Conditions

The term "arthritis," which means "joint inflammation," applies to over 100 different conditions, including...

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Gout
• Infectious Arthritis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Lupus Erythematosus
• Lyme Disease
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Paget's Disease
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome

(See The Arthritis Source, at the University of Washington.)

Treatment: decreasing inflammation and counteracting joint deterioration from oxidative stress and free radical damage.

For specific substances, see Anti-Inflammatories

For More information

• ILAR (International League of Associations for Rheumatology)
• The Inflammation Syndrome, by Jack Challem. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2003.
• My pages
  • Inflammation
  • Histamine
  • Histidine