A complicated name for a troublesome disease.
What is polymyalgia rheumatica? It’s an intense inflammation of the muscles in the body. It’s a problem that can make your life quite difficult, reducing its quality dramatically.
What causes it and how can going to the swimming pool help in alleviating the situation.
THE CAUSES AND THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE
The disease usually presents itself for the first time in your 50s and 60s and sadly, for reasons still unknown. It resembles several similar symptoms of many other diseases such as the flu (when first beginning to show its symptoms) or of rheumatoid arthritis (in its advanced stages).
Women are more prone to getting it, affecting twice the amount of women as men. Also the inhabitants of northern Europe and Scandinavia are especially predisposed to getting the disease (probably due to the low temperatures). Recent studies also show a link between genetic factors and environmental factors (virus infections and bacterial infections).
The disease starts off by the person getting neck pain, shoulder and back pain which slowly makes its way down throughout the whole body, if not treated in time. It will stop the person from accomplishing even the simplest daily tasks like getting out of bed on your…
