Symptoms Of Those suffering from Rheumatic Arthritis

Monitor for these conditions if you experience difficulty and stiffness in moving up from your bed in the morning after a long night’s sleep:

• Does this morning stiffness last for more than an hour on most days?
• Do you experience pain in 3 or more of your joints that is accompanies with swelling and redness? Are there bumps under the skin that are tender to the touch?
• Do you feel an overall malaise coupled with some flu-like aches and pains that make you feel really lousy throughout the day?
• Has your voice become hoarse? Is there shortness of breath? Are your eyes red or unusually dry?

The symptoms listed above are typical of those suffering from Rheumatic Arthritis, a condition where joint pain is accompanied with swelling and has been disturbingly chronic for over 6 weeks at least.

If you suffer from these symptoms, it is best to get immediate care and management from a team of qualified health and care giving professionals.  While there is no cure for arthritis, this team of qualified health and care giving professionals can help identify and execute a treatment plan to manage the pain and control the disease progression.

The team leader of your RA team should be a Rheumatologist.  Rheumatologists are specialists in the disease and are exposed to the latest trends and breakthroughs in arthritis cures.  They can ably design a management plan tailor fit to your specific condition and lifestyle needs and preferences.  Another professional that is part of your RA team is a duly qualified physical therapist.  The physical therapist will design exercise programs and monitor their proper execution so that only the correct body parts are strengthened and worked out.  In cases where replacement or corrective surgery is required, another expert in arthritis cure will be called in to assist, the orthopedic surgeon.

Occasionally, your rheumatologist might prescribe other professionals that could provide alternative cures for your arthritis like a chiropractor who is clinically trained to work on the affected joints and provide improved range of motion.  Other professionals tapped to provide natural cures for arthritis could be a nutritionist or dietician to help plan out a healthy eating plan to minimize inflammation, a massage therapist to ease out muscle pain and stress and improve overall circulation and wellness, or an acupuncturist to lessen pain through strategic needle placements.

Whether you form an extensive team of specialists or limit your health management to just one doctor, make sure that you choose one who is qualified, an expert in the field, and someone you can feel most comfortable and confident with.