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Suggest Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis With Stiffness And Pain
I have mild form rheumatoid arthritis (4 years) with stiffness and pain in small joints in hands and legs and I take Antirheumatic drugs and pain medications. Also I have neurogenic bladder (after a spinal cord injury, 14 years back), and I Self-catheterize everyday, which results in frequent urinary infections. I would like to know, if any other medications / change in food-habits can control the rheumatoid arthritis, so that I can stop the Antirheumatic drugs and pain medications. (female, 34-years)
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Just like various chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease are not curable but controllable; rheumatoid arthritis is also controllable. At present there is no other alternative except to take Antirheumatic drugs and pain medications.
Wish you good health
Thanks for posting
Just like various chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease are not curable but controllable; rheumatoid arthritis is also controllable. At present there is no other alternative except to take Antirheumatic drugs and pain medications.
Wish you good health
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