I have arthritis and I’m thirteen..?
So around two years ago I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA).
I was put on medication (Methotrexite, Naproxin, and Folic Acid) to help the pain and swelling of my knees (they were getting the worst of my arthritis).
I was fed up with taking all that medication, it was just a hassle with all the blood tests and it messed my period up. It has never been regular since.
So I stopped without consultation with my doctor or parents.
My joints were fine for months after stopping with my medication. And my doctor even told me I was fine without it.
But now I feel like my arthritis has been spreading to my elbows, fingers, and toes (is that even possible?).
And my knees ache a lot too.
What should I do?
I hate taking prescriptions, so there’s no way I’m going back on my medication.
Are there any natural excersizes I can do for my knees (which are the biggest problem) that’ll stop the pain?? Please help me!! Having arthritis at such a young age sucks.. For heaven’s sake, I can’t even sit criss-cross apple sauce anymore!!
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Green tea will cut down on the pain a little, and nightshade and poison hemlock will end it all
Use Tiger Palm, my sister uses that. She says it really helps. Hope it helps you!
First regarding folic acid
Flic acid is unsafe. You should instead get folate from eating the right foods:
Folic acid supplementation is dangerous – especially for pregnant women
Women who take supplemental folic acid increase their breast cancer risk by 20-30%, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers collected data on women’s folic acid intake from multivitamins over a 10-year period – they found that the women who took multivitamins containing folic acid were more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than those that did not. 1,2
A study published earlier this year found a 163% increased risk of prostate cancer in men taking folic acid supplements.3
A new meta-analysis of folic acid supplementation and colorectal cancer risk found that those who took folic acid for more than three years increased their risk of having a colorectal adenoma by 35%.4 In the U.S., Canada, and most recently Chile, colorectal cancer rates have climbed since the advent of mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.10-11
Another new study, has found that folic acid supplementation by pregnant women increases the risk of childhood asthma by 26% 5, and yet another study linked folic acid supplementation during pregnancy to increased incidence of respiratory tract infections in infants, especially those resulting in hospitalization.6
This past month in Norway, where there is no fortification of flour with folic acid, researchers conducting a six-year study on the homocysteine-lowering effects of B vitamins in patients with heart disease made an unexpected finding: the patients whose supplement included folic acid had a greater risk of cancer incidence and cancer mortality.7 These patients were 43% more likely to die from cancer.
Most alarming was another study that compared women who took folic acid during their pregnancy to those that did not. Thirty years later those women who followed the typical recommendations to take folic acid were twice as likely to die from breast cancer.8 Shocking info huh!
Unlike synthetic folic acid, folate obtained from food sources – especially green vegetables – protects against breast and prostate cancer.
Paradoxically, in people who do not take folic acid supplements there is inverse relationship between dietary folate intake and breast and prostate cancer.14,3 Folate is an essential nutrient with vital functions. It is probable that folate levels need to be tightly regulated by the body – that the timing and dose of folate is an important determinant of whether folate has positive or negative effects. Folate’s actions on DNA may prevent cancer from initiating, but may also promote the proliferation of tumor cells that may already present.15 Luckily, getting our folate exclusively from food ensures that we do not get too much. It comes naturally packaged in balance with other micronutrients and the body regulates its absorption.9
For the full story go here:
http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/folic_acid_dangers_and_prenatal_vitamins.aspx
Arthritis
http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/arthritis-eat-for-health-autoimmune-disease-and-arthritis.html
http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/success-stories-kicking-her-rheumatoid-arthritis.html
http://24hourhealthadvice.com/arthritis/ has a lot of great information on arthritis like diagnosis, treatment, and free exercises and prevention methods.