Juvenile Arthritis

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Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. What is the Difference?

August 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · Conditions

The term arthritis actually describes over 100 related conditions, but among these the most common are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
There is a huge difference between these two diseases so we’ll go into the main ones here.
Osteoarthritis is mainly confined to people over the age of fifty. Exceptions to this are people who [...]

What You Ought to Know About Juvenile Arthritis

July 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Conditions

In a nutshell, juvenile arthritis is any form of arthritis that presents itself in children less than 18 years of age.
In some extreme cases, arthritis like this can start early on and when not treated immediately, may continue well into adulthood, causing multiple health complications down the line. Previously associated only with the onset [...]

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Arthritis: Causes and Symptoms

June 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · Conditions

I would like to start with a quote from Dr Robert Bingham, a specialist in the treatment of arthritis. He said: “ No person who is in good nutritional health develops rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis ”
What is Arthritis? Arthritis is (from Greek Arthro = joint + itis= inflammation) a group of diseases where there [...]

Arthritis: Causes, Symptoms,treatment

June 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Conditions

Arthritis is a term that groups together over 100 rheumatic diseases and other related conditions that cause stiffness, swelling and pain in the joints of the body. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. Arthritis is inflammation of one or more joints, which results in pain, swelling, [...]

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