Guest guest Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Hi , early intervention at diagnosis is key. The inflammation in your hands may also be in other areas of your body but not obvious - ie coronaries. I started Enbrel same week. For holistic intervention, I swim, take tumeric and omega 3s. Kate F Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2009, at 11:26 AM, " lesa559 " <lesa559@...> wrote: Any input would be appreciated. at what point do you start taking meds for RA? no other symptoms other than 3 finger joints on both hands. I have read that early intervention sometimes helps. anything holistic? thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I just came from a lecture on ra...there is a window of oppurtunity to get the disease in remission before the damage as started.. once you have the erosions it is most unlikely to reverse...early and aggressive treatment is the rule of thumb..as far homeopathics, that is individual decision.llke the previous post becausse you dont see sweeling or feel pain it can still be there..you always feel the worst pain... wish you best of luck.. diane in ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Diane and , this is very true. Early and aggressive treatment of RA is quite important, and many researchers believe there is a " window. " Months do matter. Although there are some studies which demonstrate the healing of erosions, it occurs only in a minority of patients. Other structural damage is unlikely to heal. Let the disease go in the early stages, and the nature of the disease will likely become more aggressive and more difficult to treat from that point forward. Treat immediately, and a remission state will be more easily achieved. For a lucky few, even a drug-free remission is possible after aggressive initial therapy. Not an MD On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM, diane crawford <nuttynurse25@...> wrote: > > > I just came from a lecture on ra...there is a window of oppurtunity to get > the disease in remission before the damage as started.. once you have the > erosions it is most unlikely to reverse...early and aggressive treatment is > the rule of thumb..as far homeopathics, that is individual decision.llke the > previous post becausse you dont see sweeling or feel pain it can still be > there..you always feel the worst pain... wish you best of luck.. > > diane in ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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