Natural Remedies For Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Sami Asikainen
Arthritis is a condition of the body where the joints of the body are severely affected, and have trouble functioning normally. Common symptoms of are swelling of joints of the hands, knees etc. Rheumatoid is caused by the body attacking its own joints, medically rheumatoid is termed as a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder, and unlike that usually effects people in their 50s or 60s; rheumatoid can effect anyone from the age of 15 onwards, however like the incidence of the disease is higher as the age of an individual increases. Today 3 in every 10,000 people are afflicted with RA.

Symptoms and diagnosis of RA (Rheumatoid arthritis)

Rheumatoid is not an easy disease to diagnose as the clinical symptoms of RA are vast and varied. However there are certain criteria that have been laid down so that diagnosis of case as RA can be simpler. The list of the criteria mentioned above is:

a) The patient exhibits stiffness of the joints in the morning for a minimum duration for 1 hour
b) and soft tissue swelling in more than 3 separate joints of the body (there are 14 major joints that can be affected)
c) of hand joints
d) Symmetric (This is a condition where the same pair of body joints are affected in more than one place, hence the term Symmetric. To be termed as symmetric 4 or more joints have to be affected)
e) Development of subcutaneous nodules in specific places
f) Rheumatoid factor above 95 percent (Explained further in the article)
g) Radiological changes suggestive of joint erosion

If 6 or more symptoms are present in a patient then the disease is termed as rheumatoid arthritis. In almost all cases a blood test is carried out to detect

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Plastic Surgery Nose Job
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