Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (to Carol)

[Guest guest]

From what I have read it is similar to rheumatoid arthritis, I am

assuming that it is also an autoimmune disorder... and as such, the

treatments should be very similar. One thing I would recommend

immediately, is that you get a supplement called 'MSM Joint Formula'

made by Natural Factors. A couple years ago, I started having trouble

with my shoulder and elbow and it interfering with my sword workout.

(I belong to a medieval society and like to play pirate occasionally)

I started taking 3 of these a day, and within about a month, the pain

stopped. I also recommended to a friend at work who had tennis elbow

and he said the pain stopped in two weeks. For more info on this, go

here: (I buy all my herbs and supplements, that I don't cap myself,

here, their prices are up to 50% of store prices, I usually recieve my

orders in 3 business days and I have heard good things about the

quality of Natural Factors)

http://www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs & pid=NFS-02696

A lot of places recommend one or two of the ingredients but I have

found that it is best to have all 3 together for optimum

effectiveness. If taken religiously, I believe that it can actually

reverse some of the damage... and it has been shown to always slow and

often stop the advance of RA.

Cat's claw is also recommended for inflamation...check out this

article about RA. It gives quite a few options in herbs and other

alternatives medicines, including supplements. (Personally, I have

that www.herbs2000.com is a very reliable source of alternative

treatments for many diseases, just go to the 'ailments' tab in the box

in the upper right corner)

http://www.herbs2000.com/disorders/rheumatoid_arth.htm

I also take 3000 mg of Omega-3, 1300 mg of Evening Primrose oil

(Omega-6) and a set of Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and copper w/vit D

softgels (as far as the Omega-3 quality can vary, Omega-3 should not

freeze solid, to test it, cut open a gelcap into a shotglass and put

it in a normal freezer overnight. If it freezes solid, it is not good

enough, it can get cloudy and thick but it should freeze solid, my

diabetes book recommends Natural Factors for this too)

here is one more article about Arthritis, in the related articles

links on the left, there are articles on Juvenile Arthitis and natural

treatments for RA, if you go to the bottom of the natural treatment

article, there are links for more articles including diet

recommendations that may help.

http://www.arthritis-pain-relief-and-treatment.com/1-Concerned-About-Rheumatoid-\

Arthritis.html

if that link get truncated, try this

http://tinyurl.com/gbarl

Cynthia

 

 

, " carol_4452 "

<carol_4452 wrote:

>

> My 12 year old granddaughter was just diagnosed with JIA.

> Does anyone have any alternative medicine suggestions that would be

> helpful to help ease the pain and perhaps resolve the arthritic

> condition.

>

> Right now the doctors aren't doing anything for her except advising she

> take Aleve twice daily. They have one more test to run before they

> drain her knee and insert steroids.

>

> Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks very much, Cynthia, for the helpful information. I'll share

this with my daughter. One of my granddaughter's doctors is an M.D.

who incorporates natural medicine into his practice.

Carol

 

, " Cynthia "

<cindyvdz wrote:

>

> From what I have read it is similar to rheumatoid arthritis, I am

> assuming that it is also an autoimmune disorder... and as such, the

> treatments should be very similar. One thing I would recommend

> immediately, is that you get a supplement called 'MSM Joint

Formula'

> made by Natural Factors. A couple years ago, I started having

trouble

> with my shoulder and elbow and it interfering with my sword

workout.

> (I belong to a medieval society and like to play pirate

occasionally)

> I started taking 3 of these a day, and within about a month, the

pain

> stopped. I also recommended to a friend at work who had tennis

elbow

> and he said the pain stopped in two weeks. For more info on this,

go

> here: (I buy all my herbs and supplements, that I don't cap

myself,

> here, their prices are up to 50% of store prices, I usually

recieve my

> orders in 3 business days and I have heard good things about the

> quality of Natural Factors)

> http://www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs & pid=NFS-

02696

> A lot of places recommend one or two of the ingredients but I have

> found that it is best to have all 3 together for optimum

> effectiveness. If taken religiously, I believe that it can actually

> reverse some of the damage... and it has been shown to always slow

and

> often stop the advance of RA.

> Cat's claw is also recommended for inflamation...check out this

> article about RA. It gives quite a few options in herbs and other

> alternatives medicines, including supplements. (Personally, I have

> that www.herbs2000.com is a very reliable source of alternative

> treatments for many diseases, just go to the 'ailments' tab in the

box

> in the upper right corner)

> http://www.herbs2000.com/disorders/rheumatoid_arth.htm

> I also take 3000 mg of Omega-3, 1300 mg of Evening Primrose oil

> (Omega-6) and a set of Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and copper w/vit D

> softgels (as far as the Omega-3 quality can vary, Omega-3 should

not

> freeze solid, to test it, cut open a gelcap into a shotglass and

put

> it in a normal freezer overnight. If it freezes solid, it is not

good

> enough, it can get cloudy and thick but it should freeze solid, my

> diabetes book recommends Natural Factors for this too)

> here is one more article about Arthritis, in the related articles

> links on the left, there are articles on Juvenile Arthitis and

natural

> treatments for RA, if you go to the bottom of the natural treatment

> article, there are links for more articles including diet

> recommendations that may help.

> http://www.arthritis-pain-relief-and-treatment.com/1-Concerned-

About-Rheumatoid-Arthritis.html

> if that link get truncated, try this

> http://tinyurl.com/gbarl

> Cynthia

>

>

> , " carol_4452 "

> <carol_4452@> wrote:

> >

> > My 12 year old granddaughter was just diagnosed with JIA.

> > Does anyone have any alternative medicine suggestions that would

be

> > helpful to help ease the pain and perhaps resolve the arthritic

> > condition.

> >

> > Right now the doctors aren't doing anything for her except

advising she

> > take Aleve twice daily. They have one more test to run before

they

> > drain her knee and insert steroids.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

>