Hello and welcome to Health Matters.

I'll be your host, Dr. Shalemi.

In today's episode, what we're going to talk about is understanding arthritis.

I'm going to make us a series, actually.

So this will be episode one in the series on arthritis. We're going to make this a series, actually. So this will be episode one in the series on

arthritis. We're going to take an in-depth guide with natural solutions. So what I want to do is I want

to delve into certain health topics which can help you take actions today.

We're going to talk about arthritis and I'm going to go over a few different ones, but then

I'm going to really break them down in the series.

So typically arthritis affects tens of millions of people every single day, worldwide.

This is not a local problem. This is a person problem, especially as we age.

It's one of the most common conditions that affects everybody. It doesn't discriminate in any level. Everybody's

susceptible to it, especially as we age. So what is arthritis? So typically arthritis, the definition

is it's an inflammation of the joints that can cause pain

and stiffness and swelling in one affected area or multiple affected areas, whether it's

your knees, your shoulders, your fingers, your back.

It can affect a lot of different things.

Common symptoms of arthritis are joint pain, stiffness,

especially stiffness in the morning,

swelling in certain areas.

Sometimes maybe you wake up and you can't get your ring off your finger

or if things feel a little bit tighter, your joints are swollen.

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