infections

jules5

Hi all can I just ask I have a chest infection at moment and I am on antibiotics, does anyone have a flare up if you have any infection and antibiotics don't seem to help me feel too good either .how do they effect you all .thought it would be a good discussion tosee how many of us suffer with either iinfection or the antibiotics .thank u all jules x☺

As5567

For me it depends on the severity of the illness/infection. Many years ago when I contracted an extremely rare disease and was close to dying my joints never felt so good and I had no aches and pains. The only explanation I have is that my immune system was so busy trying to fight things off that it ignored the arthritis side of things and diverted its attention to the disease that I had contracted. I have also been in the same situation feeling great arthritis wise when I had pneumonia which came on after a bad cough.

For normal not so server infections I'd probably say I feel much worse than normal and usually feel sick from the antibiotics which also doesn't help things but I don't really think I've ever had a big flare from any illness.

jules5

As5567 wrote:

For me it depends on the severity of the illness/infection. Many years ago when I contracted an extremely rare disease and was close to dying my joints never felt so good and I had no aches and pains. The only explanation I have is that my immune system was so busy trying to fight things off that it ignored the arthritis side of things and diverted its attention to the disease that I had contracted. I have also been in the same situation feeling great arthritis wise when I had pneumonia which came on after a bad cough.

For normal not so server infections I'd probably say I feel much worse than normal and usually feel sick from the antibiotics which also doesn't help things but I don't really think I've ever had a big flare from any illness.

Thank you for ur answers ,yes I feel quite sick with antibiotics. Hope u are OK at the ,moment xx

stickywicket

I remember a doc telling me once that anything that raises the body temperature can kick off the RA though I wouldn't call it a proper flare as it does die down again fairly quickly. I know some auto-immuners feel better on antibiotics though. If they affect your stomach you can probably get some different ones from the doc.

dreamdaisy

If I catch an infection that requires antibiotics I stop my methotrexate and humira so that my immune system can fire up a little and help to fight it off - the arthritis eases a little too which is always a help. Always take your tablets with food, antibios or anything else on an empty stomach is rarely a good idea. DD