Fight artritis with some natural methods.
Ayurvedic
1) Mix turmeric powder(haldi), Fenugreek powder(Methi) and ginger powder in equal quantities and keep in a bottle. Take one teaspoon of this mixed powder in hot water twice a day.
2) Use mashed cabbage in poultice and apply to knee, and keep for upto 4 hours.
Light exercises -
1) Place your hands above the knees, and swing round both knees , ten times in one direction, then ten times in opposite direction.
2) Sit on the floor, with the legs straight and hands on the floor behind you.
a) Lift the knees up and down,10 times, touching the floor with a thud.
b) Push the knee caps down and release, 20 times.
c) Bend and release the toes of both feet 10 times.
d) Bend both feet, forwards and backwards, 10 times.
e) Rotate both the feet 10 times in one direction, and 10 times in reverse direction.
Also do lots of Yog pranayam.
May 15, 2011
You might try glucosamine/chondroitin supplements to support the cartilage in the knee. Over the counter NSAIDs may help some but you have to be as careful with those as with prescriptions as long-term use can be hard on the liver.
Can someone share drug free treatment options for arthritis? Yesterday I was diagnosed by my orthopedic surgeon as having arthritis in my left knee.
I am in my 40's and a semi active golfer, any drug free suggestions will be useful, while I undergo three months of intensive physiotherapy for other issues with the same left knee.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
I'm grateful for this information dear. you and the others were so helpful.
All kinds of things can trigger the immune system to kick into overdrive and attack itself - bacterial and viral infections, high stress, an injury, basically anything that stimulates the human immune system. No one knows why one person develops an autoimmune disorder and the next person doesn't. My RA was probably triggered by a common childhood illness at age 5. My sister had it at the same time and she didn't develop RA. RA does run in my family, however that doesn't mean someone with no family history can't get it. *sigh* Something like brucellosis or lyme disease could indeed trigger your immune system, though I daresay if it hadn't been brucellosis, it probably would have eventually been something else.
I know, not much help, am I? :/ The mysteries surrounding the causes and effects of this disease are too many to count.
Yeah I remember in my previous session with DR, he mentioned somthing about seronegative RA.
And you're right I think this combination isn't working for me. I mean after taking prednisone for this long it's one of those things that's worries me the most.I'm gonna ask my doctor to try another combination.
but what about brucellosis? could this stiffness and swelling on my ankle be because of it? (according to my tests results)
Thanks for your reply, I had 2 density test one of them was 2 years ago and the other one was last year, both results were OK! I'm 56kg right now, 165cm high.
as I told you in my previous post I'm taking:
1- prednisolone (5mg) (1.5 per day)
2- chloroquine ( 2 pills per day)
3- Methotrexate ( 2 pills a week)
4- Folic Acid (2 pills per day)
5- calcium (2 pills per day)
6- indometaicin (2 pills per day)
sorry your feeling so down...have you had a bone density test? how much do you weigh? how many different medications your taking? thats so much for some one so young...
If you feel you aren't getting quite enough relief from the mtx/chloroquine combination, I'd say ask about trying a different combo. There are many new meds out there now, though again, your rheumie is right to try the "first line" meds like mtx and chloro first. (They're generic, cheaper, and often work for a large number of people.)
I'm assuming that 2 pills a week of mtx is two, 2.5 mg pills. This is a pretty low dose and you have room to increase it. I take the equivalent of 8 pills (20 mg), except I do the injections, not the pills. You might also ask about dropping the chloro and adding something like Enbrel or Humira, which are among the newer meds. I take Enbrel along with the mtx.
You're on a pretty low dose of prednisone, but keep an eye on that bone density and watch for other long term side effects, as well. If you can possibly wean of it completely as you find a better combination of meds, please do. It's best not to take it long term.
Hope this helps!