Searching around the internet, you can find many websites claiming to know what causes arthritis, ways to cure it and ease your pain.
Knowing what to believe can prove difficult as many authors put forward good arguments to back up their beliefs.
Arthritis is an incurable condition, although it may be possible to slow down the rate at which your joints degrade and it is certainly possible to manage the pain you may feel.
Many people believe arthritis is something that affects the elderly, but it can strike at any age. Juvenile arthritis symptoms show before the age of 16.
There are some people who put arthritis down to physical labour, but inflammation can occur in joints that have nothing to do with the type of work a person does. As arthritis can develop in an injured joint, people who do physical jobs, such as construction or farming, and who are more likely to get injured may be prone to the condition.
Damp and cold are believed to make the pain of arthritis worse, but it is not a condition that is controlled by the climate. Damaged joints are more likely to be worsened by other factors, such as weight and overuse, than whether they live in a warm or cold climate.
There are some experts who think that eating lots of fatty foods is a cause of arthritis. Although gout, a form of arthritis, is worsened by this type of diet.
It was, at one time, thought that eating food such as liver, bacon, salmon, turkey and sardines, caused gout because of the excess uric acid your body produces when consuming these foods.
Fatty foods can have an impact on arthritis by causing weight gain, which will put extra stress on the already weakened joints.
There are hundreds of “arthritis cures” on the internet and hundreds of people that swear their condition disappeared when they started wearing magnetic bracelets or using essential oils.
The truth is, there are therapies and treatments that can help calm the symptoms of arthritis but nothing cures the condition.
Make sure you are getting the right information about arthritis. Your doctor should be able to arm you with leaflets and booklets telling you all you need to know about your condition and what you can do to cope with the pain.
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