Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid disease is a type of chronic rheumatism that attacks all the joints of the body and then develops to infect the vessels of the heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs if the infections are not treated seriously at the beginning of occurrence. Rheumatoid infections also cause deformities of the joints and swelling, as well as difficulty in the ability to move them accompanied by severe pain, especially in the early morning, as well as accompanied by inflammation of fever in the patient’s “rheumatoid fever” and swelling in small joints extends over time to all joints of the body without exception .
As the time progresses and the disease develops, the inflammation extends to the muscle ligaments, causing progressive wear and destruction of the outer surface of the joint. The joint loses its ability to move and perform various functions. Rheumatoid inflammation can also cause a number of other diseases in the body such as anemia, acute iron deficiency, high blood pressure, And peripheral neuropathy and lack of sensation, as well as lead to chronic eye infections and drought, as well as an increase in liver enzymes, as well as osteoporosis and weakness in the general muscle, chronic kidney inflammation, the possibility of lymphoma, the loss of Appetite, low weight, heart attacks and strokes, and lung and other lung disease.
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
There is still no cure for rheumatoid arthritis but there are drugs that help to reduce the development of the disease and reduce its symptoms such as annoying joint pain and pain, loss of joint softness and accompanying heat and relieve swelling on the joints. Treatment can be divided into two types:
Medical pharmacological treatments
- The use of the usual painkillers, is suitable for the reduction of heat and pain, but does not prevent the development of the disease, so it is not enough also must be taken cautiously with patients with heart and kidney.
- The treatment of antibiotics for arthritis, which is recommended by the doctor according to the degree of infection, it prevents the development of the disease and injury to another device, such as the heart or lungs.
- Giving the patient cortisone if the condition of the patient so requires, taking into account that this drug does not give for a long time the other side effects in weight gain and osteoporosis.
Natural Herbal Remedies
- Willow: Boil the leaves in water and drink two cups in the morning and evening on a daily basis.
- Ginger, licorice and turmeric: Mix in equal amounts in boiled water and drink 3 times daily.
- Pour the grain: Mix a tablespoon of the pond with a cup of milk and a tablespoon of honey and eat a spoon in the morning and another before sleep.
- Oils: Take one tablespoon of olive oil, borage oil, garlic oil or ring oil for 3 months.
- Omega 3 foods: Eating omega-3 fatty acids such as fish or taking omega-3s helps in arthritis.