Are You Suffering From Arthritis?
By Ann
As soon as you hear the term you rightly picture in your mind someone with constant pain and/or stiffness often accompanied by swelling in the joints. That pretty describes it pretty well in a nutshell.

Arthritis, however, is more than that. It actually covers more than 120 different diseases. Classified as one of the rheumatic diseases, is generally chronic, meaning that it rarely changes, or progresses very slowly. As it is an unpredictable disease, treatment can be difficult.

It is the number one cause of disability in people aged 15 and older, as well as the most prevalent disability of the working age population. It's the leading cause of absenteeism.

It is the general consensus of medical opinion that is a disease caused mainly by an impaired metabolism and toxemia, or poisons in the blood and tissues. High acidity in the body, which is usually is the result of incorrect dietary habits, can cause the destruction of the cartilage and bones.

Some of the factors doctors base their diagnosis of on are the patient's symptoms of pain, crackling sound in the joints, and difficulty in walking up and down the stairs

Arthritis pain is caused by several factors: Inflammation is the process that causes the redness and swelling in your joints. Damage to joint tissues may be the result of either the deterioration of the disease or from stress, injury or pressure on the joints. Fatigue is the most common result from the disease process, and can make your pain seem worse and harder to cope with. Lastly, depression or stress,

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