Types Of Arthritis
Looking for help.... different Types Of Arthritis
like Gout, Juvenile Arthritis, and Rheumatoid
Arthritis can be treated with
natural remedies to help Relieve Arthriris Pain.
There are over one hundred different types of arthritis
but we will go over just a few.
There can be a variety of causes for the swollen, painful joints and each has their own symptoms of arthritis that can help us distinguish one from the other.
We will start with Juvenile Arthritis. This
is a general term that covers all arthritis that occur in
children.
The most prevalent form of arthritis that appear in
children is rheumatoid arthritis and there are
three major types...
- Polyarticular - affecting many joints-
- Pauciarticular - affecting a few joints-
- Systemic - affecting the entire body-
Gout is a disease that causes sudden and severe
attacks of pain along with redness, tenderness, swelling,
and warmth in some joints. Gout usually affects one joint
at a time and it is usually the big toe.
See
signs of arthritis
this will help you determine which types of arthritis you
may be suffering from.
Ankylosing Spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory
disease of the spine that can fuse the vertebrae to produce
a rigid or stiff spine.
Systemic lupus Erythematosus is an auto-immune
disease that can include the joints, nervous system, heart,
kidneys, blood vessels, and other internal organs along
with the skin.
Alot of the remedies for arthritis can be found in our
article
herbs for arthritis
and our article
vitamins for arthritis
. Using these vitamins and herbs for arthritis will
help prevent arthritis pain and some times even
reverse the symptoms for arthritis.
Ok back to our types of arthritis....
Bursitis, Tendinitis, And Myofascial Pain are
localized painful conditions that does not effect
the whole body.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a condition
where there is pressure on the median nerve at the
wrist and it causes tingling and numbness in the
fingers. It can be assoiated with rheumatoid
arthritis and it can either begin suddenly or gradually.
It can be related to other diseases or it can be be
a single disease standing alone.
Fibromyalgia Syndrom is generally muscular pain
along with fatigue, and poor sleep. Fibormyalgia means:
pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
Infectious Arthritis is a form of joint
inflammation that is caused by bacterial, viral, or
fungal infection.
Osteoarthritis will rarley develpo before
the age of 40 and affects just about everyone over 60.
Women are affected nearly three times as much as men.
Osteroarthritis is known as the degenerative joint
diease or degenerative arthritis.
Psoriatic Arthritis is kind of like rheumatoid
arthritis.
Reiter's Syndrome involves inflammation in the
joints and sometimes where the tendons attach to the bone.
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis and is an auto-immune disorder that causes the body's own immune system to mistakenly attack it self (self-attacking-self) disease. Seventy five precent of rheumatoid arthritis victims are women.
One more of the types of arthritis we will look at is....
Scleroderma this dieaese attacks the body's connective tissue and causes hardening and thickening of the skin. It can also affect the joints, blood vessels, and internal organs.
For a deeper look at these
types of arthritis
be sure to read our article on the
signs of arthritis
so that by knowing the early symptoms of arthritis maybe inturn will help you find the best treatment for arthritis and bring the relief from arthritis pain we desirve.

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