Acupuncture for Arthritis

Arthritis is a very common condition that suffer by many people no matter what their ages, sexes and races. Generally, Arthritis is a condition that attack your joint. People are said to have Arthritis disease when they feel pain in their joint. To its severe condition, the Arthritis can lead to disability. 1 It is believed that arthritis have many types. Other than that, arthritis is not well understood. Therefore, it is not surprising that this condition have so many symptom that may same as many other disease symptoms. Normally, if you said to have arthritis disease then you may have pain in your joint. Other than that, you may also have swelling in your joint. Other common symptoms of this condition would be early morning joint stiffness, tiredness, mild fevers or night sweats, or even skin rashes. 2 As explained before, not only not well understood, this condition also have many symptoms and many types. Therefore, this condition also have many cause. Cause of this disease depend on the form and types of the condition. The cause of this arthritis condition can vary from injury, abnormal metabolism, and also auto immune disease. 3 Related Acupuncture Points : SP9 Acupuncture treatment for Arthritis : As the condition manifest as a swelling or inflammatory in human body joints, then usually the treatment for this condition also targeting to relieve the inflammatory symptoms. The acupuncture treatment for this condition also targeting the chronic inflammation. Acupuncture treatment given to the sufferer of this disease are aiming at lowering tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). 4 Acupuncture treatment for this condition is a treatment that combined all 3 method of acupuncture which are electroacupuncture (EA), traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) and sham acupuncture (Sham). The treatment course for the disease will run for 20 sessions over a period of 10 weeks. 5 [note] What Is Arthritis?, arthritis.org, http://www.arthritis.org/about-arthritis/understanding-arthritis/what-is-arthritis.php [/note] [note] What are the symptoms of arthritis?,arthritisresearchuk.org,http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis-information/conditions/arthritis/symptoms.aspx[/note] [note]Arthritis Causes, emedicinehealth.com,http://www.emedicinehealth.com/arthritis/page2_em.htm[/note] [note]Can Acupuncture Help Relieve RA?, arthritis.org,http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/treatments/natural/other-therapies/mind-body-pain-relief/ra-acupuncture.php[/note] [note]Acupuncture in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind controlled pilot study, biomedcentral.com,https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-7-35[/note]