20 Most Serious Health Problems

  What is Rheumatism? Rheumatism is a painful chronic medical condition of muscles, joints, bones, ligaments and tendons. It can affect a number of body parts like skin, eyes, lungs, heart and blood vessels. There are many types of arthritis which have common symptoms like - Symptoms:- 1.  Joint pain  2.  Loss of motion in a joint or joints. 3.  Inflammation like redness, swelling warmth in the affected area 4.  Stiffness 5.  Swelling around joints 6.  Feeling unwell Causes:- Causes of rheumatism are largely yet to be established. Doctors believe that it happens when the immune system of a person by mistake attacks his own tissues. Some patients have this problem in their genes. External factors like cigarette smoking, pollution or something like that cause an infection. Osteoarthritis:- Osteoarthritis happens when there is damage to cartilage, the soft material at the joints of bones. It wears down mainly due to the old age,  the joints beco...