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Nick on Monday, September 17th, 2007 |
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What is glucosamine and what does it do, really?
Glucosamine is an amino sugar that was identified in 1876. It is found in healthy cartilage. Glucosamine is made naturally in the body.
But like many other things, as we grow older, our bodies lose its ability to make it naturally. This can cause problems in our joints, more seriously in some than in others. Supplemental glucosamine may help rebuild cartilage and treat arthritis.
If you buy glucosamine, you will generally buy it in the form of glucosamine sulphate or glucosamine hydrochloride. Glucosamine is considered a dietary supplement, not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for medical treatment in humans, although it is used as veterinary treatments as a supplement. In Europe it is used as a medical drug in the form of glucosamine sulphate.
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Nick on Saturday, September 1st, 2007 |
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If you’re reading this, chances are you or a loved one suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that not only attacks the joints like other forms of arthritis, but organs like the heart and lungs as well.
Rheumatoid arthritis, unlike many other kinds of arthritis, also usually affects both the right and left side of the body symmetrically. For instance, both your hands will be inflamed, rather than just one, making any task all the more difficult as you do not have one part of the body to lead over the other. This adds to the frustration of the disease, further hindering mobility. For those living with rheumatoid arthritis, whether they are in chronic pain or suffer from flares, there is no aspect of their life that is not affected by the disease.
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