what are good ways to prevent RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS pain?
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at
12:12 am
my 13 year old girlfriend has polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in every joint in her body. the medications she takes aren’t really working for her. does anyone know any medicines, foods, techniques, or anything at all that can help with arthritis pain? she’s in so much pain, all the time, it breaks my heart..
please please help us.
thank you so much in advance
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I feel for her im 23 with Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis that causes Chronically Severe pain, im currently walking using a crutch and I take vey strong pain killers.
I would suggest she gets a Vitamin D and Calcium supplement of her Dr called Ad-Cal this will help strengthen bones and teeth also. Get Folic Acid and Glucomasine pills these are great for the joints. When in pain to prevent it being as bad you need to get her to walk take a nice walk everyday otherwise you have muscle wasting. You need to balance between exercise and rest. Swimming is the best exercise ever for us because the water takes all pressure of our joints.
Fish is a good diet with alot of fresh fruits, fish oils are great for joints and brain. What medication is she on? She might want to try Naproxen this is a very strong Non-Steroid Anti Inflammatory, what pain killers is she using? The best Non prescriptive one for people with Arthritis is Anadin (if she is ok with Aspirin based drugs).
Even though its hard stress must be kept minimal because stress can make our R.A progress, it has with mine to my elbows shoulders and back in the last week alone. I have agressive R.A.
R.A is the worst type of Arthritis in my opinion because it is Degenrative it is Systemic meaning it dont just affect the joints it also affects the muscles, organs, skin and blood vessles (rearest form that is). Does your girlfriend see a Rheumatologist? She should be using DMARDS or Anti-TNF’s, DMARDS are Disease Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs, I use Sulfasalazine 500mg 4 times daily along with a bucket load of other drugs including 2 different opiates (pain killers) at the same time. But im still in agony.
So exercise try get her to go swimming often and eat plenty of fruits.
No matter what you try, there is going to be pain with RA. However, I have got relief from using Voltaren, Neurontin, Soma, Calcium with Vitamin D and fish oil capsules and once each week I take 40,000 mg of Vitamin D.
I find it very helpful to go with friends for lunch and forget my troubles for awhile. A good laugh is great pain relief too. It’s important to not over-tire yourself so activity must be interspersed with rest.
I once taught a third grader with RA. I felt so sorry for her. She OUTGREW her RA and became a teacher, wife and mother and is doing well. So there is some hope!