Understanding Arthritis
The term “Arthritis” refers to more than 100 different types of diseases which all cause pain, stiffness, and inflammation in the joints of affected people. All arthritis conditions involve some form of joint pain or the other. However, the seriousness of the joint pain, the duration of the joint pain and degree of the joint pain vary from one type of arthritis to another.
The two most prevalent types of arthritis include Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, in which joint cartilage is destroyed. In other cases of Osteoarthritis, the patient experiences bony outgrowth, also known as bone spurs and also loss of cartilage particles.
Osteoarthritis is usually found in people over the age of 55. That is why most people say it is an ‘aged disease’ of the joints. Hands, feet, spine, hips and knees of the afflicted are the most common places to find Osteoarthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients experience white blood cells in the synovial membrane dividing, growing and multiplying. They produce inflammation of the joint capsule and synovial membrane, a decrease in space in the synovial cavity, stiffness and joint pain. If there are no arthritis treatments or relief, this may lead to cartilage destruction.
Apart from these types of arthritis, another type of arthritis that commonly affects people is “Inflammatory Arthritis”. This type of arthritis causes very severe inflammation in the joints and the tendons of the victims.
This is by and large characterized by the swelling up and inflammation of the synovial membrane – thereby inducing terrible pain and stiffness in the joints of the sufferers. Inflammatory arthritis makes the joint look red and warm when touched. Arthritis relief for victims is necessary to reduce the pain.
Arthritis treatment is therefore very important, especially in a country like the United States where Arthritis is the number one cause of physical disability. 43 million Americans suffer from arthritis in one form or the other, thats a staggering 16 percent of the total population of the united states.
It is not only adults who need relief through arthritis treatments, but also children. Somewhere in the region of 290,000 children suffer from arthritis in the United States alone. Children, being very susceptible to pain, need arthritis relief and treatment more than ever before. Adults on the whole can endure more pain than children, that is why relief from arthritis is needed as soon as the problem starts for children.
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