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Updated 29 August 2014th

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Inaccurate information for continuing with arthritis and Propagation:

• Arthritis is a disease of the elderly.
• Arthritis is caused by a cold, wet climate.
• Arthritis can be cured.
• Arthritis is caused by poor diet.
• Arthritis consists only mild pain.
• "It felt good yesterday .... why so tired today?"
• "You have arthritis, you can not ......"

There are many misconceptions about arthritis. The most common myths about arthritis seem to exist. Patients need data and valuable information, not myths and misunderstandings, so that they better manage their disease.

Myth # 1 - Arthritis is a disease of the elderly

Fact: Anyone can suffer from arthritis.

The most common misconception about arthritis is that it is a disease of the elderly. In fact, arthritis can affect anyone at any age, not only for seniors, including:

• Children
• Young Adults
• Middle-aged people

Arthritis is not age or gender. There are over 100 different types of arthritis and related rheumatic diseases and some are found more frequently in certain groups.

Myth # 2 - Arthritis is caused by a cold, damp weather

Fact: The climate itself is neither the cause nor the cure.

It has been theorized for some time that arthritis is caused by a cold, wet climate. The move to a warm, dry climate was considered by some as a cure. Logically follows that if a cure arthritis warm weather, then no one is in Southern California or other warmer areas have arthritis. Bone rubs on bone after cartilage causing pain is to be worn in any weather. But:

• Heat can be a relief.
• Those who have arthritis often feel better in warmer climates.
• Heat can relieve the symptoms of arthritis, such as immersion in a hot tub or take a hot shower.

Note: Since the move from Ohio to Southern California and Nevada, I can say that the warm weather has my minor aches and pains that accompany arthritic diseases reduced. I think one of the reasons due to the fact that I is more active and able, in this climate. Fear of falling on ice and snow is not a problem. I am able to run a lot more and I think the exercise has helped me tremendously. However, it did not the damage done to reverse my cartilage and joints to the disease.

Myth # 3 - The arthritis can be cured.

Fact: There is no scientific proof that a cure for arthritis exists today.

To date there is no known cure for the disease. Much has been discovered in terms of better treatment options and the progression of the disease, but nothing has been found to stop the disease successfully. Since there are so many different types of arthritis, the prognosis varies.

Since arthritis is an ongoing process, the importance of acquiring knowledge and understanding of their own health can not be overstated. There is much to learn:

Myth # 4 - arthritis is caused by poor diet.

Fact: There is no scientific evidence that foods cause or prevent arthritis-specific.

There was a lot of speculation about the importance of nutrition in relation to arthritis. Certainly, a balanced and nutritious and maintaining weight loss, improved nutrition overall health and well-being for all. There are some cases in which there is a clear connection nutrition (for example, sphere).

There is no scientific evidence that certain foods cause or prevent arthritis. Good nutrition does not prevent that arthritis. Unless a person with a food allergy, the particular flare up causing arthritis, there is no direct link between a specific food source and arthritis shown.

Myth # 5 - Arthritis is only slight pain.

Fact: Arthritis is much more than just mild pain.

There is another misconception that arthritis is simply connected with mild pain. TV ads, claiming that the couple of aspirin or other painkillers over-the-counter pain relieve pain and arthritis pain tend to confuse the public.

The display, with a lack of knowledge about the disease, expand the consciousness of some people the more complex forms of arthritis, the more aggressive forms of treatment.

The changes that can occur when a person of arthritis are affected:

Myth # 6 - "She felt good yesterday .... why so tired today?"

In fact: There is a change in the duration and severity of the symptoms of arthritis.

Since arthritis is a disease that is characterized by periods of remission and relapse, it is often difficult for someone with arthritis to understand friends and family why they feel much better or worse than any given day. The inconsistency of arthritis can even cause to believe some people that the disease "in his head."

Arthritis is characterized by a mix of good and bad days. Some days, joint pain and fatigue worse. A balance between rest and activity may be necessary to better manage living with arthritis.

Myth # 7 - "you have arthritis, you can not ...."

Reality: There is much more to do as a person with arthritis.

The limitations that imposes individual arthritis, the people that bring them close to overprotective. Sometimes people are just to try to help people with arthritis. The disease can interfere with physical ability, but certainly the arthritic person should not be as totally disabled and dependent.

A certain amount of aid and dependence is likely to be required. However, we must remember that it is preferable to keep the greatest possible autonomy for physical and emotional reasons.