Swelling in one or more joints, early morning stiffness, recurring pain or tenderness in any joint, obvious redness and warmth in a joint, unexplained weight loss, fever, or weakness combined with joint pain that last more than two weeks are typical symptoms of arthritis. Skin, joint, kidney, lung, heart, nervous system, and blood cell infections may accompany fatigue and difficulty in sleeping. Evaluating arthritis requires an assessment of past history, current symptoms, blood tests, biopsies, and x-rays. The cause of arthritis may be an infection, injury, abnormality of the immune system, aging, or hereditary predisposition. In the absence of a cure, treatment of arthritis is tailored to symptom relief.
Gold treatment is another options, using different forms of gold salts used to treat arthritis.
Exercise, hot or cold therapy, surgery, and weight control may help. We have compiled a non-inclusive list of functional limitations that result in common accommodation situations. For a list of questions to consider, click here. Please select the functional limitation of the person needing an accommodation. A functional limitation is an activity associated with employment that a person with a disability may have difficulty performing or be unable to perform because of a disability.