What The Heck Is A Rheumatoid?Any English teacher can tell you that Rheumatoid, as in Rheumatoid Arthritis, is a proper name used to explain a certain kind of Arthritis. And Rheumtoid Arthritis is a medical term. It certainly makes for a tough spelling bee word. Yes, Rehumatoid Arthritis is found on the list of 100 most difficult words to spell in the English language. It's bad enough to have a painful disease. Doesn't it seem like double jeopardy to have one that keeps getting misspelled? And it gets worse. Rheumatoid Athritis can develop from the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease. Or is it Lime Disease? Another common form of Arthritis is Osteoarthritis, a degenerative condition that damages joints in the fingers, toes, feet, hips and knees. Over 16 million Americans suffer from this kind of Arthrisis that gets worse with age. What is it about Arthurisis that attracts other difficult to spell conditions? Let's get back to Rheumatoyd Arthritis where the body's immune system literally goes to war against the joints. That's because Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disorder. The body's immune system makes a big mistake and attacks its own joints as if they were the enemy. Getting hammered daily, causes joints to be stiff, swollen and downright painful. Meanwhile as the immune system attacks everything in sight, other organs of the body can get caught in the cross-fire. Rhematoid Artharitis can strike at any age but it usually occurs between the ages of 25 and 60, and is most often found in women. Whether it starts then or earlier is not known. Some researchers think there is a gene in which Rumatoid Arthritis hides until it's ready to surface. Yet there is still evidence that Rheunatoid Arthritus starts after an infection or major hormonal change in the body. At this point, these are popular theories for a disease that seems to pop out of nowhere into the lives of unsuspecting people. As difficult as Rhematoid Artheritis is to spell, it is balanced in an odd way. Doctors call it "symmetrical" because if the right wrist hurts, so does the left wrist. Or whatever joint hurts on one side is about to start hurting on the other side. In this case, being unbalanced (only one side hurting) would actually be a better situation, but that's not the way it is with Rhumatoid Arthritis. And here's another pain, try to research Rehumatoid Arthritis. To find it you have to spell it correctly and that's not easy. In this article, you can find 15 common misspellings of Rheumatoid or Arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis is the medically correct spelling. Now you know why this disease has a nickname, RA, which is much easier to spell, but not easy to do an internet search on. Try looking for RA and you get everything from Resident Advisor at a college dorm to RA the sun god of ancient Egypt. So RA is chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune and if that's not enough, it's a pain to spell. Discover how a Thirty Five year Arthritis Suffererer cured herself in one month, without pills or diets ... Get "Arthritis Free For Life!" Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms >> Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis |