Severe Arthritis

Jjjjjjjbarry

Hello,

Has anyone found a way to help someone sufferting with severe arthritis?
Basically someone in their 70's, back bent over, fingers turned in, on pain killers that appear to be not good for mental alertness... no quality of life and needs help getting dressed.

Consultants and physio have been seen and apparently only solution is pain meds and an attempts to exercise when possible.

I'm not looking for medical advice here, just wondering if someone somehow knows of some alternative therapy or maybe a magnetic machine or something that may help or if anyone has advice from a similar situation? Getting desperate as it's so hard to watch someone slowly get worse and worse with what appears to be no hope for any sort of normal life to return.

thanks.

BlueFairy

Do you know what kind of arthritis they have? There will be different recommendations depending on the type. Their doctors should be taking better care of their mobility rather than just offering painkillers.

Arthritis Ireland are a good resource, they usually have lots of advice and sometimes support groups. They also have some online and offline courses on living well with arthritis, so that you learn all about how to manage living with the disease.

MintyMagnum

Not to be smart but apparently hashbrownies & the like good for the pain

Jjjjjjjbarry

BlueFairy wrote: »

Do you know what kind of arthritis they have? There will be different recommendations depending on the type. Their doctors should be taking better care of their mobility rather than just offering painkillers.

Arthritis Ireland are a good resource, they usually have lots of advice and sometimes support groups. They also have some online and offline courses on living well with arthritis, so that you learn all about how to manage living with the disease.

Thank you. It's Osteoarthritis with spondylitis.

Jjjjjjjbarry

MintyMagnum wrote: »

Not to be smart but apparently hashbrownies & the like good for the pain

I don't doubt it for one bit but can't see this being an option to a devout elderly catholic who believes the doctors know everything!

joeprivate

Check out this guy Dr John McDougall he all over the web and youtube some of his videos go back at least 30 years and his message does not seemed to have changed over that amount of time here is some info from his web site drmcdougall.com

The importance of the overall diet cannot be overemphasized. Proper foods keep the intestinal barriers strong and the immune system in a fighting condition. Those foods are whole starches, vegetable, and fruits. In addition to being free of animal products, the diet must be low in fat of all kinds — vegetable oil (even olive oil, corn, safflower, and flaxseed oil) and animal fat. When it comes to blaming individual foods, dairy products seem to be the most troublesome foods, causing the most common and severe reactions. Many reports indicate grains, such as corn and wheat can also aggravate of symptoms. The truth seems to be almost any food can cause trouble, but few people react to vegetable foods.

My experience and this research has lead me to prescribe for the past 22 years a starch-based diet with the addition of fruits, and vegetables (low-fat and devoid of all animal products). If no improvement is seen within 2 weeks, I suggest wheat and corn be eliminated. The final step is to follow an elimination diet based on the foods least likely to cause problems, such as sweet potatoes and brown rice with the addition of noncitrus fruits, and green and yellow vegetables. All thoroughly cooked. Water is the beverage. If improvement is found (usually within 1 to 2 weeks), then foods are added back one at a time to see if there is an adverse reaction. (A complete description of this diet can be found in The McDougall Program — 12 days to Dynamic Health).

delop

Dont know if it works, but the theory behind it is as reasonable as any to me
https://www.margarethillsclinic.com/

cassid

Hey,

Pain control , physio and exercise like swimming are a key part to keep controlling arthritis.

I use heated gloves when I can't move my hands well or they hurt like hell.

I used an electric blanket every day even summer, to help with pain from the arthritis in the spine, it does help with pain and movement.

With severe arthritis, finding the right medication that works for you is really important and this can take a while. Some of the medication makes you as dozy as hell. Am taking meds since my 30's and I switch around alot as you can be immune to some drugs and react badly to others. I try to help the brain alive ( have young children so that helps ), eats lots of healthy food and fish oils are very good.

Link in with arthritis Ireland, they run workshops and have forums/FB groups where you can ask loads of questions.

Best of luck or send me a pm if you want to know anything else x

flutered

i have ostioarthritis in various parts of the body, the use of patches has given me great but not total pain relif, i strongly believe in an vetenary product called uddermint, this was recomended by both a rugby player and a gaelic footballer, its hot, it gets through skin and muscle to get to the point of the pain, the surround of the hurt will get hot, the actual hurt will fell even hotter, a tube lasts me roughly 12 months, as what fits on the tip of a finger is sufficent to apply, in fact if one has the flu, an application to the chest area has great results

delop

Ive been using an Asian herb supplement called 'Du HUO JI Sheng WAN' , I cant be 100% sure its effective , but I had 3 months with no flareup and when I ran out a week later I had a flare up...

Check with your GP to make sure it wont mess with your current regime , if you plan to try it.

You can find it in any Asian herb shop

I also tried this Chinese oil 'wood lock' , maybe its good for some ppl but I didnt find it much different to Deep Heat