Posts Tagged Arthritis

You Eat What You Are

How your genes influence your diet?  Do you eat healthy but still carry some extra pounds, while your friend eats all she wants and stays a size of 6?  Your DNA could explain why.  A relatively new science called nutrigenomics examines how genes interact with food, and it is finding that one size definitely does not fit all.  Although still in its infancy, nutrigenomics suggests that a  personalized diet, coupled with advice on disease prevention, may hold the key not only to weight loss, but to avoiding some chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and maybe arthritis, too.
Save your money, you are better off walking to the store to buy more fruits and vegetables.  Exercise and a generally balanced diet have been proven to make everyone healthier.  Further refinements will help.

Know your Alternatives

Get the book that gives you the facts about more than  natural treatments for your arthritis pain – from the experts you trust.  Alternative treatment for Arthritis: An A to Z guide examines everything from vitamins and supplements to body work and meditation practices, providing you a virtual encyclopedia of complementary therapies that can relieve pain, reduce stress, ease stiffness and more.
Each listing gives you in depth descriptions of the treatment, its common uses, potential side effects and safety concerns.  Information on the latest scientific research for each therapy is also included.

Never Say Quit

Like so many youngsters with a chronic illness they never has known a life without a pain.  Even as toddler, they could not move around as much as the other kids, so arthritis taught them patience. Optimism and hard work is the best attitude that they only have.  Never say quit when there is still life that brings you going and going through your life.  There is always hope when tomorrow comes and always joy for everything that we encounter.  For life is really important, cherish all the wonderful and sad days of your life.  Turning back of all the pains means you actually quitting for all the challenges in your life.

SMART Solutions

A Better Way to Brush
Holding a toothbrush is very difficult for a sick person and for those who have a rheumatoid arthritis that limits their hands strength.  Several years ago, there is someone suggested that try securing a tennis ball to your toothbrush handle.  Purchased a fresh can of balls, and cut two slits in one for inserting the toothbrush.  It worked perfectly!  When the ball gets wet, leave it on the sink to dry.  Just make sure to change the ball regularly.
Open Sesame!
There is another arthritis patient in his hands, and sometimes find it difficult to open a certain drawers and doors.  A great solution is that tying loops of ribbon on the handles, slipping them over your wrist and using the entire arm to pull them open.  The loops can merely utilitarian, or you can get creative and use decorative cording or braided yarn.  Even the refrigerator door opener fashioned from a leather shoestring.

Relieving the pain of RA

There are research on many kind of medicines especially for rheumatism.  Just like the other kind of medicine, this is used to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis in adults, may prevent further damage to your bones and joints, and may help your ability to perform daily activities.  This medicine can be used alone or with certain other medicines.
Serious infections have happened in patients receiving other medicines.  These infections include TB and infections caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria that have spread throughout the body.  Some patients have died from these infections.
Relieving the pain is only one part of treating moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.  It is just as important to help prevent the joint damage from getting worse.