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Mark Twain (American Writer and Humorist, 1835-1910).

Osteoarthritis is most frequent joint disease of elderly people.

Despite huge literature, erroneous concepts remain numerous.

My booklet is trying to provide public and practitioners with less well known aspects of this condition.

An important differential diagnosis of this disease, in elderly people especially, is the neuropathic, Charcot’s joint, frequent in Vitamin B12 deficit.

Hence, importance of substanciating patients in third age with this product.

Many vegetables contain a high amount of natural mucopolysaccharides, as for instance Okra (Bamja) and Courgette (Zucchini).

Those ones, as vegetables in general, are beneficial to articulations.

Simply by cutting away sugar, starches, and red meat, and replacing those with vegetables and seafood, you avoid most bouts of this disease, and worsening of deformities.

Consider also Lectins, contained in some fruit and vegetables, as they unfold a similar effect to Gluten!

Chondrocalcinosis (Pseudogout): This is most prevalent etiology in Osteoarthritis.

Rare disorders like Hemochromatosis and Wilson’s disease attack preponderantly small joints with a lot surrounding synovia.

Hence, a case of carpal involvement with sparing of fingers should prompt a further search in this direction.

A similar reasoning concerns cervical facets.

An overwhelming picture of it is present in Hyperparathyroidism.

Probably a chronic deficit in Vitamin D plays a central role.

Hence, either sunbaths during the good season, or substitution of this vitamin can make the disorder milder.

Avoid prolongated high-dose therapy with it, as recent literature reports higher rates of some cancers in this case! (prostata carcinoma).

An entity receiving little (or no) attention from medical practitioners is a chronic Mycoplasma infection.

This is the germ of Common Cold, and many habitations in modern society are still heated insufficiently.

To prevent this infection you need a temperature about 20°C, and to heal it 25°C.

Wild animals, even though vegetarians, suffer thus from osteoarthritis in advanced age.

About this topic you find an extensive literature on internet and in libraries.