I’m 15 and I’m constantly getting pains in my joints in my hands and feet, fingers and toes.
and i’m pretty sure its arthritis. Is there anything I can do? Will heat or cold make it feel better?
My hand is hurting really bad right now and i’m not sure what to do

17 year girl has been given inj. penidura-la prophylactically , having ASO titre>300 and sever joint pain before 1 year but not a single cardiac symptom or sign , echo findings absolutely clear.

My son married a beautiful young women about 25 years of age. They live with me. I’m seventy and have several health problems. Diabetes, kidney failure, severe arthritis and a few others.
The problem this girl expects to do nothing all the time. she watches TV, plays video games and plays with their dog. She is in bed most of the day until about an hour before her husband comes home from work. She will kinda pick up the stuff on the floor and put on something for dinner.
I do most everything that gets done around the house. I usually make my own food. I’m on a special diet and she can’t cook the type of food that I need to eat.
Is there any way I to help her learn that marrying to get out of house work is not too smart. She loves my son and he loves her.
I’ve been advised I need to have surgery soon. I Keep putting it off because I do not feel she will be motivated enough to give me the kind of help I will need.

My dog is 12 years old going on 13. I adopted her from the pound when she was 8 weeks old. She is the sweetest dog very gentle, she is a big dog so has hip displaysia and arthritis. She walks very slow and can hardly get in the car when I have to take her to the vet. She takes Glucosamine and special food for her bones also she has had medical treatment for the arthritis earlier this year. Now she has developed a tumor and the vet told me to operate to remove but says may be cancerous and also tumor may come back. I have been told that 12 years for a big dog is good. But she eats, wags her tail, and responds to me and anyone who is in my house. But at the same time, she can hardly walk and when she does takes 3 very slooooow steps then stops and looks at me. I don’t know if she is in pain. And my friends and co-workers say I should put her down. I am not sure what I should do. I want to know of anyone who has gone through this with a big dog…. (she is a mix of lab & pit-bull) thanks for your help….

Yesterday I had to put my 17 y/o dog to sleep.I’ve had him since he was 2 and never thought it would be so hard losing him.He was suffering from very bad arthritis and yesterday he woke up and couldn’t walk or lift his head. We decided it might be his time to go so we called our vet and he agreed to see us.We got to his office and asked him to look him over,to ensure we were doing the right thing.The vet took a few xrays and confirmed that there was no way he would ever be able to walk,or even move,pain free again.So we told him to go with the euthanasia.My wife kissed him on the head and said goodbye and left,but I couldn’t let him go to sleep alone. I held him while the vet gave him the shot and it was so peaceful. Right before he passed he looked at me and kissed my face,as if saying goodbye,then he was gone.I’m a 35 year old man and I was crying like a baby,even today I am at work and teary eyed.Anyone else ever feel this way after losing their pet? I am having a hard time coping.

Foods to eat and not eat? medications? herbal?

I have had multiple underlying medical conditions for years now and I’m working with multiple doctors to help figure out what is causing all of them. THey include b-12 deficiency, high testosterone, white & gray matter lessions in my brain(that have grown in number and size over a 3 year period), mitral valve prolapse, positive rheumatoid factor but not diagnosed with rh. arthritis.
along with all these things come symptoms….chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, heart palpitations, extreme hair growth (in places not welcomed), double vision, lip & mouth tingling and temporary paralysis and extreme sleeping inconsistancies.
Anyone out there know what this all can be caused by????
I’ve been tested for all the obvious and MS is just about the only thing that has stuck, but was told that my MRI scans have to decline more for an accurate diagnosis. Both spinal taps I had were negative for any virus, bacteria.
yes. I have had my thyroid checked as well as pituitary gland and my adrenal glands. Tested for Sjrogen’s syndrome, Lyme disease,Lupus, Cushing’s, all std’s, I have 9 of the 18 “hotspots”(11 needed for full diagnosis) for fybromyalgia and the list goes on.
I do agree about the auto-immune thing, I just can’t seem to find the right one to match up to me

Innate immunity regulates the adaptice immune system. Dendric cells (DC) must express both antigen fragment and a co-receptor called B7 to T cells. If a receptor called CD28 is linked to B7, then the T cell is activated. However if a second group of receptors on the T cell called CTLA-4 binds B7, then the T cell is inactivated. A new drug called abatacept or Orencia was recently approved for the treatment of rhumatoid arthritis. The drug is a fragment of CTLA-4 linked to a fragment of an andibody. How might this drug reduce the autoimmune reactions that characterize rheumatoid arthritis?

1. the drug must remove self reactive antibodies to prevent autoimmunity

2. the drug woud bind to B7 on DC cells, block T cell activation, and reduce autoimmunity

3. the drug must kill antibody producing B cells

4. the drug stimulates T cell activation, which would then reduce the poduction of antibody

5. the drug would bind and remove self antigens

I’ve felt nothing but a constant lack of sensations for the past 2 years now.
I’m only 16 years old, i don’t masturbate but do occasionally have sexual intercourse, i don’t take any illicit drugs, however i do drink but not excessively or frequently.
I suffer from sleep paralysis that is when i do sleep , i get an average of 6 hours sleep every 2 days.
I eat a healthy diet, and have a healthy mind set, however any feelings i have had since an undiagnosed illness i suffered 2 years ago which killed my nerve endings, deteriorated all my muscles and gave me chronic arthritis for 4 months, then my nerve endings appear to have grown back since through a lot of long and irritating pains which have now ceased, any feelings i feel are just not what they used to be, it’s as if I’m just constantly observing how non-intense my feelings are, which i suppose isn’t so bad since i consider myself a nihilist…..but… i am somewhat curious as to what’s gone on with me, any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. However, i don’t want advice on liberating myself (feel it, don’t think about it), blah ,blah ,blah…… I’m quite aware of who i am, what i am, what i want and what i do and just generally how to live my life….. I’m just thinking chemically, there must be something wrong with me.