Lupus during pregnancy

May 21st, 2010

Studies showed that 50% of all lupus pregnancies are completely normal, 25% deliver normal babies prematurely, and there is a percentage of 25 which represents fetal loss due to spontaneous abortion or death of the baby.

However, lupus pregnancies are not easy, and they may be considered ‘high-risk’. Pregnant lupus patients should be supervised by obstetricians who are familiar with high risk pregnancies and there should be collaboration with woman’s primary physician. Read the rest of this entry »

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Natural supplements for rheumatoid arthritis

May 21st, 2010

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease, and estimated to affect approximately 1-2% of people worldwide. It is known that the immune system is attacking the synovial fluid, a fluid that surrounds and cushions your joints. This results in painful inflammations and joint stiffness around finger and leg.

Patients with rheumatoid Arthritis have tried treatment from expert and while there is no sure-fire cure, many people have has success with natural supplement cures for rheumatoid arthritis. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rheumatoid arthritis may links to depression

May 20th, 2010

The researchers at the University of North Carolina tell that the patients with rheumatoid arthritis are two times as likely to feel depression but they are unlikely to consult to a doctor about it. In that study, researchers found that almost 11% of rheumatoid arthritis patients had moderately severe to severe sign of depression, demonstrating a distressful link between depression and rheumatoid arthritis. Read the rest of this entry »

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Discovering rheumatoid arthritis new treatment

May 20th, 2010

Women are 3 times more likely to get rheumatoid arthritis than men. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, a condition where the immune system attacks healthy tissue. The exact cause is still unknown. But in a recent study, an experimental drug showed promising signs of blocking the disease in lab rat.

Harris Perlman is a medical researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois, says that, normally a protein in healthy immune cells causes the cells to die after they attack an invading bacteria or virus. Read the rest of this entry »

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Foods may contribute to rheumatoid arthritis

May 20th, 2010

Researchers from Norway in 2006 published in the British journal Gut additional new evidence of the link between foods and rheumatoid arthritis. The measured these antibodies in blood and intestinal fluid in people with rheumatoid arthritis compared with healthy people.

The results, in their opinion, indicate that measuring blood antibodies to foods in rheumatoid arthritis provides little information about the role of foods in rheumatoid arthritis. Read the rest of this entry »

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5 Tips to relieve rheumatoid arthritis pain

May 20th, 2010

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease where the immune systems attack healthy tissues, specifically the joints and cartilages. If someone affected with this disease, He/she might be in for a very difficult time. But as with all other diseases, you can adopt several measures to help ease the pain brought by the symptoms of this crippling disease. Here are 5 tips suggestion that may help rheumatoid arthritis patient in handling the pain when the attack comes: Read the rest of this entry »

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Lupus arthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis

May 19th, 2010

Many people have failed to make a differentiation between rheumatoid arthritis and lupus arthritis. Both of them are autoimmune diseases. It is a disease where the immune systems attack healthy tissues and causes itself harm. So, where does one draw the line?

Medical experts all agree that proper diagnosis and differentiation of these diseases is not an easy job. The sign and symptoms and laboratory test of both diseases tend to overlap. Read the rest of this entry »

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