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Arthritis and Chonic Pain
It's a word we know all too well – Arthritis. Literally meaning joint inflammation, it actually refers to more than 100 rheumatic diseases. Affecting not only the joints, these diseases cause pain and discomfort in the supporting structures. Among those parts of the body affected often are ligaments, muscles, tendons, bones and some internal organs. As you read on you will learn more about the two most common forms of the disease, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Arthritis produces pain that falls into two categories. First is the acute form of pain. This can last for but a few seconds or minutes and eases as healing takes place. The second form is chronic.  It is often seen in people with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and can last from weeks, to months and
as long as one lives.  We most usually recognize acute pain when everyday accidents such as cuts, burns and fractures occur. Chronic pain is of long duration and seemingly is always with us.
 
In the United States chronic pain is a major health problem. It is one of the most weakening affects of arthritis. Many of the more than 40 million Americans who suffer the effects of arthritis suffer from chronic pain that limits their daily life. While osteoarthritis is the more common of the two, rheumatoid arthritis is by far the more debilitating. Statistically, some 20 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, while about 2.1 million suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.
 

Causes of Arthritis Pain


There is no one source of arthritis pain. It comes from a number of sources. Inflammation of the tendons, ligaments, synovial membrane (that's the tissue that lines joints), muscle strain and fatigue are all contributory factors. Sometimes the culprit is a combination of some of these sources.
 
We are all different people. Our bodies tolerate pain in different ways. Doctors still are not sure what causes arthritis to occur in one person and not in another. There are, however, certain factors that contribute to the various affects of arthritis pain.  These can include the amount of heat or redness present in the area; damage that has occurred within the joint and pain and swelling within the joint.
 
Each of us has a different tolerance and threshold for pain. These are often affected by physical and emotional factors. Among these are anxiety, depression or perhaps tissue injury and inflammation. Accordingly, we all experience increased pain in line with our personal tolerance for it. It has also been found that those who attend support group meetings tend to cope better with the pain and discomfort of this potentially debilitating disease.

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