What is Arthritis and Do You Have It?
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What is arthritis ? Do you have it?  If so, find out which of these kinds, the better to address it effectively. My arthritis is not your arthritis: one symptom, many causes.  Six of the top causes of joint inflammation described here.
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 what is arthritis and do you have it if so, find out what kind so you can address it effectively y ou start to question when you feel pain in a joint now you wonder, is it in the joint cartilage, and what is cartilage anyway, and does that mean you have inflammation of the cartilage, and isn t that what arthritis is, and you didn t think you had a high arthritis risk but now you re not so sure ok let s define arthritis first simply put, the word arthritis comes from the greek word arthrum which means joint add itis at the end and you ve got arthritis in other words, arthritis means inflammation of a joint - the two are interchangeable now that we have a working arthritis definition, let s focus on what kind, because that gives you some ideas about how to deal with it there are two main types of arthritis - infectious arthritis, also called rheumatoid arthritis, and non-infectious let s look at each one infectious arthritis this refers inflammation of a joint caused by any one or more infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or spirochetes some of the more common ones are gonococcal, pneumococcal, tubercular, staph, strep which is the infectious agent in rheumatic fever and in more recent years, lymes, a spirochete this type brings up another question, is arthritis infectious the answer is no, not technically, because arthritis only means inflammation of the joint however, the infectious agent may be transmittable, as it is in the case of gonorrhea, strep, staph or tuberculosis knowing that your joint cartilage is being gobbled up or worn away by some such bug, you are armed with the knowledge you need to choose a strategy that invites those bugs to live elsewhere, and when they do, you can move to the second phase of your strategy, which involves repairing the damage non-infectious arthritis this refers to all the other causes of joint inflammation for example traumatic arthritis is the result of sudden or repeated stress on the joint, as in tennis elbow, while post-traumatic arthritis is the result of an injury such as a bump or blow septic arthritis is joint inflammation that results from toxicity of some kind - perhaps a food intolerance wheat, potatoes, strawberries, heavy metals or pesticides, for example last, there are three types of joint tissue that can become inflamed from any of the above one type is the bone itself, and this is called osteoarthritis the second is the joint cartilage itself to answer what cartilage is, think of the gristle in a piece of meat - that s cartilage it s a type of very dense, firm and compact connective tissue that s capable of withstanding considerable pressure or tension third, the synovial membrane over the joint, and the fluid it contains which lubricates the joint can also become inflamed no matter which type of joint tissue becomes inflamed, the condition is still referred to as arthritis because some part of the joint is inflamed the bottom line is that the word arthritis refers to a symptom and not a cause to address the symptom means finding and effectively addressing the cause you can learn about all twelve top causes and what to do about them in the book, arthritis to conquer it, check for these top causes , available here