A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
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A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
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Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#2another win for introducing bio-electricity into our modern arsenal of western medical solutions.
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#3I was diagnosed with arthritis at a very young age. This was likely due to (at least related to) snowboard straps being too tight around my left ankle. I hobbled every morning for an hour, then a couple hours, then half the day.
One day I learned about modifying my diet to avoid inflammation. I greatly limited, but did not entirely eliminate, tomatoes and potatoes in my diet.
The effects were literally life changing. I no longer hobble each morning. If someone you know is suffering from arthritis I can highly recommend conducting this experiment for a few months.
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#4I was diagnosed with arthritis at a very young age. This was likely due to (at least related to) snowboard straps being too tight around my left ankle. I hobbled every morning for an hour, then a couple hours, then half the day. One day I learned about modifying my diet to avoid inflammation. I greatly limited, but did not entirely eliminate, tomatoes and potatoes in my diet. The effects were literally life changing.…
Why tomatoes and potatoes?
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#5I was diagnosed with arthritis at a very young age. This was likely due to (at least related to) snowboard straps being too tight around my left ankle. I hobbled every morning for an hour, then a couple hours, then half the day. One day I learned about modifying my diet to avoid inflammation. I greatly limited, but did not entirely eliminate, tomatoes and potatoes in my diet. The effects were literally life changing.…
Why tomatoes and potatoes?
Both are in the Nightshades family which contains a lot of alkaloids that are believed to be a cause of inflammation in some people. I've not seen any real studies about this though.
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#6I was diagnosed with arthritis at a very young age. This was likely due to (at least related to) snowboard straps being too tight around my left ankle. I hobbled every morning for an hour, then a couple hours, then half the day. One day I learned about modifying my diet to avoid inflammation. I greatly limited, but did not entirely eliminate, tomatoes and potatoes in my diet. The effects were literally life changing.…
Why tomatoes and potatoes?
Well, it could be placebo effect, but the thinking is/was that:
> Nightshade Vegetables
> Eggplants, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes are all members of the nightshade family. These vegetables contain the chemical solanine, which some people claim aggravates arthritis pain and inflammation. However, most reports are anecdotal, and while it certainly might be true for some people, there are no scientific studies done to prove that they actually cause inflammation or make symptoms worse, says Kim Larson, a Seattle-based dietitian and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Spokesperson.
https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/nut...
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#7Posted this (about externally stimulating the vagus nerve) a while back because it looked interesting:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201...
I bought the equipment to try this myself (basically a TENS device and some electrodes), but have been too afraid to apply it :/
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#8I was diagnosed with arthritis at a very young age. This was likely due to (at least related to) snowboard straps being too tight around my left ankle. I hobbled every morning for an hour, then a couple hours, then half the day. One day I learned about modifying my diet to avoid inflammation. I greatly limited, but did not entirely eliminate, tomatoes and potatoes in my diet. The effects were literally life changing.…
Can confirm for tomatoes. Definitely worth a try if you suffer from arthritis.
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#9I was diagnosed with arthritis at a very young age. This was likely due to (at least related to) snowboard straps being too tight around my left ankle. I hobbled every morning for an hour, then a couple hours, then half the day. One day I learned about modifying my diet to avoid inflammation. I greatly limited, but did not entirely eliminate, tomatoes and potatoes in my diet. The effects were literally life changing.…
Why tomatoes and potatoes?
Also let's also keep in mind not all inflammation is bad.
As an anecdote, I know someone who had rosacea breakout and ended up eliminating tomatoes in particular from her diet and it seemed to do the trick so there should be something in tomatoes that causes inflammation...
Re: A new treatment for arthritis: Vagus-nerve stimulation
#10> Both Galvani and SecondWave expect to announce first-in-human data within the next year.
In other words, this is vaporware as yet.