November 16th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : Arthritis affects many people all over the world in the US alone over twenty million Americans are reported that are afflicted with this debilitating disease. Arthritis is the general condition involving the damage of the joints in the body. There are many forms of arthritis and one of the most [...]
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November 7th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : Autoimmunity involves the immune system failing to recognize the body’s cells and tissues as being a part of the body, which results in the immune system attacking those cells and tissues. Any disease resulting from autoimmunity is called an auto-immune disorder.
There are over 60 known disorders thought to [...]
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November 4th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive, systemic, autoimmune disease for which there is no current cure. It is a common disorder affecting more than 2.1 million Americans.
Patients who present with complications of RA outside the joints- what is termed extra-articular disease- are at particular risk for early death. Extraarticular [...]
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October 16th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : I would like to start with a quote from Dr Robert Bingham, a specialist in the treatment of arthritis. He said: “ No person who is in good nutritional health develops rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis ”
What is Arthritis? Arthritis is (from Greek Arthro = joint + itis= inflammation) a [...]
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October 10th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : Arthritis means “inflammation of joints.” Yet when older people are afflicted with arthritis, they tend to be bothered less by the inflammation and more by the pain and stiffness that accompany arthritis.
Many people assume arthritis to be an unavoidable part of growing old. Although aging itself does not cause arthritis, [...]
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September 27th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
There was a time when there wasn’t much a doctor could do for a patient with lupus. But there have been amazing advances since then, and patients will find they have many different treatment options for their lupus. Natural cures can go a long way towards helping patients alleviate, or even eliminate, their symptoms.
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September 18th, 2009 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Day and night, our body’s natural immune system works to keep us safe from disease, infections and viruses. However, as with any machine, problems can arise and our defenses may be weakened. An autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system mistakenly perceives normal bodily functioning as a threat and attacks itself, affecting nerves, muscles, tissues, [...]
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