Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease where your immune system attacks your own body tissue. It is progressive disease and primarily affects the joints. However, it can also afflict other organs of the body like the heart or lungs. The disease is extremely painful and causes swelling and tenderness of the joints. As the disease progresses, mobility becomes an issue.
There are medications and drugs to ease the pain but there are some people who want to avoid taking these medications due to the potential side effects associated with them. That is why these people are turning towards alternative treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.
Alternative Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis:
The good thing about alternative treatments for rheumatoid arthritis is that they can be used along with medications or on their own. Either way you will experience some benefit from these treatments.
Here is a list of some of the treatments that people seek to help them cope with rheumatoid arthritis:
• Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese healing method that has been used effectively to deal with the symptoms of pain and swelling. The needles used in this method are inserted in certain pressure points that have therapeutic effect.
• Heat therapy is used effectively to ease the pain in the joints. Here warm wax, electric pads or steam is used. Once the pain eases, movement becomes easy.
• Hydrotherapy is fast becoming popular as it has benefitted a lot of people. Patients are made to do exercises in water, including swimming, to work the joints and remove the stiffness from them. This therapy is usually conducted in lukewarm water.
• Physiotherapy is conducted by a certified therapist and helps with muscle strengthening and joint stiffness. The end result is that muscles become stronger and there is overall reduction of pain. Movement becomes easier through regular physiotherapy.
• Relaxation therapy is a combination of several therapies like meditation, yoga and stretching exercises. This therapy helps a patient to cope with his disease while easing pain and stiffness in the joints.
Aloe Vera – how useful for rheumatoid arthritis?
Does anyone have an experience to share of the use of aloe vera plant in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?
It is not only Mannose which makes Aloe Vera a sometimes a very effective allied in combating Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is also its naturally high content of sulfur compounds which interact with the tissues affected to push them to accept magnesium in at a very high rate. Also Aloe Vera has an important substance called emodine, which helps to block some types of toxins in the colon which may worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Whenever you use Aloe Vera for this purpose, also use vit. C and MSM Powder (but the “liginisul” format).
Good luck! 
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