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Arthritis
- 2-19-2010
- Categorized in: Common Diseases

The term arthritis is derived from two Greek words "athron" meaning joints and "itis" is inflammation.
Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints that is characterized by pain, swelling, deformity and / or joint stiffness.
The areas most affected by arthritis and the joints such as knees, fingers, toes, wrists, elbows and shoulders but also the neck, back and hip.
There are different types of arthritis:
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis,
- Lupus
- Drop
- Kawasaki Syndrome
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Infectious arthritis
However, all these types, the most common are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The first is a degenerative disease that usually appears in older adults while rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that affects not only the joints of the fingers, wrists, knees, and feet, but also muscles and other body tissues
Arthritis most often affects women than men and almost 80% of the population is over age 50.
Folk Remedies
- Remedy for arthritis # 1:. With regard to garlic and arthritis, there are two traditional remedies. You can eat three cloves of garlic a day or take three capsules of garlic. You can also split a garlic clove in half and rub the areas where he feels more pain.
- Remedy for arthritis # 2: Take two tablespoons of honey at each meal.
- Remedy for arthritis # 3: Eat cherries, if possible, several times a day. It may be in the form of cakes or jams to which you should not add sugar.
- Remedy for arthritis # 4: Another traditional remedy (the grandmother) for arthritis is to take a handful of parsley in a quart of boiling water, remove water from heat and let sit for 20 minutes. Then he slips and takes half a cup of this water before each meal.
- Remedy for arthritis # 5: It is very old belief that cats relieves pain of arthritis. It is said that the cat must be located above the knee or the sore place which has a beneficial effect.
- Remedy for arthritis # 6: Another natural remedy is to fill a tub of water, then put a piece of coral in it and plunge the person suffering from arthritis in that water.
- Remedy for arthritis # 7: Chamomile is good for arthritis. In this sense, we can develop a lotion with 100 g of chamomile and 250 ml of wheat germ oil. Prepared by joining in a jar of chamomile oil and let marinate 15 days in a closet. After that time, strain it and smear it is only in areas affected by arthritis.
- Remedy for arthritis # 8: People who suffer from arthritis it is very beneficial to swim in the sea by the iodine it contains. This house, also regulates the acid-alkaline balance in the repair and regenerate blood and tissues of the skeletal structure. If the dip in the sea is not possible to do a bath with hot water where you mix a cup of salt
- Remedy for arthritis # 9: Take vegetable juices like carrot, radish, watercress, spinach, grapefruit, celery and beetroot can help people with arthritis.
- Remedy for arthritis # 10: Apply the areas where you feel pain compresses infused lemon peel and warm castor oil. Then covered with plastic for a period of half to two hours.
- Remedy for arthritis # 11: Take four times a day a glass of water containing a teaspoon or a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar.
- Remedy for arthritis # 12: Dilute a little almond oil camphor and massage the affected area before bedtime.
- Remedy for arthritis # 13: Bathe the affected parts with water and nettle, juniper or sulfur
- Remedy for arthritis # 14: Use a hot ointment with menthol based hot peppers. They should be chopped to a powder and add to the ointment. It applies to the painful area three or four times a day
- Remedy for arthritis # 15: Mix 50 grams of dried leaves or fresh rosemary in a pint of alcohol at 96 degrees. Then let it rest 2 weeks and passed the affected area with this mixture for 4 to 6 weeks.
Recommendations
People suffering from arthritis should follow the following recommendations:
- Staying slim and overweight requires more effort and pressure on joints.
- Take, for at least eight glasses of water a day.
- Eat fish such as sardines, salmon and trout, as they have fatty acids that help to counteract the inflammation characteristic of arthritis.
- Avoid eating the following vegetables: peppers, eggplant, beans, tomatoes and white potatoes because they contain solamina that interferes with muscle enzymes and causes pain.
- Avoid consumption of red meat, pork, milk and dairy products, coffee, paprika, salt, snuff, alcohol and anything containing sugar.
- The person suffering from arthritis should stay active, inactivity weakens the muscles that support joints and increases the stiffness and arthritic pain. Hence the importance of exercises like these:
- Careful stretching exercises that tone muscles, used for preheating and other exercises can be performed in bed or in a bathtub full of warm water.
- Resistance exercises (wrist weights, ankle weights or other) which strengthen the muscles to compensate for the damage to the joints.
- Aerobic exercises like walking and swimming are not recommended activities that put stress on joints, such as jogging. It requires approval by the doctor before starting any exercise program and once approved the program should start slowly and increase repetitions gradually. As soon feel pain, stop and rest
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