rheumatoid arthritis

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Hi

I have a female patient, 35yo, who has rheumatoid

arthritis, hoshimotos, allergies, asthma and glaucoma.

She takes 10-12 advil a day to help with the pain.

Typically she says she has a lot of energy and a

strong appetite. All of her symptoms are worse with

stress. Sometimes will also break out in hives with

stressful situations. Had surgery on urethra because

of stricture and has had blood in urine for years and

MD says it is nothing to be concerned about (????).

She sleeps well ( " like a rock " ). She smoked

cigarettes but quit 2 years ago. She has been on the

birth control pill since 1997 to help with

endometriosis pain (outside and inside of uterus).

She gets GERD with stress. BM is one time a day and

generally formed. She is on a fish oil supplement.

Her pulses generally are deep and weak. The left cun

pulse is hardly noticeable and both chi are also very

weak. The left and right guan pulses can be felt but

only with a lot of pressure. Left guan is tight.

Her tongue body color is slightly pale but she has 4-5

large purple spots. They are primarily on both sides

and wrapping around the front of the tongue but not on

the tip. They seem to be getting lighter with the

treatments but kind of hard to tell....thin white fur

Her sister and mom have a history of autoimmune

disease also. She has started water aerobis recently

and it helps decrease the pain and increase ROM. Heat

helps the pain..she takes a lot of epsom salt baths.

Any advice is appreciated!

Rebecca

 

 

Firebird Acupuncture

Rebecca Rizzetta M.S., CMT, L.Ac

www.firebirdacupuncture.com

T: 415-948-8360

F: 415-543-3605

 

 

 

 

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