Rheumatoid Arthritis - Treat Pain and Inflammation

Imagine a terrible swelling, pain, and stiffness in your hand joints–so you can barely tie your shoes. Imagine “loosening up” for hours every morning just to get limber enough to move around the house.
Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers have to live with this sort of thing every day.
The cause is your own immune system, which attacks your […]

Improved Treatments for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

When 50-year-old Ann Kunkel’s daughter Kara was first diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), she was stunned. “I didn’t even know that kids could get arthritis,” says Ann, a mother of four from Oregon, Missouri. Now 19 years old, Kara and her 13-year-old brother Drew are among almost 50,000 American children and teens growing up […]

Differences Between Sarcoidosis and Arthritis

Arthritis means there is inflammation in the joint. This may cause pain, warmth, redness, and stiffness. There are many different causes of arthritis; including infection and trauma. Arthritis may also be immune-related, meaning that the body is reacting against itself in some way.
Sarcoidosis is a very complex disease with many different symptoms, including arthritis. Sarcoidosis […]