Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common chronic Inflammatory arthritis. Because it affects the joing and causes progressive destruction of cartilage and bones, rhematoid arthritis can sometimes has functional, psychological, social and professional repercussions.
Rheumatoid arthritis can occur at any age, but it occurs mostly in people between the ages of 40 and 60. At this age, it is four times more common in women than in men. This difference between the sexes gradually diminishes and disappears beyond the age of 70.
What are the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?
Arthritis is the inflammation of a joint and the term polyarthritis means that several joints are affected. The term rheumatoid refers to the fact that, in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, it is possible to isolate substances called rheumatoid factors (antibodies directed against other antibodies of the same person).
These rheumatoid factors are characteristic of so-called autoimmune diseases
🔸Rheumatoid arthritis affects all the elements of a joint (unlike osteoarthritis where only the cartilage is affected).
🔸The inflammation caused by the autoimmune reaction leads to an overproduction of synovial fluid. This fluid builds up, the synovial membrane thickens, and the joint swells.
🔸Neighboring elements (capsule, tendons, etc.) harden and become painful. Cartilage erosions develop in the bones and the joint becomes increasingly stiff.
In the majority of cases, rheumatoid arthritis appears gradually in the wrists and joints of the hands and feet, sometimes in the knees or elbows. The affected joints are painful, red with a feeling of warmth, and stiff.
The affected joints are sometimes slightly swollen: for example, the fingers take on a spindle-like appearance
Frequently, these symptoms are accompanied by more general signs: mild fever, fatigue, loss of weight and appetite, etc.
Management :
Cayenne peppers contain capsaicin. Capsaicin is the element inside peppers that gives warmth and creates a pungent taste.
While it may seem counterintuitive to put a spicy chili ingredient on a joint to relieve pain, Capsaicin lowers the amount of *substance P* , a neurotransmitter.
*Substance P* is the neurotransmitter that sends pain signals to the *brain,* so *when the amount of substance P is lowered, the amount of pain is lowered.*
Therefore get;
• Cayenne pepper
• Olive oil
Crush the cayenne pepper in large quantities and mix with olive oil to make a paste.
Heat this mixture a little for 5 minutes. Apply 2 to 3 times a day a part of this paste on the parts of the body concerned, then massage well and keep the rest in the refrigerator
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