Introduction:
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic painful condition affects
mainly joints also tendon and other organs like skin, eyes, lungs, heart and
blood vessels. It’s one of the diseases which disturbs normal life style of
people. All we know that any painful condition have a particular reason like
Injury, sprain, degeneration or malnutrition etc. But the Rheumatoid arthritis related to Immune
problem categorized under AUTO IMMUNE DISEASE.
What is happening in Auto immune disease RA?
It’s nothing but our own immune system attacks our body tissues. Painful
swelling results in bone erosion and joint deformity further the condition worsens
when the disease is not treated properly. Severe rheumatoid arthritis causes
physical disabilities.
Signs and symptoms of RA?
- Tenderness (Touch pain), warmth (heat over painful area) , swelling of joints
- Morning stiffness of Joints and getting relieved in day time.
- Fatigue (feeling of extreme tiredness), fever and loss of body weight.
- Mostly affecting minor joints.
Discussion:
In the medical practice,we can observe that many
people leave the disease unnoticed and
untreated especially in earlier stages, may be due to lack of awareness. Many
persons are doing local managements for pain or getting symptomatic treatments.
When the typical signs are coming out, the patients are rushing to specialty
hospitals and advised for steroid therapy many times. Vali Azhal Keel Vaayu (வளி அழல் கீல் வாயு) in Siddha system of medicine, is compared of with RA.
In my Medical practice:
We have been treating RA patients successfully with Siddha
drugs as per the general condition and severity of illness. Patients are
getting relieved within 2-3 months treatment from severe painful condition and they
are asked to follow the medicine with special dietary regimen. Our patients are
properly educated about their illness and safely treated to get maximum
relief. All our patients are asked to withdraw steroid and harmful drugs, which
they are regularly using for a long period and this positive try is really working.
-Dr.Selvin's
