Saturday, 3 June 2017

How to counteract Arthritis – Awareness Campaign to Defeat & Conquer

Arthritis is a medical terminology for inflammation of joints. The critical mission is to aware people about the arthritis; as there are lots of misconceptions, which are finding its roots amid people.

Thus, arthritis is becoming more troublesome, gruesome, and painful for individuals. In U.S “arthritis” is affecting more people in comparison to any other diseases. The reasons are numerous, but what is startling is people are more scared, ignored, and reluctant about their health.

Today, Corpus Christi Joint and Bone Orthopedic have launched its mass awareness campaign against “Arthritis”. This blog is our online effort to reach out to maximum people for ascertaining right information is being conveyed for their health.


Causes of Arthritis:
  1. Obesity is one major cause of arthritis
  2. Medications or drugs which affects the bone density & brings weakness
  3. Hard physical labor
  4. Accidents and injuries
  5. Surgeries & bed ridden
  6. Less exposure to sun-rays
  7. Abnormal metabolism
  8. Hereditary disease like osteoarthritis
  9. Infections like Lyme disease leading to arthritis
  10. Over-active immune system leading to auto-immune attack
  11. Lifestyle and diet secondarily
Thus, saving near and dear ones from arthritis is possible with awareness, right lifestyle, and instant medical assistance.

Know the Arthritis:
  • Americans are at receiving end when it comes to arthritis; as 21 Million native Americans are suffering from osteoarthritis
  • The auto-immune attack like rheumatoid arthritis attacks 2.1 Million Americans approximately
  • There are approximately 200 types of arthritis, which are basically rheumatic diseases. These 200 types of conditions affect joints primarily
  • Rheumatic diseases are caused due to tissue damages, osteoporosis, and tissue diseases
  • Lupus & rheumatoid arthritis can affect multiple organs. It shows numerous symptoms in body and is very painful
  • 52.5 Million adults from different age groups and walks of life are diagnosed with different types of arthritis
  • If arthritis are not treated it can make a person physically impair to perform routine work in life
  • Physical activity, exercise under expert trainer, yoga, & physiotherapy has shown positive results to counter pain, body functionality, joint mobility, and mental well-being
  • Arthritis can induce heart risks or disease in old age people
How to counteract arthritis?
Arthritis care and Joint Replacement including hip, knee and shoulder replacements is one way to counteract arthritis.

Treatment for arthritis generally include “ pain management, improving joint mobility, preventing further joint damages, and enhance quality of life.

The second possible way to counteract arthritis is to treat in a medical fusion of “medications, physical therapies and patient awareness.”

Third and most advanced way is arthroscopy for knee, shoulder, and ankle.

Types of Arthritis:
Generally, this disease is inflammation of joints; rheumatic disease induced, and joint depletion. It’s assumed to be of 200 different types; but is classified in 7 primary groups of arthritis.
  • Inflammatory arthritis is most common in human
  • Degenerative or mechanical arthritis
  • Soft tissue musculoskeletal pain
  • Back pain
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Infectious arthritis
  • Metabolic arthritis
In our next campaign for awareness against arthritis we will discuss the symptoms and other risks factor for determining arthritis.

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