Can Rheumatoid Arthritis Be Cured?
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- čas přidán 10. 08. 2023
- Do you have ongoing joint pain and aches? Maybe they're migrating from your knees to your elbows, to your shoulders. Maybe you've been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and are wondering, can rheumatoid arthritis be cured?
In this video we're going to discuss this specific question. Can rheumatoid arthritis be cured? We're going to look at a new study on a bacteria in the gut that's been associated with rheumatoid arthritis and what that might mean for treatment and diagnostics around rheumatoid arthritis.
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Can rheumatoid arthritis be cured? Well, before we look at whether or not it can or can't be cured, let's first discuss what this actually means to be cured from rheumatoid arthritis.
When it comes to rheumatoid arthritis or any autoimmune disease, for that matter, you have to consider the long-term consequences of this unregulated immune activity on the joints and in the tissues of the body, depending on which particular autoimmune disease you have. In this case, it's going to be your joints.
In that regard, the lack of symptoms like pain or discomfort in those joints doesn't necessarily mean that there's no activity or unregulated immune response in the joints themselves.
For instance, you may have elevated rheumatoid factor, a relatively high C-reactive protein, sed rate, and other autoantibodies in your blood. Your joint pain may be relatively manageable and mild with the use of over-the-counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories. However, it would be a mistake to assume that there's no ongoing joint damage in your body just because your joint pain is relatively mild.
So when we're asking this question, can rheumatoid arthritis be cured? We also have to consider what we mean by that. And in looking at that, we don't want to just say that you don't have any symptoms. We also want to see the absence of elevations of markers of rheumatoid arthritis in your blood.
So answering this question from a conventional medicine rheumatology perspective, generally speaking, RA cannot be cured and generally is looked at as a condition that can be managed with medications like biological medications and medications that suppress the immune system activity and therefore decrease the effect on the joints.
On the other hand, there are lots of claims about different approaches regarding dietary changes and treating leaky gut as ways to treat and potentially cure rheumatoid arthritis. Now, these are things that I've actually witnessed in my practice where you'll see the absence of any symptoms and also signs in the blood, like C-reactive protein, rheumatoid factor, and others going down to very low levels and well within all ranges.
Now, once you get those numbers into those ranges, you're always going to be susceptible to that condition. But it would be said to be in remission or possibly could use the term quiescent for the moment.
So it's with this context that I want to share some new research with regard to RA that kind of puts some of the pieces of this puzzle together for us and may give hope to people suffering with RA that there is actually a way to treat this condition in a more permanent way.
So earlier in 2023, there was a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, and the study looked at the association between antibodies to a particular type of bacteria called Prevotella copri, and the risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis. This Prevotella copri is a particular type of digestive or gut-related bacteria.The study looked at 2,000 people who were at risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, 1,000 people who had early rheumatoid arthritis, and 1,000 people who had established rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers measured the level of antibodies to this particular bacteria in the blood of all the participants.
The study found that people who had higher levels of the antibody to the Prevotella copri bacteria were more likely to go on and develop rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, they also found that the levels of antibodies to this bacteria were higher in people who had early rheumatoid arthritis and in people who had established rheumatoid arthritis compared to people who were simply just at risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis.
These findings suggest that Prevotella copri bacteria may play a role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Further research is needed to confirm these findings and to determine whether targeting Prevotella copri bacteria could be a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. - Věda a technologie
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No Rheumatologist I was ever treated by EVER mentioned diet just drugs drugs drugs, and anger when i was afraid of them 😢 even when I told them i had friends who died from those same drugs recently, i was recently told i didnt have enough insurance to try certain treatments like infusions so i was sent home to stay in pain or die.😢
Thats terrible. sorry to hear that. Hope this video gives you some different ideas to consider.
left us with more questions than answers!
Sorry about that. Unfortunately sometimes that is how it is but I think it can defiantly be put into remission naturally using similar approaches to those suggested here.
Do u think wormwood helps x
Not sure if it’s effective for that particular bacteria or but it is an anti-microbial
I was just diagnosed last year (despite years of joint problems) and I'm trying to educate myself as much as possible. Right now I'm taking supplements of Tumeric and ginger and I notice it seems to help with a burning sensation under the skin. Hydroxychloroquine helps to control my flares for now but when they have occurred I can't walk. Something as simple as a flu shot can really send me into flares (no way to predict that.) My immune system already had issues (history of asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, severe dust allergy, sinus polyps/inflammation) and it concerns me to be taking an immune suppressant when my inhalers are already doing that. Watching these studies.
Good luck
You will get better, just do what you can
It sounds like your microbiome (your gut) is at fault. I would bet that you have a bacterial infection not unlike lyme disease that is causing the flares-
@@marjake3147 I actually contracted Lyme disease in 2014. Sometimes I wonder if that is still wreaking havoc on my system.
My son with autism just had a microbiota test and 25% of the microbes found were p. Corpi.
Very interesting. It can be a normal part of microbiome too. FYI
HCQ treats this arthritis and will protect from rna respiratory viruses & malaria as well lucky trifecta.
my sister takes hcq to treat her lupus and there are lots of side effects like eye problems, headaches, heart problems etc....
@@tomsawyerlevrai do you know how much?
Over the long term there are definitely side effects to HCQ
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I have P Copri. I am suffering from seronegative Inflammatory arthritis. how to treat this P Copri?
You have to determine if you have a bacterial overgrowth situation and if you do then treat that. It is only pathogenic if it is overgrown and triggered the immune system.
@@swintegrativebut HOW do you treat overgrowth? Every doctor I e talked to wants me to take antibiotics to treat the strep bacterial overgrowth showing on stool tests but I feel that’s how I got myself in this situation in the first place.
@@JuliePeterson-12345 not a straight forward answer as there are many ways to approach it herbal and antibiotics and other options. If you have SIBO though treating it can help you feel better in many ways (not limited to digestion)