Hello

Shellradcliffe

Hi everyone I am a week diagnosed and its been emotional .

I felt relief finally knowing what's been wrong and then the realisation of what the diagnosis will mean to me

I am looking for ideas on foods to avoid and which supplements people find helpful.

I have osteoarthritis in both hands and wrists

Thank you for reading

Chris_R

Hi @Shellradcliffe

Welcome to the online community, good to see you posting.

You say you have just been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in both hands and wrists and would like advice on diet and supplements.

Yes being diagnosed is a bit a realization moment but you are in the right place for help and encouragement as we all suffer from varous arthritric complaints.here are some links about Osteoarthritis of the hands and wrists.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoarthritis-of-the-hand-and-wrist/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/diet/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/complementary-and-alternative-treatments/types-of-complementary-treatments/diet-and-nutritional-supplements/

Hope these links help you in some way.Please keep in touch and tell us how you get on and do continue to chat on the forum it really helps especially just being diagnosed.

All the best Christine

frogmorton

Hi @Shellradcliffe

Nice to meet you.

I am sorry about your diagnosis, but now you know what you are facing you can get informed and proactive doing exactly what you are doing👍️

In general I think the advice is to stick to roughly a Mediterranean type diet. I do a variation on this which is vegan, but includes as much as possible of the med diet.

Sadly i haven't found any supplements particularly helpful, but do take a multivitamin including vitamin vegan D

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2021/july/are-you-getting-enough-vitamin-d/

take care now and keep talking!