Regarding rheumatoid arthritis and dehydration.....?

Question

Up until 4 months ago my mom would ride her bike daily, lift weights, walk on her treadmill, and do aerobics. Appx 2 hours of intense movement, 5 days a week.

She did this for years. She has a resting heart rate of 44, a total cholesterol of 127, and a non fasting blood sugar level of 92. Translate all of the above into fantastic health for a 20 year old let alone someone 64.

Now the woman who didn't even know what a headache felt like can't get dressed by herself without whimpering, or even hold a fork. She has been diagnosed with a severe form of rheumatiod arthritis. All her joints are so swollen she can hardly move.

But the worst is the dehydration. She drinks about 90oz of water per day and it doesn't stick. She is constantly thirsty, her eyes feel grainy, her skin is dry and flaky, all symptoms of severe dehydration. Does anyone know how to make the water stay in the bodyto be used? What foods to suggest? What web sites or mediactions to research? Please help

Doctor says "here's a prescription for Celebrex, try not to use it, the side effects are very dangerous. Best to use aspirin." Aspirin is having no effect whatsoever. And Celebrex is very scary, she might as well put herself on the liver transplant list now...

Oh, and she juices vegetables everyday, eats virtually vegetarian - not even by choice, red meat puts her in horrific pain the next day - (she swears if she gets over this she will never eat salmon again)

Answer 1

Has she been diagnosed?

I was diagnosed with RA last year and had horrible knee, jaw and wrist problems. The blood in my veins felt like it was carbonated. Most of that is now gone. Apparently RA comes and goes in waves. It gets better and worse. I am a little worse this past week but I have been better since spring.

I take 2 store brand Excedrin and 2 store brand ibuprofen every four hours all day till I go to bed.

The Ibuprofen helps eliminate the swelling of the joints. ALL MY SWELLING HAS GONE.
I still have some pain, but it is much more tolerable. I am NOT on any prescriptions as I have major side effects.
My left knee was larger than my upper thigh when I started and the Dr prescribed a hinged knee brace for the bad knee and it got better immediately. All swelling and pain has been gone from it for a year. I haven't worn it in at least 10 months. Once the knees cleared up the wrists were next.

I do occasionally (as needed) wear a pair of elastic wrist gloves with wrist wraps from Walmart. The are similar to wheelchair gloves.
Prior to those I wore full wrist supports most of the time . Strangely, gentle wrist rotation in the am when they are worst works. Keeping them over my head when they are really bad helps a lot. When the blood drains out of my hands the pain goes away. Go Figure...

The amount of water she is drinking isn't a lot at all. We drink about 100 oz every day. Your body needs plenty of hydration. Plenty of water helps flush out those poisons we aquire through illness and pesticides in our foods.

Two other things I have done, whether they have helped or not I only know I am better.

I stopped wheat and began taking cranberry concentrate (8 oz unsweetened in 1 gal. water)
I drink 6 or 8 oz before all three meals daily and between the meals. It will make you "peep" like crazy. But you will lose swelling and bloat from your inflammation. Use a straw it goes down better. It is excellent for your kidneys and flushes the poisons out of your system. The cranberry concentrate comes from the health food store. The cranberry comes from and book called "The Fat Flush Plan""

I sympathize with all my heart. I do hope maybe this will give you a little support and maybe something that will help you. I definately understand the "whimpering" I too whimper when it's at its worst...

Good luck and God Bless!!!

Answer 2

Arthritis Dehydration

Answer 3

Imagine for a moment your arthritis completely vanishing right now.

If, in a moment, your pain and stiffness melted away. And your joints all of a sudden functioned like a well-oiled machine.

Like a magic wand was waived, you'd be able to jump up from your chair and run around the room like a kid.

And imagine that you'd never have to suffer as much as a pinch of arthritis stiffness or pain ever again.

I know this sounds impossible right now, but bear with me, because sometimes miracles happen.

It was a gift from a woman on the other side of the world. From the kindness of her heart, she took pity on my suffering and taught me how to completely reverse my arthritis.

Today, I want to do the same for you!

Answer 4

I have RA too, according to an Arthritis Specialist. However, my hormones doctor told me that swollen joins could be caused by imbalanced hormones hence I can agree with the lost of a Love One statement as your hormones may change with the change of your life style and mind status.

Answer 5

What does her doctor say? That's sad stuff. :(