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How is Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated?

Of all the treatments surrounding rheumatoid arthritis, the traditional treatments are exercise, rest, medication and sometimes corrective surgery depending on the severity.

For the most part, medication is given to reduce swelling and inflammation, as well as pain relievers to decrease the joint pain during inflammation, usually in the form of ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, and other anti-inflammatory pain killers. There are also many different kinds of desisease-modifying antirheumatic drugs which are used to treat the symnptoms of rheumatoid arthritis which suppress the immune system’s attacks on the joints, such as plaquenil, cytoxan, imuran, cyclosporine; biological treatments such as enbreal, orencia and rituxan.

However, perhaps the best treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is plenty of rest and exercise, especially during the periods of intense inflammation during which support devices such as a cane or walker may assist in mobility.


 
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Root Relieves Back Pain

The British Journal of Sports Medicine has releases findings that an ointment made from the comfrey root has medicinal properties that aid in the relief of back pain.

The study included more than 120 participants who had chronic back pain yet were all able to feel marked improvement in regards to the amount of pain they felt.

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Migraine Link to Breast Cancer

According to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, women who experience chronic migraine headaches are at a significantly lower risk of breast cancer.

Because of the hormone related triggers, there is a direct correlation between migraines and breast cancer, said Dr. Christopher Li.

Women that have a history of migraines are at a 30-percent less risk of cancer.

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Environment Affects Sleep

In a study conducted at the Sousze Sleep Center in Hamburg, Germany, it was found that the root cause of more than 40-percent of all sleep related disorders or problems had an environmental cause.

"This was a progressive, three year study in which we asked a hundred patients to keep accurate logs and record their sleep experiences, including what would disturb them," said Dr. Sousze.

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