10 Natural Ways to Relieve Rheumatoid Arthritis

November 27th, 2023

By Sayer Ji

Contributing writer for Wake Up World

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.3 million American adults. It’s characterized by chronic inflammation and targets the bones, cartilage, and connective tissues of the joints.

Inflammation from RA results when the immune system mistakes joints for a hostile invader.  It attacks the joints causing cartilage, tissues, and bone to be destroyed.  The result is a crippling loss of mobility and function.

But RA can also attack outside the joints.  It’s estimated that about 15 to 25 percent of RA patients have this “extra-articular” form of rheumatoid arthritis.[i] This form of RA can manifest as pericarditis, pleuritis, inflammation of blood vessels, eye conditions, and kidney infections.  Eventually it can lead to death.

Standard medical treatment for RA includes painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs to suppress symptoms.  Drug treatments target the inflammatory process by turning down the body’s inflammation reaction.  In some cases steroids, and even chemotherapy drugs like methotrexate are used. And even with drug therapy, a significant number of patients still have persistent, low-level disease activity.

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