Understand Arthritis in 10 Simple Points

1. What is arthritis – Arthritis is an ailment closely linked to your bones and it causes pain in the joints. This pain can, often, be extreme and the patient isn’t able to move his body too.

2. Occurs in any age - Earlier it was believed that arthritis was limited to elderly people and the attacks are frequent in people aging around 50 or more. However, nowadays a great number of patients are younger kids and adults.

3. Different types – Arthritis doesn’t have any type rather it has more than hundred forms. “Gathiya” as called in local English slang refers to a form namely Rheumatoid Arthritis. 

4. Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis – Osteoarthritis is one of the most forms of the disease found in people. As people age, they experience pain in fingers, knees, and hips. Rheumatoid Arthritis, on the other hand, causes pain in joints as it weakens the immune system.    

5. Major Role of Uric Acid –Excess of uric acid in our body causes pain. Uric acid is produced internally by our body and often gets increased by our diet.

6. Crystals of Uric Acid – As amount of Uric Acid in our body increases, crystals of Uric Acid get deposited in our knees. This causes problems in movement of bones near the joints and give birth to pain.

7. Wounds are dangerous – Arthritis can be started by many causes. Commonly, elderly people are easy victims of the disease but due to any injury from the past, the chances of arthritis increase significantly.

8. Pain can be reduced –If proper precautions are considered and the ailment is diagnosed at the early stage, then the pain in the joints can be controlled significantly. Improvement in lifestyle and some safeguards can be prevent the ailment from causing great harm.

9. Yoga and exercise – Yoga and regular exercise are one of the best methods to keep oneself away from Arthritis. Although, there are many painkillers in the market which bring relief, but yoga and exercise are effective measures to control the pain.

10. Diet and precaution – Its vital to change diet in order to limit the pain. Refraining from alcohol and increase in intake of garlic and ginger are some of the steps.