May 15, 2009
Mangosteen & Arthritis :: The X-Factor
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Dr. Templeman & Dr. Morton speak to the anti-inflammatory effect of the mangosteen.
Duration : 0:7:32
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This song is to help us remember autoantibodies and the autoimmune diseases they cause. It is inspired by Wakko Warner's The 50 States and their capitals song.
Lyrics:
The Antibodies Song
ANA and Anti-Smith are for Lupus
Rheumatoid Factor Rheumatoid arthritis
Theres anti-centromere if youre looking for CREST
Double stranded DNA is Lupus nephritis
Anti-SSA and anti-SSB are the antibodies for Sjogrens Disease
Anti-RNP for MCTD
Anti-basement membrane is for Goodpastures disease
Anti-jo 1 for polymyositis
ANCA can be found in microscopic polyarteritis
Anti-GAD diabetes mellitus
And Anti smooth muscles in autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-mitochondrial PBC
In Celiac sprue look for Anti-TTG
Anti-histone drug induced SLE
in Scleroderma youll find SCL 70
Lets say that a patient has a PE
Youll want to send Anti cardiolipin antibody
As long as youre working up a hypercoagulable state
Send Lupus anticoagulant and APLA, mate
TSI is in Graves disease
Now lets say your patient has a high MCV
Pernicious anemia it may be
Send Anti-parietal cell Ab
Anti TPO Hashimotos thyroiditis
Acetylcholine receptor Myasthenia gravis
Finally Antiplatelet antibody
Is not needed to diagnose ITP
Thats all the antibodies for now
Duration : 0:1:45
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Discover risk factors exist for Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis in this free medical treatment video.
Expert: Dr. Susan Jewell
Bio: Dr. Susan Jewell is a trained doctor and scientist in clinical research medicine, as well as a stem cell scientist in oncology and AIDS/HIV.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
Duration : 0:1:49
More on How to Treat Osteoarthritis Symptoms : What Risk Factors Lead to Osteoarthritis?
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Lynne Matallana, president and founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association, guest stars in The Doctors Show
Duration : 0:6:34
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Inflammatory arthritis need not rule your life like an invisible dictator. You do need to make some lifestyle changes and still be aware that you have inflammatory arthritis, but with practice, you should be able to control your inflammatory arthritis and live a life worth living. Since there are over 100 types of arthritis, this article assumes you have been to a doctor and have been diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis.
Diet Changes
You don’t have to make incredibly changes to your diet when you have inflammatory arthritis, but keeping as close to your ideal weight as possible will help calm the pains down. First, determine with your doctor what your ideal weight (or ideal weight range) should be. If you are underweight, you should consider taking in more healthy nutrient rich calories to help fuel your body. You need to eat healthy foods, not just grab any old thing.
If you are overweight, you actually have the easier job than trying to put weight on. You still need to eat, but need to eat foods low in fat, low in preservatives and low in empty calories. Empty calories are foods and drinks that can give you fat, but not much else in the way of nutrition. Alcoholic beverages are classic examples of empty calories. So are carbonated, caffeinated sodas or pop. Even water is more nutritious for you – and doesn’t have any calories (unless you add a flavor powder to it).
Regular Exercise
It is vital to stay as active as possible when you have inflammatory arthritis. If you don’t, your joints will loose what elasticity they have left. Regular exercise not only keeps them supple, but helps your body’s auto-immune system and just about every other system, too. Remember, exercise does not mean sweating it in a gym or training for the Olympics. Washing the car is exercise. Walking to the post office and back is exercise. Gardening is exercise.
Some people with inflammatory arthritis prefer to exercise with others because they also get the benefit of asocial interaction. It is good to keep your brain and social skills exercised and limber as well as your joints. And it can boost self-confidence and lower stress, which can contribute to any kind of illness, including inflammatory arthritis.
Regular Check Ups
Although it might seem like a drag, you really need regular check ups with your doctor in order to get your inflammatory arthritis in line. You might need tests to be sure you are not developing any side effects from your medication. This also keeps up with your social interaction and brain stimulating skills.
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Started having stiffness and pain in both knees since I was about 12/13, pain in hips started about 3 years ago and has been getting worse since. Nothings swollen. Doctor finally got me into physiotherapy after 4 years of badgering, but that made it a lot worse when my course was finished. Went back to the docs had blood tests:
Auto antibody screen
FBC
LFT
C reactive protein
Thyroid function test
Rheumatoid factor
Bone profile
Immunoglobulins & EL
Apparently they're all fine apart from one of my immunoglobulins proteins is a bit lower but he wrote to the lab and they said its not muskuloskeletal.
I'm at the end of my tether now cos all the doctors are useless. I sometimes have to use a crutch, occasionally taking tramadol 50mg but not often cos 1 doesn't work but 2 make me woozy. Also I sometimes have a really loud crunching sound in my left hip when i put my left leg forward when walking but that doesn't hurt. I've been told its not arthritis looking at my blood test results.
I know its a lot but please help! Charlotte x
I've seen most of the docs at my surgery and they're all as bad as eachother. From what I can see I'm not lopsided, I was having appointments with a physio who came into my surgery and he said he might send me for some scans but for some reason I'm not seeing him anymore at the moment. All the blood tests I've had are listed and none of the doctors will give me anything different than tramadol cos they don't know whats wrong with me and ibuprofen very rarely works for it.
I wish I could answer this for you, but unfortunately this area of medicine can be vague. You don't mention whether your blood has been tested for ESR (Eurhythrocite sedimentation rate) which is a indicator of inflammation, but it probably has been done. You should ask to see a specialist consultant rheumatologist and to have X rays and possibly ultrasound scans of the affected joints. These tests would help to illuminate the situation.
You need a good physio who can help you understand things as it sounds like the one you had made you overdo things. You need to pace yourself so that what you do does not make you worse - then you end up having to rest and recover, so you never actually get to build up your activity. A pain management course or clinic should be available to you. Tell the doctors you insist on this. I would not worry too much about the crunching at present.
It might be worth having one or two appts with a private physio who can give you some info to present to the doctors.
It may be worth looking into Fibromyalgia and ME - you may not have these but advice on management may be similar.
I am sorry you are having all this trouble. Hang in there. Try co-codamol instead of the tramadol, or anti inflammatories.
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Went to the doctor and she said there is no test for it.Nothing much you can do for it.The pain is in my hands,wrist,but the worse is in my shoulder and arm."Just take Tylenol,Ibuprofen,or Nap rosin.Come on,there has to be something?
I answered your recent question on Lyme disease. Your arthritis could very well be chronic Lyme from a previous tick bite(s). You'll need to see a Lyme literate doctor (LLMD) to get tested and treated for chronic Lyme disease. 6 weeks of 400 mg doxycycline, which you should start immediately for the new infection, is a good start and will probably make your arthritis symptoms improve. But for chronic Lyme (once it becomes arthritis it is chronic), you need more than 6 weeks of antibiotics.
You can ask for a referral to an LLMD here:
http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi
click on "Seeking a Doctor"
I'm sure there are a lot of things you can do to help the arthritis (your doctor sounds very unhelpful). Off the top of my head, I know that Glucosamine sulfate, 2,000 mg per day can help with arthritis symptoms. This is a non-prescription supplement.
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I have arthritis that has fused my SI joints, and had to also get both my hips replaced due to degeneration of the joint. I thought I had AS. But the tests did not come Positive, but that also is common with people with AS. How can I tell if I have AS or if it could be an Infectious Arthritis? I have had my condition since I was 15yrs
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05/ch065/ch065c.html
infectious arthritis… ABOVE link….
http://www.medicinenet.com/ankylosing_spondylitis/article.htm
for the other…you can read about the symptoms there…
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