Feb 05, 2021 - 0 Minutes read
Latest update on Causes and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
The causes and treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis have been recently updated. The reason for the inflammation and pains in the joint and ankles have been discovered to contain both physical and hormonal factor.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis popularly known as Rheumatism is a form of pain as a result of the inflammation of the joints and muscles. The inflammation is one that is influenced and triggered by your body.
You suddenly start feeling pains in certain places especially the joints in your body when you have not done any strenuous job. That is Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Up on till now, there have been articles published with the belief that there are zero causes and treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. But after critical analysis, two major reasons have been discovered.
The major cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis is the hormones and immune system. The hormones sends response to the immune system to attack the muscles and cartilage of the joint.
There have been argument on what triggers this response from the hormones. After a lot of research, two possible reasons have been discovered.
1. Bad blood:
Rheumatoid arthritis lives inside the blood and causes the hormones to carry out certain function they are not supposed to carry out. This in turn leads to the reverse action of the hormones in the body.
The reverse action leads to the inflammation of the joint and muscles.
2. Strenuous Work:
When you are young and fit to do everything possible, work extra miles, run extra miles, you force your body to put up with all these extra mile work without you replenishing your body. While the extra mile work is on going without replenishment, it destroys the working function of the hormones.
Once the working function of the hormones are damaged or altered, you literally start feeling pains and have Rheumatism even when you did no work.
This is a major experience for people who farmed with crude implements and people that did extra strenuous Work when there were young. Since their hormones are altered, when they become old, they start experiencing Rheumatism.
Other reasons for rheumatoid arthritis
Aside Bad blood and strenuous work, there are other reasons for you experiencing Rheumatism.
1) Age:
At a certain age when the body is weak and can no longer take in extra stress, you start experiencing Rheumatism.
For some it’s symptom of old age and for other it’s a reaction from strenuous work they did when they were young.
2) Sex:
Medically, if you are a woman, you are more prone to certain diseases. Same thing happens in the case of Rheumatism. Woman experience it more than males and at times it’s hereditary.
3. Environmental factor:
Most individuals have been diagnosed to have certain issues due to the environment. You can also suffer Rheumatoid because your immune system is actually been affected by the type of environment you Live in.
4. Infection:
Since rheumatoid arthritis is a response as a result of the misfiring of the hormones in your body, you can tend to suffer Rheumatoid Arthritis because of the damage caused on the hormones by the certain diseases.
Once your immune system is dead or not function as supposed due to infection and disease, you can tend to suffer Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis is the inflammation of the joints and tissues. It is associated with the following symptoms.
· Swelling of the joints and muscles
· Stiffness of the joints and muscles
· Temporary hotness of the body
· Fatigue and tiredness due to the inflammation.
Other sites for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Aside the joints and muscles, there are other common sites on the body that is prone to Rheumatism. These site make it impossible for you to fully say that you are suffering from Rheumatism.
The common sites are
1. The eyes: The eyes unnecessarily swells.
2. The lips: Without being punched, your lips suddenly starts swelling and after a while relaxes back to normal.
Other uncommon sites include
1. The lungs
2. The back
3. The blood vessels
4. The bone marrow
Once you experience any pain or swell on the listed sites in your body without any physical cause, you ought to visit the hospital, because those ones are the rare cases of Rheumatism.
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
The following drugs can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
1) Nsaid: Drugs like aspirin can be used to treat rheumatoid Arthritis.
2) Acetaminophen: This type of drugs like novagene can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
3) Piroxicam: This type of drugs can also be used but you have to be careful when using it because it tends to cause ulcer.
When to see a doctor
Before using any of the listed drugs, it is advisable to visit a doctor for proper prescription of drugs because most of the drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis are not good for ulcer patients and some tends to cause ulcer.
Meanwhile if you have used the drugs and still no sign of relief then you have to see a doctor.
Recent questions asked in regards the causes and treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
1) Is Rheumatoid Arthritis same with Body Ache:
No, Body Ache is a different form of health challenge caused by the following
· Over working
· Certain illness like typhoid fever
While Rheumatoid Arthritis is the inflammation of the joints and muscles without any physical cause.
2) What is the main cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Rheumatoid Arthritis can be seen as an autoimmune issue caused by the misfiring of the hormones.
In a clearer sentence, the major cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis is the hormones.
3) What is the most efficient treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis:
The most efficient treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis is the use of Nsaid like Aspirin.
