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Is Your Phone Triggering Your Arthritis?

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With how easily accessible the world can be nowadays, having your phone in the palm of your hand at all times is very normal. Your smartphone has so many functions that you use in your day-to-day life. Besides making phone calls, sending text messages or checking and responding back to emails, your smartphone can calculate, act as a ruler, act as your own professional camera, set reminders with your voice and just about anything else (within reason) that you can think of. Let’s face it, smartphones are always going to be close to your body because we rely on them a lot more than people think and since that’s the case, there are some concerns that should be taken into consideration. For example, though it’s a small phone, should people be exposing parts of the body to all of that radiation constantly? Is having an electronic device that is accessible to you really beneficial? Is your smartphone triggering your arthritis? 

How Rheumatoid Arthritis Affects You Physically

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects many parts of the body. This autoimmune disorder occurs when your immune system begins to attack your own body’s tissue.

This chronic medical condition can affect more than just your joints. It can affect the skin, lungs, heart, blood vessels and even the eyes. It affects the lining of your joints, which can cause painful swelling and bone erosion.

Rheumatoid arthritis could also cause joint deformity and inflammation in other parts of the body.

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Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include joint pain and stiffness. If it spreads, you may experience stiffness in the shoulders, hips, knees, ankles and elbows, inflammation in the kidneys, heart, eyes, skin, lungs, nerve tissue, bone marrow and more. 

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Could Your Phone Be A Trigger?

When it comes to an inflammation flare-up with rheumatoid arthritis, there are many things that could be a trigger.

Not getting enough exercise could trigger a flare-up because that means your joints are starting to stiffen from lack of movement.

Not eating properly can trigger a flare-up because you’re not giving your body the nutrients it needs to help it function better. There are many

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