cartilage) in joints. It is very common, especially in people who belong to the elderly, and unfortunate women, are the preferred target of this disease.
Inflammation of the membrane is responsible for the pain, swelling and stiffness sensation that patients may feel in the morning, although it is clear that each case is different and there are patients whose symptoms increase with humidity, cold, and even heat. Furthermore, this condition is more common in the joints of the wrists, fingers and toes (toes) and shoulder, hip, knees and ankles.
We talked about the times when the pain gets worse or suffers the effects of the body with moisture, not to mention the specific kind of discomfort you are and if they grow with rest or motion. To this we must add what kind of character are the patient, their mindset, tastes and feelings.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the leading cause of permanent disability and 1 in 100 people suffers from it. Contrary to popular belief, is not a condition exclusive to a certain gender or age, but can affect almost anyone.
Whenever we talk of rheumatoid arthritis is a condition immediately think only women, but also affects men. Some studies about the above explained by the action exerted by the male hormones that protect the joints. Although this disease occurs most often between 45 and 55 years of age should not be classified as typical of the elderly because it can also affect children.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
The fact that the frictions between the bones are soft due to the action of cartilage. These, in turn, are protected and covered by a membrane called synovium, which is part of the joints. When the synovial membrane is invaded by the damaged cells leads to inflammation in the joints, giving rise to rheumatoid arthritis.
Symptoms of people with this disease are fever, tiredness, tingling in hands or feet, pain in the neck, chest or sides of the trunk and dry mouth. A further indication is that white spots appear on the skin, although not in all cases.
This condition primarily affects wrists, knuckles, fingers and toes, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles. After the inflammation occurs in joints pain, which gradually increases and difficulty carrying out movements. The deformations are slow to appear, and no time to control rheumatoid arthritis may end up damaging bones and ligaments and tendons that is around them.
For treatment, the pharmaceutical market offers two product groups: the first includes those who are used to reduce inflammation and pain coping day to day, which are not useful to change the course of the disease over time. The other group consists of drugs that act by making the activity of the long-term illness is less, but are not effective against pain, are not effective in one hundred percent of the patients, so it is common for the doctor prescribed number of sequentially until you find one that is more effective and better tolerated.
Importantly, the manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis vary from person to person, so it can be said that no two patients alike. It is therefore vitally important to see a rheumatologist at the first signs, as they recognize more than 150 rheumatic diseases that produce symptoms like those described above. He shall determine the treatment to follow because, as noted, each patient has a different diagnosis.
