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Arthritis

Arthritis means inflammation of the joints. There are multiple causes for arthritis including infection, auto-immune processes, degeneration, metabolic diseases like diabetes and gout. In degenerative arthritis, mainly weight bearing joints like Knee, Hips, Ankles etc are affected primarily, where as in autoimmune arthritis, small joints like fingers, toes etc are affected.

Arthritis

The initial symptoms of arthritis are redness, swelling, pain and restriction of movement. With chronicity, cracking sound and abnormal shaping of the joint results. Arthritis can be acute or chronic but it surely leads to reduced activity and functional impairment of the patient.

Homoeopathy treats arthritis very effectively in both acute and chronic arthritis. Homoeopathic medicines like Arnica, Bryonia, Colchicum, Rhustox, Ledum Pal, etc are very useful in treating acute arthritis. Where as, customized medicines needs to be prescribed for chronic arthritis after taking patients symptoms in details. Some common tissue remedies that gets indicated in advanced cases are Calcarea Phos, Calcarea Flour etc.

Homoeopathic treatment works at the general level as well as the tissue level. The prognosis with treatment depends on the stage and duration of illness. In cases of recent origin, homoeopathy can completely cures arthritis and in chronic advanced cases it provides a good symptomatic relief. Based on the response to treatment, homoeopathic medicines and their doses needs to be carefully regulated by an expert homeopathic physician in order to achieve long lasting relief.

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