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3 Ways To Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis Naturally
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Arthritis is a painful and debilitating condition affecting millions of people around the world. One of the most common forms is rheumatoid arthritis, a condition in which the body’s immune system mistakes the connective tissues in the joints as hostile organisms and begins to attack them. This creates chronic inflammation in the joints, resulting in pain and loss of mobility. In the United States alone, over 1.3 million adults are affected.
In more severe cases, the disease can even attack other areas besides the joints, resulting in inflamed blood vessels, and damage to internal organs.
For many years, rheumatoid arthritis was the most feared form this condition, as there was no cure. To this day, there remains no complete cure for rheumatoid arthritis, but the forms of treatment have improved so that it is no longer such a debilitating illness.
There are a number of conventional treatments for rheumatoid arthritis that have been developed over the years. Anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers are usually the first treatment. Chemotherapy and steroids are also used in more serious cases. Unfortunately, some of these treatments, particularly chemotherapy, can have awful side effects.
Luckily, there are a number of natural alternative treatments that can provide relief for rheumatoid arthritis.
1. Probiotics
Probiotic supplementation might be the next big breakthrough in treating rheumatoid arthritis. Antibiotics are one of the most over-prescribed types of medication in the world. Not only has this rendered them less effective due to the process of natural selection with germs, it also results in massive damage to gut flora. Since antibiotics do not distinguish between good and bad bacteria, they can end up doing a lot of long-term harm to the gut.
Researchers in China found a link between imbalanced levels of gut bacteria and rheumatoid arthritis. Patients with the disease often had very low levels of the gut bacteria haemophilius. They also found they had trouble metabolizing minerals like zinc, iron and arginine.
Another study tested the effectiveness of probiotic supplementation on patients with rheumatoid arthritis. They provided them with 6 weeks of supplementation with the bacteria Bacillus coagulans to see if their symptoms would improve versus a control group. They found that patients given the probiotic experienced improved mobility and reduced levels of C-reactive protein, which is produced by the liver in response to serious inflammation.
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