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 [...]
Arthritis Treatment: History of Magnets & Health.
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Magnets were discovered in China and Greece. In China it was used in fortune telling and as a guide to building. By 1200 AD they were used in ships as compasses. Ever since, sailors and navigators have used compasses and the earth’s magnetic field to guide them in their journeys, whether on land [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Do magnets work in Arthritis?
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There are many arthritic patients and sufferers in pain that use magnets. Some are very certain that the magnets they are using are a great help.
There are no large controlled clinical trials to evaluate the benefits of magnets on arthritis.
Doctors in general do not think they work to relieve pain in [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Reduce Your Pain Naturally.
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If you have arthritis and you are looking to control pain without drugs, then the first thing you need to do is to reduce your weight or maintain a normal weight. If you are overweight, weight loss will be the most important thing you can do to improve the level of pain, [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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At the American College of Rheumatology Congress, reassuring information was released on repeat treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by MabThera or Rituxan (rituxmab). Further improvement of quality of life was achieved by a second course of rituximab.
Professor Keystone, University of Toronto, Canada said, “With further analyses, we are able to evaluate just what MabThera [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Complimentary Therapy.
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This form of arthritis treatment is increasing in popularity and more health food shops are stocking their shelves with alternative treatment for arthritis. There are many reasons why sufferers are turning to this form of treatment.
Conventional medicine is not providing the expected benefits patients want. Ideally I would expect for arthritis a drug [...]
Arthritis and Tiredness.
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There are many reasons why we feel tired. This is the same in arthritis. In some forms of arthritis, tiredness is part of the illness.
In conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, sufferers are tired irrespective of whether they had a good night’s sleep.
Like pain, fatigue has a strong impact on [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Glucosamine and chondroitin in arthritis.
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Glucosamine and chondroitin are widely advertised as remedies for osteoarthritis. The benefits, however, are not clear.
A qualitative assessment of various trials were done by T.E. McAlindon et al. to evaluate the benefits of glucosamine and chondroitin products for osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip.
The studies were randomised, double blind, placebo controlled of four [...]
Arthritis Treatment: Chondroitin.
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Chondroitin is a carbohydrate compound and is present in cartilage. It gives the cartilage elasticity. Articular surface of joints are protected by cartilage (articular cartilage) and this cartilage is a tough smooth gristle that reduces friction and protects the underlying bone from wear. Damage and wear of the cartilage is seen on an [...]
Diet and Arthritis.
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Apart from gout, diet does not have a significant direct impact on arthritis. Diets, vitamins and supplements will not cure your arthritis but altering your diet to maintain or attain the right weight is an important step to reduce the burden of arthritis.
For weight loss, dietary change and the amount you consume is [...]
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