Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Treatment
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Homeopathy
Weather is known to have an effect on rheumatoid arthritis. It is quite known that arthritis patients show an increase in their symptoms during cold weather. Winters can be very bad for some of them. Even wet weather aggravates the condition for many patients. Some RA (rheumatoid arthritis) patient seems to be too sensitive about weather changes. So much so that they often come up saying that they know ? it,s going to rain? as their joints start to ache.
Homeopathy can be a great boon for all those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. As Homoeopathic prescription is based upon carefully analysis of the symptoms of the patients, it becomes a system of medicine that understands and treat the patients individualized disease characteristics deeply enough to ensure the complete elimination of the disease from the roots.
What is rheumatoid arthritis and how homoeopathy can help?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disorder that affects the joints. The lining of the joints (synovium) gets inflamed and slowly gets destroyed. This causes the patients to suffer from pain, aches and stiffness in joints and eventually the joints to get deformed. The exact cause is uncertain but it is believed that it is an autoimmune disorder. This means that body’s own defense cells attack the joint lining and cause gross changes in them. Although it affect anybody at nearly all ages, this disorders is more common in women and is more common between the ages of 20-50. Diagnoses of arthritis is made on combination of factors; by assessing medical history, performing a physical examination, ordering specific laboratory tests, and x-rays
The Scope of homoeopathic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis is very favorable. But the patient needs to understand that the homeopathic system is aiming to clear out the disease from the body and not trying merely to suppress or give temporary relief .Thus it could take a while before one experiences relief. The time for its treatment is dependent on various factors-The chronicity of the disease (the duration since the disease has been in the body), genetic propensity and the extent of damage.
Although it is not very clear as how homeopathy works in rheumatoid arthritis, it is hypothesized that homoeopathic medicines regulate the immune system and deactivates the misdirected immune cells. They also help in reducing the inflammation in the joints too. Reversal of deformity with homoeopathy is still under debate and nothing conclusive can be said about it.
What kind of homoeopathic medicines are used in treating rheumatoid arthritis and how safe are they?
Homoeopathy works on the principle of ‘like cure like ‘ this in homoeopathic terms means that substances which in their raw states produce symptoms similar to the disease have the potential to stimulate the body’s own restorative process for a similar illness when given in an activated dilution.
Homoeopathic medicines that are used in treating rheumatoid arthritis are mainly from all plant, mineral kingdom. They are then highly diluted and succused (shaken in a specific way).These activated dilutions then stimulates our body’s own restorative systems to eradicate the disease. When rightly prescribed, they are extremely safe.
Is it possible that one can use homoeopathic medicines on their own?
Firstly one has to realize that rheumatoid arthritis is a complex chronic disorder and needs to be evaluated properly before any prescription is made. Secondly, homoeopathy is a very individualized system of medicine. For example the prescription for the arthritis patient that gets an increase of symptoms in cold weather will be totally different from the one who shows an increase during wet weather. That is why Homoeopathy is called as a symptom based system of medicine. Selecting the right homeopathic medicine also requires complete analysis of our body on various levels- mental physical and the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Thus one should completely avoid self medication.
This feature ( authored by Dr. Vikas Sharma ) was earlier published in The Tribune(north India’s largest circulated daily newspaper). Dr. Vikas Sharma is regular Homeopathic columnist for The Tribune.You can mail him at vikas@drhomeo.com
Category: Rheumatoid Arthritis
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i suffering by RA from last 7 years and i am taking the alopathic medicine regularly. Is there any cure in the homeopathy, plese tell me. Can i make a normal life in the future.
I am suffering from this disease since august 2001.I was put on steroids(emsolone) due to severity.I could not stop the steroids.When stopped abruptly, in the year 2003, i couldnt move at all. I then consulted a rheumatologist who prescribed methotrexate. But this severly causes nausea and acidity. i do not have deformities.I am a lecturer in a polytechnic.Can homeopathy cure my disease.Please advice and show me right direction.
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sir,
i am suffering from rheumatoid arthritis from 2005.
i am under treatment for the last five years. (allopathy)
i am taking steroid tablets and pain killers.
suggest me to avoid these tablets
sir,
My wife aged 68y had undergone the spinal surgery in the month of july,from the month of august she is suffering with rheumatoid arthritis and she is using painkillers for the relife she is not happy with the medicine is there any remedy in the homeo
I have ra for the past 15 years. Wrist is swollen for 10 yrs. Im on hoemeopathic medication, pain is bearable. But for the past 3 months I’ve got a flare up and the docs medicine is not making a difference. Should I change the doc?
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sir,
i am having pain in both toes , i am not able to walk immediately after getting up after few minutes i can walk , and also i am having pain in entire foot joints,and hand fingers joints ,kindly tel me the . medicine in homeopathy to reply me
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To sir, My mom is 55 years old .she has acute pain and sweeling in feet,hand both.one year ago r.a.factor was positive.at the time she has great pain.so,kindly advised me sir.
THERE IS HELP in treating and recovering from RA
I was diagnosed with Viral arthritis at age 25. It happened very fast, I gained 20 lbs in 2 weeks, the swelling began in my feet and moved up my body like a burning wave. By the time I saw the rheumatologist (5 doctors later), My hands wer curled into claws. The rhuematologist put me on steroids and said i’d be fine in a few days. When that didn’t work, he said I ‘must’ have RA. He put me on a drug called plaquinol to help and told me this was a lifelong illness. I stayed on this drug for 6 months and eventually took myself off it when I awoke one morning and simply ‘felt’ different. I wasn’t cured overnight (my joints crackd for almost a year after). But I knew it was time to stop.
***For the swelling and initial pain, get your legs up, above your hips (either against the wall or on a bunch of pillows). Keep your head flat on the bed/couch and leave your legs inclined for a minimum of 5 minutes (try for 10). This will help with swelling and reoxygenation of the pooled blood in your legs. Drinling a glass twice a day of Pure lemon juice in warm water also helps with swelling. Read the label on your lemon juice if, it has sulphites, you’re better to sqeeze a whole lemon into the glass then consume the harsh preservatives (also wreak havoc on immunity). A short warm bath may also help but if you have high blood pressure don’t try this without MD or Homeopath approval.***
I now know what tiggered the response and how to prevent reoccurence. When I first fell ill, I was under extremem stress, I had University, family and relationship pressures all pulling me in different directions and I didn’t put myself first. I FIRMLY believe it was my inability to cope with and deflect this stress that opened me up to being ill. Since this illness I have had 3 near relapses and have caught myself early and avoided the most severe symptoms (no drugs required).
Stress managment is crucial, meditate, get a massage, give other people part of your load, whatever it takes to remove some of the pressure. I was sick for a year and I do believe had I known about Homeopathy at that time my illness would have been even shorter but I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to reduce the stress. Every person deals with stress differently and unfortunately for some of us, it shows up in a physical form. Ask friends and family for help, if you have no one close, ask local agencies for help or call the arthritis society or a local homeopath.
Good luck and don’t accept that you HAVE TO feel this way for life, its a lie.
I have mild retrothesis of my L2 and L3. Could you give me some remedies. I also have been experiencing red rashes on my ankles and joints of my hand. They clear up with hydrocortisone cream. I feel I have gout. very painful. I also have a Tarlov cyst on my tailbone. could you give me some good homopathy remedies. teresa in Ohio.
sir im 24 yrs old im suffering from joint pains for the last 2 years.first my right leg knee was affected by pain and then it started affect my right side of the legfrom toe to hip.at present my right knee and right hip joint was disturbing me.i got TB four years back.
sir im 32 yrs old im suffering from RA polyarthritis for last 1 year. kindly advies me medicins in homopathy or tretment.
my hands & fingers get swolen and feeling pain while getting up from bed early morning. The pain & stiffness subsidise after dipping hands in warm water.
kindly advise medicins or treatment.
Respected Sir,
Sir my friend(a boy) age- 21 suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis problem from since last 3 months . he is having pains in the muscles and joints and worse at night. and pain in the limbs when trying to sleep. sir can u please advice some homeopathy treatment for this… my humble request to u.
i am aged 48 years and having palindromic rumatism for the past 8 months. Now, for the past 45 days i am having heavy pain in shoulder joint and I was in wax therapy for 15 days but of no use. Though 50 % of pain reduced, still in morning I am having heavy pain. I am under the tablet of DONICA 2 times a day. Full day time I am not having any pain but in nights and early morning i am having pain. Night sleep is fully disturbed.
Please advice
Dear Doctor :
I am a lady of 45 years, suffering from arthritis for the past 1& half years. Currently I am on low dosage of steroids (2 mg) & pain killers (nucoxia 60 mg)with other connected medicines (hydroquine, folitrex etc). My RA factory is 33 , but the pain in knee joints & ankle joints are so severe that some times, I find very difficult to walk properly.
Is there any permanent remedy for my desease in Homeopathy. If so, please suggest me the place in Bangalore where I can get further treatment.
Kindly reply immediate, as I am fed up with my desease and pain.
Kind regards
CHITRA.S
Sir, I have got the RA problem. Severe pain in my right knee. My Uric Acid rate 6.22. Please help me in prescribing the medicines. My age is 59 and I daily take 25 glass of water, but feel no relief. Kindly help me. I am vegeterian
My RA rfactor is too much high, now it 185 IU/ml. In 2006 firt it si found that RA factor is positive and it was 73 IU/ml. During long rest my finger became slight stiff and feel slihgt pain also. At present knee, elbow reast joint are also feel pain.Please tell me which medicine I hae to take.
I’m 30 year old. I suffering from arthiritis and iron definency ie anemic problem for the last 1 year.still I take allopathy medice.Alternative days I take (wysolone)steriod tabletsand (ferrous)iron tablets daily .while I take steriod tablets there is no pain since last month.after I fell down, swelling and pain in my anckle .I consult orthopeadic doctor he suggest take MRI SCAN.Scan report says nothing fracture in my bone.But more than one month swelling and pain in my anckle and I was very difficult to walking.I continuing my steroid tablets and pain relief(olfen75mg)but nothing improvement in my anckle.What is the problem in my leg?How can I relief my pain and swelling without using pain relief medicine?Nearly 1 year I take wysolone5mg (steriod).It will be create any side effect in my health?and also I know which treatement is best one for arthritis without side effect ALLOPATHY/HOMEOPATHY? I need your suggestion please. Thankyou .
dear sir,
i have been suffering from joint pains for past 5 years and it is really very bad and i tried all kinds of medicines but there is no relief .I got this results, when i checked with doctor
RA Factor NEGATIVE < 8 IU/ml
RP NEGATIVE < 6 mg/I
ERYTHROSITE SEDIMENTATION RATE 06
These are saying, it is normal. But i m getting pains severely. If i take any non veg items, it is comming. Any oil food which is bad, then also pains are comming. Can you guys please suggest me to get releif from this. In my life time, this is the only one which is making problems to me.
bye
Bhanu
hi sir,
my mom is 45yr old n she devlopd arthritis on both of her knees..she is much worried about future wen she will get stiffness of joints later..is there any permanent treatment for this or just preventive measures for progession?? plz do rely on my mail id..thanx
Sir,
I am 33 years old and unmarried, suffering from rheumatoid arthritis since 2002.I took Colchicum 30 for this but I din’t get any relief.Kindly suggest any medicine for permanent relief of arthritis.I’ll be highly obliged.
hi sir,
iam a an arthritis patient. iam taking allopathy treatment. first the ra factor was185 and now it is155 before the anti ccp was 310 and now it is 183.now the doctor is telling me to take biological injection which costs 60000. i consulted another doctor who told me that it is mere waste. u go for homeopathy treatment. now iam not having any pain. it may be due to medicines. iam worried that if i start homeopathy the pains may come. please suggest me what to do. after seeing all the mails iam shocked of side effects. iam ready to take homeopathy. my age is 47. i think i get the reply soon
hi sir,
i m an 30 yr old arithritis patient,My RA factor was weakly positive.I was suffering from pain in my feet(area b/w toes & heels) from jan 2010.I consulted my doctor,he gave me one painkiller & one medicine to control gas problem. It was temporary relief becoz whenever i forgot to take the medicine pain again started.Now i took homeopathic medicine frm 3 months.My condition was not very good.But it was slightly improvement ,not properly better.My question to u is how much time it will take ??
Is there any side effects??
will homeopathy completely treat my pain??
Plz reply on my E-mail id.Thanx
hi
sir
i am 34 year lady working as nurse in uk, i am suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis since ten year..i havebeen on steriod 5 year. but i have stop steriod since 2006 when i got married . i want a family………but i have not get pregnant.Now my pain has got worse ,dr want me to start steriod again..but i want to try homeopathic meds.so please advice me what should i do…………
thanx
I AM FUFFERING RHEMATOID ARTHRITIS THE LAST TWO YEARS. HOMEOPATHY CAN HELP ME
Hello Sir,
My name is Naveen, i am suffering from Rheumatoid Arthirites since 9 years and i have taken allopathy medicines in initial stage for six months after that i continued Homeopathy changing the doctors.
I am not satisfied with present doctor. (treatment taking from him for last 3years)
i think with this only i got gas problem, obesity.
Can you please advise me for the treatment.
Many thanks in advance
Regards
Naveen
I was diagnosed with RA 5yrs ago. I am currently on methotrexate arava endep & steroids’ I suffer pain every day & my eyesite has started to decline.
Dear Sir
My Name is Anup Saha, I am 40 years in Bangladesh, I am suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis since 7 year. I have taken allopathy/homeopathy medicines. I was suffering from muscles, Knee , heels & Low Back pain, from June 2010. My Weight Loss with low grade fever. I consulted my doctor, He suggest take MRI Spain .Scan report says nothing fracture in my Disc. But ESR-68, CPK-48, CRP-46.9, Anti-ccp-4.90, Uric Acid- 7.3 & HLA B27- Positive, he gave me one painkiller, one medicine to control gas problem, One Calcium One Uric Acid Tab Daily. It was temporary relief 2/3 Hours Before Oral Painkiller. But still in Night & morning I am having heavy pain. Now i want to know that i should go for homeopathy treatment for this, will it be a right curing treatment . Doctor Kindly suggest any medicine for permanent relief of arthritis. I’ll be highly obliged.
if a patient continues with steroid who is suffering from joint pain whose R A test is strongly positive & patient hb is 6.5gms% esr 112 how to treat such patient by giving homeopathic medicine & let me know steroids should stop immediately or we should keep continue with homoeo treatment if not what is the line of treatment please solve my problem
Sir, My wife Archana Sinha, age 38 is suffering from RA since last 3-4 months. She has frozen shoulder and severe pain in knee joints and other joints such as finger joints, toes, wrist. We have conducted Quantitative RA test on 25/08/2010 and it comes 232.5 IU/ml.
My question is, Which medicine will be best for her – Homeopathy or Allopathy?
Can it be cured permanently through Homeopathy? How much time it takes to cure?
sir, my r a factor is 100 generally my whole body remains painful last 3 years i am under treament ellopathic and aurvedic now a days i cant run properly due to pain in knee joint mostly please givel me advise about treatment
thank you very much
Dear sir,
I have a RA when i am Female 24 year now i am 27 i am taking the homeopathic treatment my current RF factor is 85 is my RA can be well controlled by that treatment i had a wrist pain & swelling how much the homoepathy can help me to live the normal life plz. give some details regarding that how much care & what kind of care i need to take to live better.
Dear Sir,
I am from Pakistan. My wife is 27 years old and she has negative in RA Test but her symptoms are same like severe RA for last one month and doctor say that clinically she has RA but not by lab. More over she feels pain and heavy in stomach when she eats. Her copity wire was removed last week which was for family planning and according to doctor she has infection which is treated by antibiotics. More over she feels pain in her head from last 5 years, 24 hours, 7 days a week after she has injection in her back during scissorian delivery. Also she has severe pain in her lower back. Other symptoms are same like stiffness in joints in morning, swollen joints, pain in joints, fatigue, pain in chest and left arm. Kindly prescribe medicines and guide me
I have been diagnosed as suffering from “Rheumatoid Disorder”. I have suffered gradually increasing symptoms of joint and muscular pains over the last 25 years (or more as I can retrospectively attribute some of my problems to the same). I am 55 now. I have no deformity of joints but pain in the joints – especially feet, lower part of legs, shoulders, hip bones, ribs is crippling and grows when I have to stand or walk for a while (a few minutes are enough to make me sick for several days).
I am on NSAID (zerodol CR) once a day for the last 3 years. I also have severe osteoporosis and oesteopenia. I take regular supplements – shell cal forte, and becomplex, etc. I am highly prone to acidity and anxiety.
Is there any treatment for me in homeopathy?
sir, ive been suffering from back pain and when i got mri done it was seen that disc prolapse s there in l4-l5 and l5-s1.also i had neck pain but better now.for the last 5 years am suffering from backpain.recently i started pain in both legs,thighs and feet.the pain varies from place to place in both legs.cant remain active or carry out daily activities. can homeopathy cure this condition permanently?
Hi doctor,
i have joint pains problem, facing this since 6 years. In initial stage it was less. Slowly it has been increasing. I consulted with number of doctors for this. All most all the people said that it is rhumatoid arthretis. They have given pain killer tablets. This made some more side effects in my body. Recently i did master health checkup in Apollo hospitals. They said that it is not rhumatiod arthretis, it is blood infection. I took treatment for that blood infection for 6 days. Even after that i am getting the same problem.
Earlier I used to take alcohol and nonveg. It was increasing. If i take nonveg items, definately i can expect, pain will come tommorrow in some part of my body. If i take any oil food items, pain will come on next day. Now i stopped everything. I am not using these alcohol, nonveg, oil food items since one year. Even now also pains are comming. I dont know what to do.
Doctors said that it is rhumetoid arthretis. But so far, i never get RA Factor as positive. When ever i tested, always RA Factor is Negative. one year back Uric acid was 6.2. Now it has reduced to 4.6 mg/dl. CRP(C-REACTIVE PROTEIN) test result is <6mg/L
I dont know what is this. Some doctors are telling like, even though RA Factor is Negative, it is Rhumatoid Arthritis only. That i have to take pain killers for life long, there is no other alternative. and I have to keep this in control as sugar patient.
I took homeopathic treatment for almost one year. There is no result.
What is my position is, i dont know, what is my desease exactly. If i stand more that one or two hours, pain come in legs. If there is any problem in food, pain comes. But in any test, there were no wrong results. Every test is fine. Recently on my birthday occassion, i had some cake. Next day morning i could not tolerate the pains.
Sir please help me… what to do…
Dear Sir,
I am suffering from Ankylosing spondilities for more than 5 years and recently i came to know that the pain in middle back is only because of AS. I am undergoing treatment with tablets like Predmet, Donica, SAAZ. for the last six months and i do not see any improvement. Please guide me what should i do and because of this i could not even lift my baby, whole life style is changed. If Homeopathy would be a ideal choice,Please guide me some doctors in Chennai. Expecting a favourable response. Thanks in advance….
i have pain in my wrist started last 1 years ago.some days later it will automatically goes and return every 15-30 days.now i have pain in right wrist.sometimes also my left hand wrist is very painful. have i R/A?what is the clinical test for that?
Sir,
I have my RA factor positive and is 73 when tested recently. it has been more or less this much sice last 7- 8 years. However, I do not have any pains in my joints. Only while climbing the stairs, knee pain is someties felt. I suffer from fatigue usually in the morinings and am better towards the day. I get exhausted very easily and do not have much stamina. My BP is high and so I am on regular medicine to keep it under control. I am better in winters when I am energetic and do not feel exhausted. In summers I am totally drained out. I am better after cold bath. Please advise me what is my problem and how to reduce my RA factor.
Mamta
Sir,
My mother is suffering with RA for last 07 yrs but without any perceaveble bone deformity. She underwent all types of treatment. For last 07 months she is under homeo treatment. Her present RA factor is 330.
Even though she is under homeo treatment, but hardly any improvement is observed.
We are under lot of stress and confused. Please help us.
Pt. Female
Age 39
RA fector 180
Need Help
sir my brother is suffering from ra positive ass.with dryness of eye and throat , ana +ve dignosis sjogran syndrom please adoviced.
Hi sir i am having knee problem. It comes only when iam walking more,i am sitting with folding my legs. i hve checked my rf factor ,esr,then it shows negative. My age is 21 only i am feeling so gulty. In my near knee gland things are there. it moves when i fold my leg then these get struked in between joints. can you please tell me whats my situation sir. Please send me your advise to my mail. thanking you sir.
i have R A for the last 5years. it came after my 1st delivery. 1st it came only in hip joint. after 3years it came to knees, wrists, sholders ect. for the last 2years i am under ayurvedic tretment. i got little relife from this tretment. for the last 6monts i stopped all medicines. now i am pregnent for 2months. last week i did all my blood test and my rf factor is 130 iu/ml. what can i do now. i also have knee pain now. can i take homiyo medicines now. is it safe to my baby. pls reply Dr. i am 31 years old.
dear sir
my wife have +RA fector,we treated alopathy but it is not effective.we starte homeopathy last 50 days
please tell us proper madicine
thanks
i have +ve ra..i am taking homepathic treatement…………..can it be postive ………..can i lead a normal life????????
Sir,
I am a patient of Reactive Airthritis since August 2009. Being a victim of this deadly disease at this age is very disappointing for me. I have faced 4 attacks of R.A since August 2009.
Kindly suggest me some tips to reduce the frequency and duration of the attacks of Airthritis.
Prashant Pandey
Male/20