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Dr. Moises Lustgarten

Pain Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida

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Remedies To Fight Inflammation

Bromelain, turmeric, Devil's claw, white willow bark, and egg membrane are top natural remedies to fight inflammation. Dr. Moises Lustgarten, Pain Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, says these products have shown to facilitate and eliminate some of the process of inflammation, but it is not going to replace modifying your diet. "You cannot go to Mc Donald's and then have some turmeric and have a go away."

TMJ Disorders: Symptoms

Dr. Moises Lustgarten, Pain Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, says TMJ is a painful condition that involves the temporomandibular joint. "That's a joint that is right in front of your ear, in the face." Some of the symptoms are severe pain contractions in the muscles of the face, pain when eating, pain when speaking, and sometimes the joint gets stuck when opening or closing the mouth. He also explains sometimes it goes away on its own, and sometimes you require to see a doctor and to treat it.

Chronic Pain In Women

Dr. Moises Lustgarten, Pain Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, says women are affected by all sorts of chronic painful conditions. "There are certain conditions that affect women more frequently than men, including fibromyalgia, TMJ syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, and arthritis." He also explains these conditions are often undertreated because women don't complain as often as they should, they have other responsibilities, including their household, and sometimes they don't have time to complain.

Knee Osteoarthritis In Women

Dr. Moises Lustgarten, Pain Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, explains arthritis means inflammation on a joint, and it is common especially as people get older. He also says the most common one is osteoarthritis; it happens when the cartilage that supports the contact between two bones is lost, and then you have both bones rubbing together and that can lead to significant pain and wear on the bony surface of the joint. "Especially in women you are going to see significant number of arthritis of the knee and arthritis of the hips, which are the most common locations."

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