I was in a car accident July 2005, and did a lot of damage to my knee. I have permanent patellar and meniscal tendonitis, and my meniscis is torn, but not enough for surgery. I’m in constant pain, and my doctor told me about a year ago that I would most likely end up with arthiritis in 10 – 20 years. At first I thought it wasn’t right that he was assuming this is how it would end, but I’m slowly having more and more symptoms of osteoarthiritis. I’m only 19, and I’d rather not have this. Is there any way I can relieve this symptoms, and maybe push it off?
-weakness in the knee -’creaking’ when bending -pain when held in one position for too long -pain from walking -can’t run -pain when weather changes

i have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis what can i do for my eye? i am one eye drops but what else can i eat or do to get better.

I’m a 55 year old female and have had a little arthritis since in my 20’s. It started in my fingers and seemed to be somewhere different every year. Now is the worse it’s ever been. About six months ago it started getting bad in my hips then my shoulders. Now it’s in my left shoulder only and is exxxxxxxtreemely painful. I went to the Dr. and he gave me pain pills and they didn’t help. Now I’m on an anti-inflammitory and it doesn’t seem to help either. Can anyone tell me how I can get a little relief until I go see the RA in Oct.?

I have a 13 year old that was diagnosed with left ventricular hypertrophy. SHe is now experiencing near-syncope while exercising. The d.r said that if she has another episode to bring her back. Is this considered a chronic life-threatning condition? The make-a-wish foundation is for children ages 3-18 diagnosed with life-threatning medical conditions. For example:cancer, arthritis, um heart conditions(but i dont know which) and for other conditions such as sickle cell anemia..etc.

I dont know if she would be eligible or not. Her walls are thicking at a fast rate: .3(cm i think thats the measurement) in 6 months. She is seeing the cardiologist every 4 months now. She is taking Atenolol.

BTW, this is not my account, this is my other daughter’s account.

I absolutely cannot get rid of this stupid cold. I’m stuffed up, coughing up thick mucus, and when I talk, I sound like the lead singer of AC/DC. I have an immune system disorder, and take Remicade and Methotrexate for psoriatic arthritis. I know my immune system is not good…but this cold is killing me. I’m going to a massage therapist tomorrow to see if she can beat it out of me. I don’t want to go to the doctor for a cold, but if it’s something else now, I need to get this taken care of. Thanks for your input everybody.

I have to get several blood tests tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone knew what the doctor is looking for. They told me Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was one thing, but i wanted to know what these tests are generally used for.
- CBC with diff.
- Antinuclear Antibodies
- Helicobacter pylori
- Seg. Rate, Westergren
- Thyroglobulin Antibodies
- Thyroid Peroxidase
Sorry, i know that’s a lot!

THIS IS LONG BUT I REALLY NEED HELP W. HER!
so my 14 y. old thoroughbred/ percheron mutt (i call her a mutt lol) has had arthritis since she was a foal because of an accident. i wanted to ride her last year but i couldnt because she tore her left deep flexer and we where gona try her for this season but she’s still lame on that knee. (it is defiantly that knee) and we where going to cortisone her knee. but i dont want to hurt her because i would be jumping like 2"ft. i dont want her to be hurt in the long run. she really hasnt had any training except me riding her (im 13) for the past year and a half. she’s pretty fresh but she’s a gorgeous mover on the flats (thats out of the question for me to show in) i’ve showed her once. we got champion 2nd in the eq (it was a tie but i got second because she was having problems getting her right lead so i had to bend her a lot and we didnt get it the first time but did when we tried right after.) 1st in pleasure (thats judged on her) and 1st in the command, they saw we weren’t getting the right lead so they asked us to get the WRONG lead to the right so i was all excited b.c we won that class and thats my hard one. lol im telling storys sorry. but do you think it’s worth it to cortisone her i dont want her to be hurt in the long run. a vet who specialize in lamness is gona do xrays but what do you think? thanks (and thanks for reading all this lol)

is osteorthrits a skeltal disorder

I’ve always had this problem. I stretch all the time before games and I warm as well which does help me out a lot, but after taking several jump shots the feeling seems to kick back in late during games. I heard Noni Juice works, my grandmother has arthritis real bad and a doctor recommended it for her. Do you think this will help bursitis or tendonitis if it helps my grandmother’s arthritis? Do you have any other ideas?