If you go outside in the cold without a hat, you'll probably catch a cold. If you suppress unpleasant thoughts with vodka, you will get cirrhosis of the liver. But rheumatoid arthritis visits even those who have always led an absolutely healthy lifestyle. This article describes in detail how to give arthritis a worthy rebuff.
Rheumatoid arthritis is often preceded by a severe cold or infectious disease. It happens that it remains untreated and causes inflammation of the connective tissue (ie joints), or when medication is used that produce a side effect. And it happens that nothing like this happens, but one fine day, an absolutely healthy person wakes up with an incomprehensible pain in the joints. The fact that it can be arthritis does not fit into your head, and you want to think about it least ... And you need to think. After all, if rheumatoid arthritis is correctly and timely diagnosed, its remission can be prolonged for many and many years. By and large, the patient has only a month when it is possible to "grab" the disease at an early stage and prevent it from developing. Therefore, symptoms such as swelling in the joints, pain and reduced mobility should push away all your affairs and plans, even if very important and urgent, for later.
Believe me, unshaven husband's shirts or unwashed floor will wait their turn. Why did we suddenly start talking about ironing? Yes, because arthritis is a typical female disease. Weak sex suffers them 2-3 times more often than men! And in medical circles do not exclude that the cause of the illness can be a hard physical work, in which it often falls to his knees and crouch (which we do when my sex). The development of the disease is usually indicated by a sharp increase in ESR in a clinical blood test. In 2002, German scientists developed a method for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis based on laser technology. The study is carried out using a laser scanner that sends infrared rays through the joints of the fingers. Using a computer, the degree of dispersion of the light flux after passing through the tissue is analyzed. The method allows to assess the condition of intraarticular fluid and articular surfaces. An increase in the intensity of scattering compared to that for a healthy joint indicates the initial manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis. Unfortunately, this method has not yet reached Russia. But we own one of the most successful author's methods of treating arthritis, which is used in practice in Russia, at the Khodanova Center for Immunocorrection.
How to treat?
Those who have had to face arthritis probably know about the generally accepted ways of treating it. Basically, this drug therapy: anti-inflammatory drugs that reduce the intensity of the inflammatory reaction, antirheumatic drugs that slow the progression of the disease, etc. In addition to medicines, physiotherapy, magnetotherapy and laser therapy, physiotherapy exercises, and massage are used, depending on the physician's preferences and the individual characteristics of the patient. And what if the body resists all traditional methods, which is often the case with allergy sufferers, patients with a long history of the disease, patients with immune deficiency? For such "unaffordable" patients, this method can be used by the method of RN Khodanova. During treatment, a person takes his own venous blood, diluted in a syringe with water in a ratio of 1: 5 (under the effect of this pressure drop, most of the erythrocytes are destroyed, while leukocytes and lymphocytes remain intact) and injected back, but not into the vein , but subcutaneously, acupuncture points. In addition, this technique allows parallel diagnostics: where it hurts, there is a point responsible for the affected organ. In order to restore the mobility of joints, usually there are enough nine-ten similar sessions.
Myths and reality.
Until recently it was believed that high heels provoke the development of arthritis. It turned out that the relationship between the development of this disease and the wearing of "hairpins" is directly opposite. According to research by scientists at Oxford University Brookes, among those women who later fell ill with knee arthritis, high heels wore 55.2% of the people, while among healthy women this figure is slightly higher - 67.1%.
How to relieve pain with arthritis?
■ Relieve excess weight. This will reduce the pressure on the joints, especially the knee.
■ Take fish oil. It reduces the sensitivity of joints and prevents fatigue.
■ In the evening rub the muscle ointment into the joints. This will help prevent morning soreness and joint stiffness.
■ Add cherries and vegetable juices (carrot, celery, tomato) to your diet. Limit the consumption of fats, and especially sunflower oil. But olive oil is relatively safe for you.
■ Do stretching exercises. Nobody demands from you feats - do it within the limits of what allows you disease! Remember: even five minutes of exercise a day can be enough to maintain joint mobility.