Circulatory problems, infections, stress, or referred pain from other parts of the body can produce arthritis-like symptoms, but most of the cases of true arthritis can be diagnosed by blood tests or tests of synovial fluid obtained by aspirating joint fluid. Rheumatism is a word some people use for arthritis. It’s not a formal disease, however, but a term used to describe those aches, pains, and stiff feelings that beset all of us sometimes.
Some forms of arthritis seem to have a hereditary factor: they run in families. Many allergies and environmental sensitivities run in families, too.
It has been speculated that a virus might be the culprit, but that has never been proved. The symptoms associated with many allergic reactions resemble virus infections, too.
Various theories have blamed the inappropriate leakage of enzymes or microbes through blood-vessel walls into joints that become arthritic. The leakage of fluid through allergen-affected blood-vessel walls is characteristic of many allergic responses, too.
It has been noted that some forms of arthritis begin or flare up at times of emotional stress, though it is not known why. Many allergic people are more sensitive during times of stress, too.
So far, despite the vast sums spent on research, about the only thing that conventional modern medicine claims to be sure about arthritis is that the cause is unknown.
One aspect of the disease that particularly puzzles researchers is the group of apparently unrelated disorders that often accompany arthritis. After all, why should headaches, colitis, asthma, fatigue, depression, or rashes occur along with a disorder of the joints? Of interest to the bioecologists (who also do not claim to understand with certainty the basic cause of the disease) is the fact that these arthritis-associated conditions in other systems are common, body-wide allergic reactions. In a majority of cases arthritis consists of the joint and muscle reactions to specific, identifiable environmental substances that are also affecting many other body structures. These offending agents reach allergically reactive sites throughout the body via the bloodstream, after gaining entrance to the body through the digestive tract and/or the lungs.
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LEARNING ABOUT ARTHRITIS FORMSCirculatory problems, infections, stress, or referred pain from other parts of the body can produce arthritis-like symptoms, but most of the cases of true arthritis can be diagnosed by blood tests or tests of synovial fluid obtained by aspirating joint fluid. Rheumatism is a word some people use for arthritis. It’s not a formal disease, however, but a term used to describe those aches, pains, and stiff feelings that beset all of us sometimes.Some forms of arthritis seem to have a hereditary factor: they run in families. Many allergies and environmental sensitivities run in families, too.It has been speculated that a virus might be the culprit, but that has never been proved. The symptoms associated with many allergic reactions resemble virus infections, too.Various theories have blamed the inappropriate leakage of enzymes or microbes through blood-vessel walls into joints that become arthritic. The leakage of fluid through allergen-affected blood-vessel walls is characteristic of many allergic responses, too.It has been noted that some forms of arthritis begin or flare up at times of emotional stress, though it is not known why. Many allergic people are more sensitive during times of stress, too.So far, despite the vast sums spent on research, about the only thing that conventional modern medicine claims to be sure about arthritis is that the cause is unknown. One aspect of the disease that particularly puzzles researchers is the group of apparently unrelated disorders that often accompany arthritis. After all, why should headaches, colitis, asthma, fatigue, depression, or rashes occur along with a disorder of the joints? Of interest to the bioecologists (who also do not claim to understand with certainty the basic cause of the disease) is the fact that these arthritis-associated conditions in other systems are common, body-wide allergic reactions. In a majority of cases arthritis consists of the joint and muscle reactions to specific, identifiable environmental substances that are also affecting many other body structures. These offending agents reach allergically reactive sites throughout the body via the bloodstream, after gaining entrance to the body through the digestive tract and/or the lungs.*9/295/5*
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