Is There Any Permanent Cure For Psoriatic Arthritis?

Posted on Thu, 18 Dec 2014

Question: Hi Doctor,

Is there any permanent cure for psoriatic arthritis. My sister got this at a very young age of 32. What are the food habits that need to be followed and how it can be taken care so that it doesnt aggravates.

Thanks for your advice and help.

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Answered by Dr. Naval Mendiratta (10 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Treatment for Psoriatic Arthritis

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for the query.

I have gone through your history. Well, as such there is no permanent cure for psoriatic arthritis. It can only be controlled but cant be eliminated. You can consider it like Diabetes Mellitus. One has to take medicines to control the disease.

As for the food habits, in Allopathy we normally don't advise any diet control. But some people have known to benefit from avoiding dairy products and onions. At the same time, we have patients who take all the foods without getting the joint problems aggravated. That has to be decided by the patient as some people are allergic to certain kind of food stuffs. So if your sister feels her joint pains increase on consuming certain kind of food, she need to avoid those.

Do let me know for more queries

Would be happy to help you out

Regards
Dr naval

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