Is there a scientific connection between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hepetitis?
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More or less. I know Rheumatoid Arthritis can lead to or be brought on by Sjogren Syndrome which can lead to Hepatitis. Both Sjogren Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis are autoimmune diseases, so RA alone could theoretically the middle syndrome could be skipped...
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Sorry, but I don't know. It'd be cool to learn about.\n\nDo you have Arthritis? I do. Please email me:\n\neileenprince@sbcglobal.net
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Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto-immune condition where the body thinks that certain tissues, including joints, are foreign and attacks them.  Certain infections may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, but rheumatoid arthritis can occur as a result of genetic predisposition.  HLA-B27 and HLA-DR4 are predisposing factors to Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.\n\nRheumatoid Arthritis can be treated using systemic corticosteroids that reduce the bodies immune response.  Side effects are weight gain, increase risk of infections, among others. NSAIDs are also used to decrease inflammation.  Chronic use of NSAIDs may cause gastric ulcers.
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Some of the most common symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are:\n\n    * Joint swelling. Especially in the small joints of the hands and feet.\n    * Joint tenderness, stiffness, and pain. Especially in the morning.\n\nIf you have these symptoms, contact your doctor. With proper treatment, rheumatoid arthritis can be controlled and you will probably only experience limited pain.
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NO NO NO. Bursitis in NOT caused by back problems!!!  OMG that dr. is not giving you good info.  It is an inflammation of the Bursa sac that is in the joint.  It swells and then causes pressure and pain.  You can use ice and ibuprofen (if okay with dr.) or some other kind of NSAID.  You can also get injections into the joint that will take away the pain (they hurt a bit but are worth it if it helps). You may be sitting to much and aggravating the bursitis but you need more into about it.  Go to webmd and put in bursitis to learn more about it.  It is worth learning about.  Unfortunetly no one is too young to get arthritis.
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The theory is that inflamed joints swell as the barometric pressure drops. This swelling irritates the nerves around the joints that sense pain and causes more stiffness.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is not something you screw around with.  If you screw around with treating it you will end up with permanent damage and disfigurement.  None of the alternative treatments legitimately work on it.  However, there are several extremely effective MEDICAL treatments that will prevent the damage and disfigurement not to mention the pain.\n\nI can not stress this enough.  Medical treatment -> pain free life, no problems.  No medical treatment -> intense pain, disfigurement, loss of function, maybe even death.\n\nDon't screw around.
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Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory..I have just found out that yucca is great for arthritis--breaks up calcium deposits and is anti-inflammatory..A natural healer I just saw prescribed large doses (for me 9 caps and 6 of nature's sunshine calcium with vit D --I am overweight so he may have used more??) for rheumatoid arthritis.\n\n.Please use caution with prescription anti-inflammatories..My mother got permanent kidney damage from taking Motrin for arthritis and is now dying and on dialysis.  \n\nAlso try raw apple cider vinegar in sea salt water or with honey (you may not be able to use honey being diabetic)and water --a few spoons and drink few times a day..\n\nI have heard a vegan diet will reverse arthritis.  Also see Dr. Richard Schulze's incurable (save your life) program..it has cured diabetes according to testimonials.  I definitely believe in it.
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I haven't any advice because I have the same problem. I search it but I have no idea what it is. I found these two sites maybe you will find something. My daughter has something similar. I think that she must do some blood check (ask for a RA test). It's for athritis. And see an other doctor and an other.. till you find what is happening (as I do).
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There are many.  First I would write down when and what you are doing when this happens.  Arthritis, RSD, Hypocalcimeia,,, I have had the same thing and it took two years before the doctors could do tests and eliminate each.  Surgery and alot of work from myself keeping a daily notebook regarding my symptoms.  In the end I had all of the ones I mentioned.  You need a good doctor of immunology who can tests and find out exactly what needs to be done and find a course of treatment.
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While you are having your blood checked for uric acid (which indicates gout) have it checked for rheumatoid factor (indicates rheumatoid arthritis). RA has the following symptoms: The joint can be: Warm to touch, reddened, swollen, deformed, stiff, painful. Hope that helps some.
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Actually yes,  not the way that you may think though.  any type of injury to any joint over time will be a prime spot for arthritis to set in.\n   When you crack your knuckles you are temporarily displacing the joint and over a period of time that causes chronic injury to the joint.
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You should definitely go to your family physician.  There are many things you could have.  to me, (not a doctor) it sounds like rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia or mono.   but I am not a doctor so I don't have any real advice except to see one!  Hope this gets resolved soon.
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The stomach problems may be the CAUSE of your arthritis.  There is a growing body of medical research that indicates that arthritis can be a 'byproduct' of 'gut problems'.  Many types of gut problems lead to a condition called 'Intestinal Hyperpermeability' (Leaky Gut Syndrome) that allows bacteria, toxins and other nasty stuff to be absorbed into the blood stream.  These 'nasties' can deposit in the joints where they induce immune system and inflammatory responses that get labeled 'arthritis'.\n\nI would like to suggest two wonderful books that can help you with your pain.  They are written by Sherry Rogers, M.D. and are called: 1) "Pain Free in 6 Weeks" and 2) "No More Heartburn" (which explains in detail the many causes of all kinds of gut and digestive problems, the problems they create with your overall health, and how to treat the causes rather than masking symptoms with drugs that can actually make the problems worse.\n\nThe books are available at Amazon.com or from the publisher at 1-800-846-6687.  I highly recommend them if you have the ability and interest in learning about your health and how to manage it by finding and treating the cause.  I suspect from your question that you have these characteristics.  Best wishes and good luck.
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Infectious arthritis causes pain and swelling in the joints. Joints are the places where two or more bones come together. The pain and swelling is called inflammation. \nThe inflammation is caused by a germ. The germ can be a bacterium (back-teer-e-um), a virus, or a fungus. \nInfectious arthritis normally affects only one joint, but sometimes affects more. \nIt does not usually last a long time if it is treated early. Infectious arthritis is a form of joint inflammation caused by a germ. The germ can be a bacterium, a virus or a fungus. Infection of the joints usually occurs after a previous infection elsewhere in the body. \n\nThere is usually only one joint involved, though sometimes two or three joints can become infected. Mostly, infectious arthritis affects the large joints (shoulders, hips, knees), but smaller joints (fingers, ankles) can also be involved. \n\nBoth men and women can get infectious arthritis. \nIt can affect people of any age. \nSome people are more likely to get infectious arthritis than others. For example, a person who has an illness that makes it harder to fight off other infections may be more at risk. \nPeople with an existing arthritis are also more likely to develop infectious arthritis, because germs tend to infect a joint that is damaged, and therefore weaker than a healthy one. If a person has had surgery to replace a joint with an artificial one, this can also provide a slight chance of infection developing. If it does, it usually occurs a short time after the surgical procedure. However, it is not unheard of for infection to show up in a person years after having joint replacement surgery. \n\nSome of the stronger medications used to treat certain types of inflammatory arthritis also lower the body's resistance to infection, making it easier for infectious arthritis to take hold. \n\nPeople who work in jobs where exposure to animals, plants, marine life and soil is common also have a higher chance of contracting infectious arthritis.
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If you haven't had a clinical diagnosis, don't give up on the possibility that your pain might not be arthritis. My husband had a variety of symptoms, one of which was joint and bone pain. The doctors tested him for rhumatoid, but the results came back negative. It turned out that he had celiac disease. Celiac primarily impacts the digestive system, but advanced cases of the disease get all sorts of autoimmune problems and nutrient deficiencies - one of which is bone and joint pain. Once he quit getting gluten in his diet his pain completely went away. \n\nIf he gets a gluten infraction the pain will return. We had that last summer when they had cookouts at work pretty regularly for several weeks in a row. He was careful to select foods that were gluten free, but he kept getting a reaction each time. Since he could find no initial cause, he figured he just had a mild viral infection. By the end of two weeks he had terrible bone and joint pain. We finally discovered that Kingsford charcoal uses gluten as a binding agent in their bricketts. The cookouts were with Kingsford. Kingsford stated that the gluten would burn up completely and couldn't contaminate the food; however, my husband's body showed them to be wrong. He quite eating the grilled foods and his symptoms subsided in just a few days. We have come arcross several other celiacs since then who said they had the same problem with Kingsford.\n\nSo, if your doctor hasn't difinitively gotten test results that prove arthritis, do a bit of research to see what conditions have this pain as a symptom.\n\nGood luck.
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Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology.\n\nThe term "rheumatism" is still used in colloquial speech and historical contexts, but is no longer frequently used in medical or technical literature; it would be fair to say that there is no longer any recognized disorder simply called "rheumatism". The traditional term covers such a range of different problems that to ascribe symptoms to "rheumatism" is not to say very much: arthritis and rheumatism between them cover at least 200 different conditions.\n\nA vast number of traditional herbal remedies were recommended for "rheumatism". Modern medicine, both conventional and complementary, recognises that the different rheumatic disorders have different causes (and several of them have multiple causes) and require different kinds of treatment. Most sources dealing with rheumatism tend to focus on arthritis. However "non-articular rheumatism", also known as "regional pain syndrome" or "soft tissue rheumatism" can cause just as much discomfort and difficulty.\n\nThe major rheumatic disorders currently recognised include:\n\nOsteoarthritis \nRheumatoid arthritis \nRheumatic heart disease (Rheumatic fever) \nShoulder pain \nNeck pain \nBack pain \nFibromyalgia \nAnkylosing spondylitis \nPsoriatic arthritis \nSystemic lupus erythematosus \nPolymyalgia rheumatica \nTenosynovitis \nCapsulitis \nBursitis \nRheumatic fever. \nAlthough these disorders probably have little in common in terms of their epidemiology, they do share two characteristics: they cause chronic (though often intermittent) pain, and they are difficult to treat. They are also, collectively, very common. The very long list of supposed herbal remedies for rheumatism no doubt reflects the intractable nature of the problems it involves, and so, perhaps, does the fact that are no fewer than six patron saints for sufferers from rheumatism: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Saint Colman, Saint James the Greater, Saint Killian, Saint Servatus, and Saint Totnan.\n\nInitial therapy of the major rheumatological diseases is with paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), members of which are ibuprofen and diclofenac. Often, stronger analgesics are required.