Rheumatoid is not just a disease of
the joints. It is systemic meaning that it runs
throughout the body. It can affect all tissues in
the body. When it affects other tissues then it
gets other names from "A" to "Z"
some of which follow:
Arteries, as in periarteritis
Bone, as in Paget’s
Disease, cysts and myelomas
Brain and Spinal Cord, as
displayed by tremors and seizures
Bronchi, as with
bronchitis, intrinsic asthma (as opposed to extrinsic;
i.e. caused by an external allergen or external source)
Heart, as with dysrhythmias, myocardial
disease, pericardial disease
Cecum as with
appendicitis, mesenteric adenitis
Colon, as with ulcerative colitis; Endocrine glands, as
with thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, pituitary, adrenal
glands
Esophagus and Stomach, producing atropic
mucosa (pernicious anemia)
Eyes, with iridocyclitis, exophthalmias
Fascial
planes, showing as bursitis
Female Genitals, for ovarian cysts, fibroids, salpingitis-sterility, tubal pregnancies
Hemopoetic,
displaying as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,polycythemia, purpura
Joints, as with
arthritis
Kidneys, pyelonephritis, calculi
Liver,
showing as hepatitis, cholangitis, gallbladder disease
Lower Small Gut, displaying as regional
enteritis, Crohn’s disease
Lungs as with alveolitis
Lymphatics (Lymph system) for lymphomas,splenomegaly; Meninges (covering around
brain), producing headache, meningomas
Muscles with
myositis
Nerves, trigeminal neuralgia
Nose and Throat, presenting as rhinitis,
eustachian salpingitis, enlarged tonsils and adenoids
Ovum, producing fetal deformities and abortions
Pancreas with pancreatitis,
maturity diabetes, noninsulin dependent diabetes
Salivary and Tear Glands with SICCA syndrome
Skin with psoriasis, alopecia, erythemas,
urticaria
Spine, degenerated discs and low back
syndrome
Tendons for tendonitis, ganglion
Upper Gut with Coealic disease; and also
functional Central Nervous System problems producing
neuroses, psychosis and senility.
This long list
of afflictions is not complete. It is just to show
you how many parts of our bodies can be affected by
these ameobas. When they attack an area other
than our joints then those symptoms get another name,
another disease? Now, since all of the above named diseases have been caused
by the infestation of these free living one celled ameobas
we can now call them all Rheumatoid Arthritis or RA.
This is similar to the tuberculosis diseases.
Before the discovery of the tubercle bacillus
there were about 150 different named diseases that were
caused by the tubercle bacillus. Today
those 150 names have been reduced to: tuberculosis
of the lungs, tuberculosis of the bone, tuberculosis of
the skin, etc.
Finally, anecdotal information describes patients who
suffer from arthritis in their joints together with
symptoms of the one or more of the other diseases listed
above.
In summary, since we now know that:
1. Arthritis is the symptom of the infestation of
ameobas; and
2. That the ameobas can attack any tissue in the body;
then
3. The cause of our aches and pains becomes clear; and
4. We can attack those ameobas AND become disease
free.
