Help with reactive arthritis

irene246
irene246 Member Posts: 5
edited 18. Jan 2022, 09:34 in Living with arthritis

how helpful is alternative therapies such as acupuncture for reactive arthritis? Any fellow sufferers would appreciate your advice.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited 17. Jan 2022, 20:30

    Hi @irene246

    Welcome to the online community! I can see that you're interested in alternative therapies- this is something that I don't have a lot of personal experience in myself, but I do know that there are other members here who may be able to contribute.

    The link below is specifically for reactive arthritis and includes ways of managing and possible treatments (alternative therapies included):

    https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/reactive-arthritis/

    Here is another link about complementary and alternative therapies which might also be of interest to you:

    https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2020/march/complementary-treatments-and-arthritis-from-turmeric-to-cannabis-oil/


    I do hope some of these are useful to you! Feel free to look around the community and join in where you feel comfortable!

    Take care,

    Sarah

  • irene246
    irene246 Member Posts: 5

    My daughter was diagnosed with reactive arthritis in July/August 2020. She first noticed swelling and severe stiffness in her left ankle in April 2020, which later affected her left knee. It took a couple of months of tests, bloods and mri at a private hospital and then she was transferred to NHS where she was diagnosed. She is a dance teacher and has continued to teach throughout, with the help of an assistant. The pain and swelling has now affected her right knee and her right ankle has now swollen up. She is on sukfasalazine and newly prescribed oral steroids and hydroxychloroquine and has had five steroid injections in total to her ankles/knees. She has never experienced fatigue or tiredness of any form. As a mum I am baffled by it all. She remains very upbeat and the doctors continue to treat for reactive arthritis. I have so many questions but my main one is will this go? It’s. Ahear in April when the first signs appeared.


    Would welcome any help/advice/support.


    thank you for reading.


    irene246

  • tinu
    tinu Member Posts: 1

    Thanks for posting your daughter's condition with reactive arthritis.

    I am a 36 year male suffering from right ankle inflammation and pain for last two month. It was first experienced in March 5th 2024. Later, it affected my hip joints, left jaw TMJ joint also. I was bedridden during those days suffering from extreme pain on these joints.

    My doctors diagnosed it as reactive arthritis, since I had a surgery a week before the first symptoms of above-mentioned right ankle pain. Any infection associated with my surgery might have triggered such an arthritis condition since I possess HLA B27 positive.

    Currently I have 2gm sulfasalazine daily plus pain killers (if needed). My condition seems to be improving on my ankle. However, new formations such as back muscles pain and right thumb joint pain are noticed recently.

    I hope that I will recover in a period of 6 months and get back to my normal life.

  • Emmasknackeredjoints
    Emmasknackeredjoints Member Posts: 142

    I've been dealing with reactive arthritis for 4 yrs which has been horrendous. @irene246 I had hydrotherapy which helped

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