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The Professor , a Nigeria-based Facebook page offering bogus and sometimes dangerous health remedies – many of which Africa Check has previously debunked – now claims it has a treatment for rheumatism . Rheumatism isn’t a medical word, but people often use it to describe forms of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis . The many different types of arthritis may cause pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints between our bones – such as in the hands, feet, hips, knees and spine. This is the recipe The Professor gives for their rheumatism treatment: Get 4 wonderful kola, 4 ginger, 5 bitter kola, 2 alligator pepper and scent leaves. Pound together and mix with dry gin. Take two spoons in the morning and evening for a week. They add: Not for Ulcer patient pls. No cure for rheumatism Africa Check asked Samuel Ghasi, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Nigeria , about the remedy. There is no cure for rheumatism, he told us. People have tried all sorts of treatments, to no avail. He added: People battling with this condition rely heavily on strong painkillers. Peculiar Onyekere , a pharmacist and member of the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association , also told us there was no cure, and the only treatment was to manage the symptoms of pain and swelling. The available drugs known as disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs ( DMARDs) and other anti-inflammatory drugs help to only manage the symptoms and pain associated with it. But, for now, there are no known conventional drugs that will serve curative therapy.
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