Xolair, arthritis, and the whole inflammatory thing

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I have not expected Xolair to impact my oncoming arthritis, as I've

never heard anything about arthritis being mediated/impacted/whatever

by IgE. What Xolair has done, by greatly decreasing my allergic

responses, is lower my overall level of inflammation, including in my

sinuses. In turn, this makes episodes less severe generally, b/c I

start from a level of almost no inflammation, so I don't get as

inflamed when I have an allergic episode. Before Xolair, my sinuses

were inflamed all the time, even when I felt " fine. "

Theoretically, Xolair could help the arthritis issue indirectly,

since the improvement in overall inflamation should (again

theoretically) mean my " inflamation starting point " for any

inflammatory issue is lower. But I don't really know.

I do know the early onset arthritis was not noticeable when I was

taking all that pred.

I'm also convinced there are some of us who have some genetic

component that predisposes us to inflammation. My mom's side of the

family have all had arthritis. I don't know where the allergic

component comes from - it's probably a genetic result of a

combination of my mom's genes and my dad's. LUCKY ME.

That said, it's important that we try to minimize environmental

factors. Drink lots of water. Avoid smoky environments. Take

antioxidants.