The Arthritis Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to Alternative Therapies and Conventional Treatments for Arthritic Diseases Including Osteoarthrosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Fibromyalgia, and MoreInner Traditions / Bear & Co, 1999 - 244 pages The complete guide to available therapies for individuals suffering from osteoarthritis and other arthritic diseases. • The most up-to-date information on this disease that strikes one in six people. • Includes case histories, practitioners' perspectives, and a complete resource guide to the organizations, publications, and Internet sites devoted to arthritis. For those suffering from arthritis and other arthritic diseases such as gout and fibromyalgia, The Arthritis Bible is a complete resource to available treatments--both alternative and conventional. One in six Americans are afflicted with arthritis, yet the traditional medical community continues to offer only the limited number of treatments found within the narrowly proscribed boundaries of Western medicine. And while many alternative therapies do provide relief, too many have become victims of the "flavor-of-the-month" mentality, their true merits being lost amidst hype and unwarranted claims before adequate research has been done. The Arthritis Bible supplies wisdom on conventional drugs, exercise, physical therapy, diet, vitamins and minerals, traditional herbs, nutraceuticals, homeopathy, and folk remedies. It also advises how to choose the right medical approach and practitioner, and includes a complete resource guide to the organizations, publications and internet sites devoted to arthritis. For anyone seeking relief from the painful and often debilitating consequences of arthritic diseases, The Arthritis Bible is a must for the shelf. |
Table des matières
OSTEOARTHROSIS OSTEOARTHRITIS A CASE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL CARTILAGE | 4 |
DEFINING THE DISEASE | 4 |
SYMPTOMS OF OSTEOARTHROSIS | 4 |
DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOARTHROSIS | 4 |
WHAT CAUSES OSTEOARTHROSIS? | 12 |
WHO IS MOST AT RISK? | 14 |
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL THERAPIES WORKING MIND AND BODY TO REDUCE DRUG DEPENDENCY | 15 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES | 20 |
DIETARY THERAPY IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES | 111 |
STOMACH ACID HYPOCHLORHYDRIA AND RHEUMATIC DISEASE | 112 |
ORAL TOLERANCE THERAPY | 116 |
VITAMINS AND MINERALS | 118 |
VITAMIN ABETACAROTENE | 119 |
B VITAMINS | 120 |
VITAMIN C | 121 |
VITAMIN D | 122 |
ASPIRIN AND ITS OFFSPRING | 23 |
ANALGESIC OPTIONS | 24 |
THE FIRST NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUG NSAID | 25 |
SYNTHETIC NSAIDs | 26 |
SIDE EFFECTS OF ASPIRIN AND OTHER NSAIDs | 27 |
HOW NSAIDs HELP AND HURT | 32 |
PAIN RELIEF WITH THE LEADING UNNSAID | 34 |
THE CARTILAGE THERAPY REVOLUTION GLUCOSAMINE SAMe CHONDROITIN BOVINE CARTILAGE SULFUR GELATIN BOSWELLI... | 36 |
CREATION AND DESTRUCTION | 37 |
TREATING ROOT CAUSES | 39 |
GOUT | 57 |
WHAT CAUSES GOUT? | 58 |
DIAGNOSIS | 59 |
DIET AND NATURAL REMEDIES | 60 |
RHEUMATIC DISEASES | 63 |
RHEUMATIC DISEASES WHAT HOW AND WHY | 64 |
DIAGNOSIS OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES | 65 |
PROGNOSIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 68 |
PROGRESSION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 69 |
WHY ARTHRITIC TISSUES CATCH FIRE | 70 |
WHAT CAUSES RHEUMATIC DISEASE? | 73 |
A SPECIAL CASE | 79 |
CAUSATIVE FACTORS AND PAIN MANAGEMENT AN ANALYSIS FROM THE FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE | 83 |
FACTORS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 85 |
BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH | 86 |
FREE RADICAL STRESS AND CARTILAGE DEGENERATION | 87 |
PAIN MANAGEMENT | 88 |
GETTING THE RIGHT MEDICAL HELP | 90 |
RHEUMATOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONERS | 91 |
HOLISTIC MEDICAL DOCTORS | 92 |
CHIROPRACTORS | 93 |
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINES FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES | 94 |
DISEASEMODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS DMARDs | 95 |
AN AGGRESSIVE NEW STANCE ON DMARDs | 96 |
CYTOTOXIC DRUGS | 100 |
CORTICOSTEROIDS | 103 |
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS | 106 |
CONSUMERS GUIDE TO RHEUMATIC REMEDIES | 107 |
RANKING RHEUMATIC REMEDIES | 108 |
BORON | 123 |
SELENIUM | 124 |
ZINC | 125 |
TRADITIONAL HERBS | 126 |
RANKING HERBS FOR ARTHRITIS | 127 |
SECONDARY HERBS | 136 |
NUTRACEUTICAL REMEDIES FROM NATURE | 141 |
GLA | 145 |
EMU OIL | 148 |
BOVINE TRACHEAL CARTILAGE | 150 |
CAPSAICIN Capsicum spp Chili Pepper | 154 |
OPCs | 156 |
DIETARY ENZYMES | 159 |
SEA CUCUMBER | 163 |
NEW ZEALAND GREENLIPPED MUSSEL | 164 |
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY | 166 |
CLUES FROM THE HEART AND GUT | 167 |
HOW MICROBES MIGHT CAUSE RHEUMATIC DISEASES | 168 |
EARLY EVIDENCE FOR MICROBE THEORY | 170 |
THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF MICROBE THEORY | 172 |
GERMS ON TRIAL | 174 |
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY | 175 |
ANTIBIOTICS AS ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS | 178 |
ARE ANTIBIOTICS RIGHT FOR YOU? | 180 |
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES | 182 |
THE PARADOX OF HOMEOPATHY | 184 |
DOES IT WORK? | 185 |
HOMEOPATHY IN ARTHRITIS | 186 |
FOLK REMEDIES | 187 |
BEE VENOM | 188 |
COPPER BRACELETS | 189 |
HONEY AND VINEGAR | 190 |
RESOURCES ACUPUNCTUREACUPRESSURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE | 191 |
MORE HERBAL OPTIONS | 198 |
TOP HERBS SCIENTIFIC SUMMARIES | 203 |
NOTES | 212 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 237 |
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