Infection theory

[Guest guest]

Hi Janice

You commented that " Down the road, I think a cure for some kinds of

RA are going to go back to the infections that seem to trigger it in

so many people. " Well, there are already thousands who are treating

their RA and other auto-immune diseases with antibiotics because they

believe many cases of it come from mycoplasma stealth bacteria and

research seems to bear this out. It's been a theory since the 1930's

and been treated with antibiotics since then but because it's such a

low dose it takes months to see results and people want quick results

so it's not a popular treatment with either rheumatologists or

patients. I opted for it because I didn't want the side effects of

the other drugs but I'm prepared to use them if the antibiotic

treatment isn't enough eventually. Cross my fingers it will be ok

though.

Ros