It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
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Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#92Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Arthritis is an auto-immune disorder, and while this might sound “basic” I would see what a high dose of vitamin D supplement can do for you, with preliminary blood work and a doctor’s approval of course. Vitamin D is very important in immune system regulation. It has helped my mom who’s 74 (and has had it since early 50’s) significantly to the point where pain is mostly gone and inflammation is rare. It took about h…
I think you are thinking of rheumatoid arthritis? Osteoarthritis is not an immune disorder.
You’re correct, I forgot to specify: my mom has both, but her osteoarthritis has practically been “paused” for two years after getting the rheumatoid arthritis in check. Her specialist is not sure why that is. And this is years after she stopped to southern climates during the winter months which used to be her only relief and help. They’re doing regular check ups to keep it observed.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Degenerative diseases don’t de-pathologise when you remove their pain
Pathways that remove pain can be due to healing though, it's a mildly positive indicator.
This is at best a fallacy with occasional exceptions and in this particular case, just plain incorrect.
If it works by 'blocking a compound that supports nerve cells in transmitting pain' it isn't doing anything to correct the pathology. You are, in the truest sense of the way that people naively talk in derogatory terms around modern medicine, 'treating the result, not the cause'
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#95> The drug is based on a molecule he discovered while working at Pfizer, and can be delivered via a once-a-month EpiPen-style injection, where it restores protective processes to diseased joints and enables the regeneration of affected tissues. It works by blocking a compound that supports the nerve cells involved in transmitting pain signals to the brain. So, it restores lost tissue by numbing nerves? This makes no…
It just takes away the pain, it’s clearly written in the article.
The headline is misleading then, it should say "... beat the pain of osteoarthritis".
Isn't it weird how you can work on an inherently benevolent endeavour and then present the whole thing on a way that looks like you're trying to con people (and looks unscientific to boot). Marketing really is a scourge.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#96More paywalled content being posted to HN? Ugh. https://archive.ph/Cwtq3
Nothing wrong with paywalled content, given its still accessible. Especially in this case where several archive links have been provided
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#97>> laid off More like Pfizer invested in an employee's startup.
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Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#98Tangential question: as I now start suffering from arthritis in my hands, I was wondering if there is anything linked to diet that could help reduce it? I had read that fatty fishes were a good source to reduce pain but in your experience, is there any other food/lifestyle changes that can help alleviate it before resorting to medication?
Avoid carbs
2nded.
Eat foods in a way that can ignite ketosis periodically throughout the month and treat carbs as it's something your allergic to. I have personally (finally after 7 years) started regulating my cluster headaches which is an inflammation problem.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#99The title is misleading. It's not a "cure for Arthritis"; it's a pain killer.
Two patients can have identical knee x-rays/MRIs - loss of joint space and osteophyte formation etc. But one has pain and the other does not. Do they both have osteoarthritis? They clearly don't have the same dis-ease.
Patient don't care about having cartilage or bone sclerosis or subchondral cyst formation; they care about pain that stops them moving (which in turn can increase their weight further exacerbating the joint issues).
So, osteoarthritis is a problem in that it causes pain. If something specifically reduces osteoarthritic pain, I am okay with it saying it 'beats' the dis-ease.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#100Tangential question: as I now start suffering from arthritis in my hands, I was wondering if there is anything linked to diet that could help reduce it? I had read that fatty fishes were a good source to reduce pain but in your experience, is there any other food/lifestyle changes that can help alleviate it before resorting to medication?
I know this is a lil more extreme and Dr Greger does have an agenda of Plant based diets but he always has a decent explanation of the possible triggers. https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-plant-based-diets-he...
I know this is well-intentioned, but please keep this stuff out of health threads about serious health conditions. This kind of material lacks rigor, dramatically misrepresents the state of scientific and medical thought, cherry picks studies, overstates the effect sizes and passes off speculation and easily digestible explanations (for laypeople) as emerging medical truths.
Long-term sufferers of RA - and the people in their support networks - know first-hand that RA is a complex and progressive condition that requires some pretty hardcore medical interventions to manage. Like other auto-immune diseases, different people will experience different disease courses. A very small few will be lucky enough that their disease goes into remission for no clear reason. Others will try everything under the sun only to see their disease become worse and worse. The reality for sufferers is that there aren't quick fixes and simple triggers.
It's reasonable to expect that general lifestyle interventions such as healthier diet and the right type of exercise regime may improve symptoms within the margins permitted by the underlying disease process. But promoting content that centers the role of "lifestyle" once RA has already developed only trivializes the disease and widens the empathy gap that sufferers already face.