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Suggest Treatment For Arthritis
my dad is 79 and has some arthritis. He recently has some swelling in his foot which is spreading to his leg, some back pain and pain in his groin. He also has a loss of appetite and says food doesn't taste good to him. Along with these symptoms he is not sleeping at night. What could be causing these things. He is otherwise pretty healthy.
Fri, 19 Jun 2015
Arthritis which you mentioned here seems to b degenerative so exactly speaking there is no cure coz no one can reverse the age but with physical therapy it may reduce pain and gives strength to joint and muscle so that quality of living can b improved well and definitely he will b more independent in daily living as he is now.so dont juat wait for medication go for exercise
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