Arthritis

Linda F. Voigt, Thomas D. Koepsell, J. Lee Nelson, Carin E. Dugowson, and Janet R. Daling are the authors of “Smoking, Obesity, Alcohol Consumption, and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis.” Due to a substantial amount of study regarding sex hormones contributing to the effects of rheumatoid arthritis they “…conducted a population-based case-control study…in King County, WA, and Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound” (Voigt 525). According to the acknowledgements section the physicians, as…

Anti-Inflammatory Foods for Seniors with Arthritis Arthritis is the inflammation of the joints that causes pain and swelling in individuals suffering with this disease. Thankfully, there are many foods available that will reduce the inflammation and pain associated with arthritis. Eating a diet free from processed foods and sugar will help minimize inflammation, but eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids and oleocanthal will create heightened results when taken regularly. Fish Omega-3 fatty…

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Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that is for a long term. And it’s happen in the joints, surrounding tissue and other organs causing inflammation of those organs. Causes: The cause of RA is unknown and not clear. It is an autoimmune disease which means that the body attacks by mistake their own immune system and the healthy cells. But it's thought it may involve environmental factors, genetic makeup and hormones changes. Smoking may involve to RA. It happens…

Psoriatic Arthritis Psoriatic Arthritis affects as estimated 24 in 10,000 people worldwide. Each year people are diagnosed with different types of Psoriatic Arthritis. Psoriatic Arthritis is associated with higher levels of stress, anxiety, environment, lifestyle, and possibly gene traits or inheritance. Also, Psoriatic Arthritis is a type of autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue, in this case…

Lindsay Neuner Kim Jesu Biol 281 October 11, 2015 Pathophysiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathophysiology is the disordered physiological processes associated with diseases or injury and how the progress of that disease or injury changes the body. Rheumatoid arthritis may cause swelling and intense pain throughout various joints, but it can also cause many other problems in the body. If the arthritis gets bad enough, it can cause a low count in red blood cells, inflammation around the heart and…

Even though that there are over a hundred types of arthritis, there are only five that are relatively common. “Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fibromyalgia, and gout. (“Sources of Arthritis Pain”)” Osteoarthritis is a disease in which the cartilage in the joints between bones wear down. This causes the bones to slowly enlarge. Some symptoms include joint stiffness, swelling, cracking or grinding with movement, and the joint itself becomes dysfunctional (“Diseases and…

Rheumatoid arthritis is categorized as autoimmune and chronic progressive disease. Our immune system is a complex and dynamic organization of cells and antibodies functioned to find out and destroy organisms and substances which harm us, such as infections. Autoimmune disease means by our immune system starts attacking our own body, mistaking body tissues as foreign invader. In this case, immune system mistakenly attacked the joints and cause stiffness and inflammation to the connective tissue…

Rheumatoid Arthritis Taylor J. Wells-Tucker NAS 101  Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis, also known as RA, is the most common autoimmune arthritis. It affects more than 1.3 million Americans and can affect any person of any age. RA causes stiffness, pain, swelling, and limited function of many joints in the body. While most people know rheumatoid arthritis to only affect the joints of the body, it can sometimes spread to other body systems, earning the classification of a systemic…

The study being proposed is if meditation has an effect on rheumatoid arthritis. The motivation for this study that is being proposed is due to arthritis as a common diagnosis for a type of pain people have in their body. When pain is occurring, people tend to focus on the location of the pain, but, if meditation was done, maybe the pain would go away. This study is worth doing because this could change the treatment of arthritis for people. Meditation is free and has no specific time of day…