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As you set out trying to find the best treatment, your frustrations and questions may multiply with little answers. ), finding alternatives and tracking the effectiveness of certain therapies and interventions. 10. arthritis.

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Relieve pain and suffering through positive thought and self-speak, focus and mental agility. There are creams, gels, lotions, sprays, ointments, supplements, magnetic bracelets, watches, endorphin devices, to bring instant and lasting relief, lower the perception of pain, shark cartilage , tea-tree oils, mineral gels, exercise routines, massage, hypnosis and myriads of other therapies have been marginally successful for some/most patients. Use your body and moving parts as it was meant to be used. Resting and protecting your joints are also paramount ? They point to survivalist instincts kicking in when we need it most and then wondering why we suddenly forget about these, ignore or downplay their effectiveness when we need it every day, coping with pain and relieving our suffering due to joint issues and problems. You can stop feeling like that; take active roles in the process, treatment and outcome of your situation YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM, BUT A VICTOR!

Section 5 - ARTHRITIS A FASCINATING TALE THROUGH TIME

A time-line and history for arthritic pain and evidence that it plagued and continues to challenge us, not having figured out all the pieces of the puzzle as yet, finding some pieces as we go along, filing gaps and hopefully dealing effectively with pain, even to the point where we can make it disappear FOR GOOD, from our horizon, realities, life and future!

? circa (c.) 85,000,000 BC Dinosaurs and ankle osteoarthritis (OA) in Brussels
? c. 1,000,000 BC Kangaroos in Australia show signs of primary OA in their legs/bones
? c. 30,000 28,000 BC Neanderthal hu-man, secondary arthritis due to injury and daily wear and tear on the bones and joints
? c. 4500 BC American Indians (Tennessee) show signs of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is the earliest known appearance of the disease.
? c. 3000 BC Mummified remains, ice-age man, medicinal herbs as well as arthritic joints
? c. 2590 BC Egyptian mummies with signs of arthritis.
? c. 700 300 BC Biblical references in various passages describeing the afflictions of arthritis or perhaps even fibromyalgia.
? c. 500 BC Ground willow bark or salicin discovered leading later to discover and development of acetylsalicylic acid or aspirin.
? c. 400 BC Hippocrates medical texts, joint ailments, like gout mentioned
? c. 50 BC Famous Julius Caesar born with arthritis.
? c. 200 AD Roman doctors document and mention arthritis.
? c. 300 No taxes in Rome for those suffering from severe arthritis
? 1600 Renaissance Man: The French physician Guillame Baillou introduces the idea of rheumatism as a systemic, musculoskeletal condition.
? 1680 Insight Into RA: British physician Thomas Sydenham (sometimes called the English Hippocrates) describes a chronic phase of rheumatic fever in which a patient may become "a cripple to the day of his death and wholly lose the use of his limbs whilst the knuckles of his fingers shall become knotty and protuberant ..."
? 1754 - Curzio, a physician in Naples, Italy, first describes the condition known as scleroderma.
? 1800 - a Parisian doctor makes the first documentation of rheumatoid arthritis.
? 1858 - British physician A.B. Garrod coins the term rheumatoid arthritis.
? 1880 The first clinical description of RA in France
? 1886 British physician John K. Spender introduces the term osteoarthritis.
? 1890 European doctors use quinine later leading to hydroxychloroquine sulfate in the 1960s as a treatment for lupus, RA and related diseases.
? 1897 first mention of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, calling it a "form of chronic joint disease in children." German chemist Felix Hoffman, searching for something to help ease his fathers arthritis pain, creates aspirin.
? 1907 modern differentiation between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
? 1934 American Rheumatism Association is formed (renamed American College of Rheumatology in 1988).
? 1948 The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation now the Arthritis Foundation is created with a mission of promoting research and education while improving treatment and rehabilitation for people with arthritis.
? 1949 Philip Hench, MD, and Edward Kendall, PhD, first use cortisone in the treatment of RA.
? 1955 Tylenol, pain reliever makes it way onto the market
? 1964 All in the Name: The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation becomes the Arthritis Foundation.
? 1966 National Recognition: The Surgeon Generals report designates arthritis as a national health menace and recommends a program to decrease disability from arthritis.
? 1972 Presidential proclamation declares May National Arthritis Month. 1974 Congress passes the National Arthritis Act, which legislates funds for development of comprehensive arthritis care centers, assistance for medical schools and establishment of a national commission to develop long-range plans related to arthritis.
? 1977 The genetic marker HLA-DR4 is found to be associated with RA.
? 1978 Government figures say 21.6 million Americans have some form of arthritis or a related disease.
? 1987 The Arthritis Foundation launches Arthritis Today.
? 1988 FDA approves methotrexate for the treatment of RA.
? 1990 fibrositis is renamed fibromyalgia syndrome by the American College of Rheumatology. Scientists also discover a genetic defect that causes OA in some people.
? 1997 1999 new drug approval from the FDA for the treatment of OA and RA. Among them are disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs that affect the function of immune cells called T lymphocytes; viscosupplements that ease knee OA pain; and biologic agents that inhibit a chemical thought to drive RA inflammation and tissue damage. The Arthritis Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) join forces, along with 22 other public and private organizations interested in arthritis, to develop the National Arthritis Action Plan, a comprehensive, systematic public health approach to reduce the arthritis burden throughout the United States.
? 1999 FDA approves a new category of drugs, Cox-2 inhibitors, a sub-category of NSAIDs that causes less stomach damage. Some 70 million American adults have arthritis or chronic joint symptoms now and the number of people with arthritis will continue to grow as baby boomers age.