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Joint Arthritis is a physical condition where inflammation of joint takes place and causes pain while hindering the movement. It causes numbness and pain which interferes in daily life activities. It restricts the life participating mobility and person seems to be limited to certain places. It stealthily makes its space in routine and takes the control of the life of the patient rather the patient takes control of the disease. At first it seems an alien part of the life and causes sudden and severe pain arising from the different joints of the body. With the passage; it becomes prominent and overwhelms the energy available for performing daily tasks.

There are number of types of Arthritis which vary in the type and their nature. There are certain symbols which enable the patient to know about the disease he is suffering with. Though the initial symptoms may be confusing and vague, yet the common complain which is put forward by all the patients is of stiffness. The joints are hard by the accumulation of excessive lactic acid which makes the sliding of bones resistible and a joint becomes hard and stiff while the patient suffers with the pain.

Joint tenderness is one of the sign that indicates the initial Arthritis. This tenderness is exactly found around the joint. The redness or swelling is the accompanying factors of the disease. If you are unable to refer this tenderness to a specific injury or accident, then you must know that it is Arthritis.

This redness usually goes together with the warm joints. If you find your joint warm, it means an inflammation is going on inside the joint.

Another symptom which is prominently found in the early symptoms is of the fever. This fever cannot be ignored if joined with the joint pain. The fever indicates that the inflammation has taken place and the joint is swollen.

You may also face an excessive fatigue and malaise in the early symptoms. Malaise is the general ill feeling or ill at ease feeling. The malaise can be caused by the side effects of a medicine or drug. The real testing of the malaise can be found as the symptom of Arthritis. If you often find yourself excessively fatigued; you must trace out the reason behind this fatigue. If your daily activities do not answer the reason of this fatigue; you must be alarmed by the disease and must consult your doctor.

The role of your doctor is very important. He must have a comfortable communication with you. You should have all the answers asked by your consultant. These questions may be based on the physical inconvenience you are suffering with. He may ask if your pain is the result of a fall or an injury. Have you been facing this for a long period? What are the heavy tasks do you perform in the daily routine? You must have all the satisfactory answers for the accurate diagnosis which will surely help your doctor to set the treatment path.

After a careful diagnosis; there are available treatments which a doctor can suggest you. there are five basic categories for the Arthritis medications. These include NSAIDS, analgesics, DMARDs, corticosteroids and the newer biologics.

NSAIDS have been used by the arthritic patients for the last thirty years. These have anti inflammatory properties which are quite helpful in slowing down the process of inflammation. These must not be taken without the prescription of a doctor as they can cause severe side effects.

Analgesics are a group of drugs which is used to relieve pain. This group works on the specific pattern. It reduces pain either by blocking the pain signals going to brain or changing the interpretation of brain receiving these signals without causing unconsciousness. People using this group as a mode of medication often complain the drowsiness and the sleepy conditions prevailing on them.

Corticosteroids are drugs closely related to the production of a hormone produced in the adrenal cortex. It was first time in 1948 that the patients of arthritis were daily given the injections of corticosteroids and the results were striking. The wonderstruck result led to the permanent use of these drugs. But with the years side effects started emerging which reduced its reliability.

DMARDs appear to decrease inflammation though they are not categorized as the anti inflammatory drugs. They work unlike the way of NSAIDS which reduces the production of prostaglandin. These do not reduce the inflammation but decrease the disease by modifying and slowing down the process.

Biologic drugs are used which modify the immune system to fight against the disease and make it stronger to withstand against the disease.

These medications have severe side effects and cause the patients to lose one or the other glands while combating the disease. Therefore, natural and common remedies have replaced the use of these drugs and have increased in popularity.

Apart from these drugs; the self motivation and determination of the patient is much necessary. The first and the most important fact are of the patient for staying positive. You simply do not need taking this arthritis phobia over your nerves. You must accept the new realities and the limitations imposed by the disease upon you. You must learn how to manage these restrictions and limited mobility defined by the arthritis.

You must have a trust on your doctor. If you are doubtful about the caliber or the way of his treatment, you cannot find a healthy treatment. Simply find a doctor of your own reliability.

Do not go in self pity for being a patient of arthritis. Simply accept the fact that you have a disease that is going to be a part of your life for the rest of the time. When you will make a friendly relationship with this mode of life, it will be easy for you to go on and perform the rest of daily life activities. Have a self reliability on your skills and enjoy your life.

By Ammarah Khan