Rheumatoid Arthritis Has Been Around for Centuries -- How Best to Treat It?

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Has Been Around for Centuries -- How Best to Treat It?

_http://www.mercola.com/2001/may/26/rheumatoid_arthritis.htm_

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an ancient disease, although the condition was

not recognized by European " official medicine " until the 1800s. Studying the

fossil remains of people with the disease, along with their environmental

surroundings, could help investigators learn more about the development of RA

and other immune-system-related conditions, the authors note.

RA, in which the joints become inflamed and painful, is an often-disabling

condition that occurs when the immune system turns against the body. The cause

of RA, which may actually be several different diseases, is unknown, and

there is no effective treatment.

The researchers reviewed medical literature, art, and archeological evidence

and found many reports of a disease that is probably RA.

For example, the Roman emperor Constantine IX, who lived from 980 to 1055,

appears to have had RA, according to a detailed contemporary description. An

Icelandic doctor described RA in 1782, noting that it was more common in women

and most often struck people around the age of 40.

And abnormalities identical to those seen in RA have been found in skeletons

of Native Americans living along the Tennessee River dating from 6500 to 450

BC. Another 21 skeletons found in Mexico, dating from 1400 BC to 1550 AD,

also were found to have RA-like deformities.

One reason why RA was considered a " new disease " in the 1800s, the

researchers suggest, was that people rarely lived beyond their 40s, when the

disease

generally first develops.

The Journal of Rheumatology 2001;28:751-757

 

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Dr. Mercola's Comment:

Rheumatoid arthritis can be a terribly crippling disease causing huge

amounts of pain and suffering in those who are afflicted with it. This is

particularly sad as most who are afflicted with it seek the help of traditional

rheumatologists who have absolutely no clue how the body is designed to

operate.

Additionally, they continue to mostly ignore Dr. Brown's work on the use of

antibiotics to treat the mycoplasma infection that is believed to be a major

factor in this illness. This is in spite of the fact that it has been

" proven " scientifically with double-blind, placebo controlled, randomized

trials in

some of the largest and most prestigious medical centers in the world. The

cost of the trial was over ten million dollars (funded by the US Congress) and

the results were also published in the most prestigious journals.

Yet most rheumatologists continue to ignore the results.

This experience has been very enlightening. Even though most doctors demand

to see the proof, most will not act on it.

Clearly the most effective and efficient way to pursue natural medicine

research are outcome-based trials which require far less resources to compile.

I have used _my revision of Dr. Brown's protocol_

(http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/27/rheumatoid_arthritis.htm)

_http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/27/rheumatoid_arthritis.htm_

(http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/27/rheumatoid_arthritis.htm) for over a

decade and have helped over 2,000 patients with rheumatoid

arthritis. Dr. Brown helped over 10,000 in his career.

My revision of his work includes two major breakthroughs.

The first I have been using for many years and that involves the _food

choice program_ (http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/index.htm) .

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However, for the last six months we have been using NST in our office with

incredible results. It has improved our results quite dramatically. Prior to

NST our success rate was about 80%, and now it has improved to 95%.

At this time NST is an essential and necessary element of my rheumatoid

arthritis protocol. I am recommending EVERYONE with rheumatoid arthritis

receive

this care as the results are so amazing and profound.

But what is really exciting is that the 80% who improved before took 1-2

years to obtain remission. With NST, the remission rate has dropped down by

50-75%.

This is really amazing work.

You can review the previously posted story of one of our _scleroderma

patients who had remarkable results_

(http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/7/testimonial.htm) .

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