Constipation remedy: Fiber. Fiber acts like a pipe cleaner, scrubbing food and waste particles from your digestive tract and soaking up water. It adds bulk to your stool, giving the muscles of your GI tract something to grab on to, so they can keep food moving along. Aim for 20 to 35 grams of fiber a day to stay regular.
Symptoms of arthritis include limited function and pain in the joints. Inflammation of the joints from arthritis is characterized by joint stiffness, swelling, redness, and warmth. Tenderness of the inflamed joint can be present. Loss of range of motion and deformity can result.
The primary symptoms of inflammatory types of arthritis are pain and stiffness in the morning or after periods of rest or inactivity. In patients with inflammatory arthritis, the period of morning stiffness typically exceeds 60 minutes. Swelling, redness, and warmth also are common in or around the affected joints. 1  Inflammatory arthritis not only affects the joints -- other body parts can be affected, including the skin or internal organs. Inflammatory arthritis can affect people of all ages, but often strike people in the prime of life.