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What Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Do?

Rheumatoid arthritis is classified as a systematic inflammatory disorder which affects joint tissue and organ, and specifically joints which produces synovitis, an inflammatory agent that causes cartilage erosion. Rheumatoid arthritis is also known to cause inflammation within the lunge, clear, pleura, and pericardium as well as lesions under the skin.

Onset of rheumatoid arthritis is usually between the ages of 40 to 50 years of age, though in reality there is no minimum age as children are sometimes diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

Because of the extreme pain usually brought on by rheumatoid arthritis, many who contract rheumatoid arthritis find their daily lives impaired with 33-percent of those who are diagnosed stop working in five years, and after 10 years more than half claim a functionally disability. According to researchers, rheumatoid arthritis is responsible for a five to 10 year reduction in the patient’s life-span.

Rheumatoid arthritis is three times higher in women then it is in men, which may develop at any age. While it is chronic, there may be sporadic cases of remission over time.

 
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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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