Best treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?

[jenstot]

My friend had the disease since she was 12. It's really difficult to see her in pain. She prefers to exercise than take in medicines. What food should she avoid? And what are the best treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?

[takatenamano]

Best treatment would still be exercise. Even just a simple jogging or walk would do more than enough as long as you do it regularly. Avoid canned foods and coffee. Those triggers RA.

[jenstot]

I agree. My friend claims she fell more relaxed after adding gentle exercises to her daily routine. Doing gentle exercises is beneficial to people with RA as it increases mobility and strengthen joints.

[igordundek]

There are many different ways to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Treatments include medications, rest and exercise, and surgery to correct damage to the joint.

The type of treatment will depend on several factors including the person's age, overall health, medical history, and severity of the arthritis.

[kageyd]

jenstot, if she goes to a physician, and eventually she will, make sure it's a board certified rheumatologist, not just a general practitioner. While GPs are usually good and caring people, they are often not up to date on current research in RA, and new medical protocols are being tested in large numbers now.

I'm much more active on the Facebook RA Group, with many active members, and virtually all of them say yes to exercise, as much as you can. Doesn't have to be vigorous, just make sure to keep all the joints moving even if it's often painful.

With respect to diet, about the only consensus is minimum alcohol, and a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, olive oil in place of butter, very limited in red meat, fish to give omega-3 oils, and lots and lots of water. Essentially the Pritikin Diet, the Mediterranean Diet, and the anti-inflammatory diet --- almost all identical. Some people are intolerant of grains such as wheat and barley, so she might want to see how she responds to anything like that after she has been off of it for a few weeks, see if problems come back.

My best to your friend. And do check in on Facebook, join the RA Group (all free of course) and see how much more you might learn there.

[joyjohn]

There are people who take generic medications for Arthritis. You should ask your friend to consult the doctor to find out the exact medications that will suit for his treatment. For your information you can find the list of medications that are used for the treatment at http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/drug-category/arthritis.html

[jandilee]

Try reading this article, it may help.

http://hometreatment.net/home-remedies/bones-muscles-and-joint-problems/home-treatment-for-arthritis/

[Mark Bernard]

visit this site and read through, i hope the info will be helpful. http://www.anti-aging-plan.com/en/diseases/rheumatoid_arthritis

[chineseplaster]

I think the best treatment for RA is using Chinese Medicine!

Chinese medicine, Non-toxic side effects!

[Damien_woody]

I believe that are the doctors who determine what is the best option. No doubt recommends that the doctor who prescribe appropriate and not to prescribe medicines without a prescription for chronic pain (http://www.findrxonline.com/hydrocodone.htm) that causes the disease because they can have problems with side effects. Recommendation : First consult your doctor.

[annasmith]

I use Large Cardamom in my routine diet for the same. When I get pain I take 1 cardamom for One cup of tea (http://www.herbaldiet.com/) it give me relief.

[arjhayking]

Exercise would really helps but it should be those routine or movement of exercise that are not too much stressful yet it's more relaxing.

For the supplements, hope this link will help: http://maxalife.com/supplements for you to choose a right and fit supplement for the condition. You can find a lot of natural supplements on that sites that i believe one of them is fit in the condition you've narrate a while ago.

I wish that in the mere future, everything will be okay : )

[Wally]

Has anyone on this board ever mentioned Pantothenic Acid as a treatment? It's actually vitamin B5. You have to take 500mg/day, but I've seen it work miracles on several friends ... couldn't even open a jar in the morning before taking it.

Somebody on this forum ... try it and tell us if it helped you ... of course, after "checking with your doctor" first.

Why this info can't get around amazes me.

[toughchick]

I take like 1000 mg of almost every vitamin possibe everyday. I still feel like poo most of the time. If it is working for them it's probably because they were severly lacking b5 to begin with and it made some things better. I felt better when I first started taking vitamins too.

[Wally]

Wow. You have to be careful about overdoing some vitamins. You say almost every vitamin. One has to really choose to find B5 in high doses.

[TGR]

Having trouble getting anyone to consider that RA is caused by undigested protein entering the bloodstream from the gut. Yet taking digestive enzymes have cleared the symptoms I have been living with for a year. Still, one tablet of (cheap) digestive enzyme with every meal or making sure kiwi or pineapple is taken with every meal seems to do the trick and there seems to be no need for medication such as mtx. Why is it so hard to consider that food antigens are causing RA. It makes sense to me. And rather than avoiding food altogether why not just make sure its digested properly.

Saying that, though, I avoid eggs, dairy and yeast. Hopefully, no more RA. It's such a miserable disease.

[Lily]

I just posted this on another thread so forgive me for copying and pasting. IT CAN BE CONTROLLED OR MANAGED WITH DIET! I have been doing it.

You must eat lots of veggies (especially green) I make lots of stir fries and also soups (from chicken, boiled down and homemade) . We eat veggies every day with brown rice noodles or on top of brown rice. Do not eat processed grains or at least cut back a lot. Limit your butter and oil intake. Flavour with cooking wine, soy sauce, garlic, spices, broths, etc. DO NOT EAT ANYTHING OUT OF A PACKAGE. for salt use SEA SALT

That is a big one.

And NO DAIRY. No red meat. poultry and fish in moderation.

It can be done, it is just hard work. NO SUGAR either. I do have the odd treat and havent got 100% off some foods (eat white bread onc ein awhile, chips, etc) but changing the majority of ur diet is a huge deal!!

Don't worry about slipping up once in awehile, chips or pop once a week is NOT going to kill you.

best of luck

[lglavish]

Hi Lily, if you are controlling your RA through diet alone then that is fantastic. But the % of people that can do this is small- you are one of the lucky ones :). For me, I need the strong drugs and biological injections or I can't move. I couldn't even roll on my side in bed without assistance. So maybe a more appropriate thing to say is "Diet may help some people with the symptoms of RA". If controlling diet was a sure cure for everyone then I would absolutely prefer it to injecting my self every week with a biological drug. But what works for one doesn't work for all. My disease is too severe and I could do serious damage to my joints were I to quit my meds, which I know, work well for me. I've had no side effects and no joint damage, and best of all, no more pain.