What Type of Arthritis Do You Have?
by Rudy Silva
Arthritis dates back to prehistoric times and is seen
all through the ages in the joints of the skeleton remains.
Most of you will have problems with your joints and
it may be arthritis. Arthritis is associated with aging but it is
not caused because you are aging. Arthritis is caused by the body
not been fed the proper nutrients that keep your joints health and
free of wear and tear.
There are plenty of joints in your body and typically
there are only specific joints that have arthritic pain. Those are
the ones that you use frequently. For men it is knees, spine, and
feet. For women it is fingers, hands, knees, and spine.
Arthritis means inflammation of the joint. When your
joints have bone-to-bone contact and grind against each other that
area becomes swollen and inflamed.
There are two main type of arthritis -- osteoarthritis
and rheumatoid -- and others that are less known.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis means inflammation of the bony part
of your joint. As your joints move against each other, the protective
coating and surrounding material -- membranes, oil sacs, cartilage
-- wear down. This wear down occurs when the joints see excess activity.
Normally you would not expect to see this wear down
condition since there are many joints that see excess activity and
don't become inflamed or arthritic. There millions of people who don't
get arthritis, yet the use their joints are used just as much and
perhaps even more. Then there are people who don't use their joint
to excess and still get arthritis.
So the actual cause of arthritis is more than excess
activity.
The cause of arthritis has come down to a single or
combination of nutritional deficiencies, excess joint activity, and
emotional issues.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid means "similar to flowing pain."
It is an autoimmune disease where good cell and tissue are attack
by the immune system. Rheumatoid first affects the joint membranes
and later the bone structure at the joint. Rheumatoid arthritis occurs
in people of all ages. As this arthritis progresses it can becomes
crippling.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a recent disease, which appeared
at the turn of the 20th Century. Its cause can be associated with
diet where the balance of the joint structure receives chemicals that
destroy its balanced condition.
Gouty Arthritis
Gout is a disease where uric acid deposits in the
joints of feet and legs. When the body has an excess of uric acid,
which it can't eliminate through normal channels of elimination --
the kidney -- the uric acid settles in the joints and soft tissue
causing pain.
Gout is more common with men, people with high blood
pressure, alcoholics, diabetics, and obesity. Gout means drop. It
was thought by Romans that gout was caused by poisonous crystals coming
from the blood, drop by drop, and depositing in the toes.
There is some evidence that gout is related to the
amount of wine that is drunk with the meal. This put an extra strain
on the liver that tries to detoxify the wine and the meal at the same
time. Result is the liver is unable to detoxify the complete meal.
Other Types of Arthritis
There are other types of arthritis. These account
for a small amount of the types of arthritis that most people have.
Here is the list:
Bursitis -- inflammation of the shoulder joints and
muscles.
Neuritis -- is know as rheumatism of your nerves.
When the sheaths of your nerves dry out you have neuritis
Myositis -- pain that comes from working hard and
muscles have friction between them.
Fibrositis -- is when your connective tissue become
inflamed Lumbago occurs before you get arthritis of the spine.
Which arthritis doe you have? In other articles, I'll
tell you what you can do to prevent or eliminate arthritis of any
kind.
Copyright © 2005 Rudy Silva
About Rudy: Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics
and is a Natural Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne,
Hemorrhoid, and Fatty Acid ebooks. He writes a newsletter called "Natural-Remedies-Thatwork.com".
For more information on arthritis go to: http://www.arthritis-remedies.for--you.info
