Stopping Arthritis In Its Early Stage
It is an uncomfortable thought to imagine that out of every 3 people alive today, 1 has arthritis of one form or another. While we are grappling with HIV and Aids infections and cancer management, it shocks you even further when you realise that no other illness or accident or catastrophe causes more disability than [...]
Spreading Arthritis Awareness Among the Public
The core foundation for arthritis was begun in 1984 and has since grown to become the biggest organisation for the public in Singapore. All around the world, we have such foundations that put mind and dollar to the cause of ensuring the world is a better place for the sufferers of this malady. Among the [...]
Hypnotherapy and Stress.
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There is no doubt that hypnosis is a very effective treatment of stress. When an individual feels he does not have the resources to cope with a task he is confronted with stress develops. Hypnosis works by changing perception, belief and ability to cope so the subject no longer feels he is no [...]
Arthritis – Not Just For The Senior Citizens
There is a general myth that arthritis is an age-related medical condition that afflicts only the senior citizens or the elderly. It may be true with osteoarthritis, the most common sort of joint disorder that usually is affecting adults of both sexes in their middle age. But what most people don’t get is that there [...]
Knee arthritis condition what are the best exercises
Best Exercises For Knee arthritis
While you may be worried about what the various factors are that cause knee arthritis, it may come as a complete surprise to you to learn that running is not a main risk factor in spite of the fact that medical opinion on the subject is almost evenly divided between those [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Gout and Hyperuricaemia.
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Hyperuricaemia is a higher than normal blood level of uric acid. There are individuals with high blood uric acid levels and have never had an attack of gout. Are these people at risk of arthritis of the joints and kidney stones from urate crystals deposits? Yes they are.
Firstly the diagnosis of asymptomatic hyperuricaemia [...]
Arthritis Treatment:Chronic Gout.
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In the days before adequate treatment controlled the blood level of uric acid, chronic gout presented with multiple joint involvement and chronic poly-arthritis. Today this is rare and only found in patients who refuse medication, have poor compliance or unable to take suitable medication.
Here the acute gout attack will become more frequent. Then [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Gout and Podagra.
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The first explanation of podagra was in the sixteenth century by Burgamer, a German Physician. He said podagra is a pain in the feet with or without swelling which comes from dampness or drought.
Podagra is acute gout affecting the big toe and typically the first [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Types of Gout.
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Gout develops when the level of uric acid in the blood stream is higher than normal. When this happens urate crystal are deposited in and around the joints.
There are two types of gout, primary and secondary. The body eliminates uric acid from the blood naturally and most of this (66%) is done by [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Gout.
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Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis. In gout, crystals of uric acid is deposited in and around the joints. For this deposit of urate to occur, the circulating level of uric acid in the blood must be higher than normal.
Gout has been recorded through the centuries. Hippocrates wrote about it and urate [...]
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