Arthritis

Palindromic arthritis

Palindromic arthritis

One reader cautioned against long-term mono food diets such as the grape diet, which was suggested by another reader last week for curing arthritis. While the diet may work well in detoxifying the body in the short term, it would still need quality...

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Four years ago (WDDTY, vol 8, no 6) when I first wrote about rheumatoid arthritis (RA), I reported that wearing copper bracelets, correcting low gastric acid, identifying environmental and food allergies,

Migraine

Migraine

Many people suffer all their lives with this severe type of headache, which can last for hours or even days. Often starting on one side of the head, it causes severe pain and problems with light.

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PR):

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PR):

Next is the reader asking if chamomile tea would help her PR, a type of arthritis that affects the muscle. While there hasn't been any confirmation from other readers as to whether chamomile can offer relief or not, reflexology seems to have helped...

Polymyalgia rheumatica:

Polymyalgia rheumatica:

A few weeks ago, we had a query regarding ways of relieving this form of arthritis. One reader suggests taking a psychotherapeutic approach. Apparently, polymyalgia rheumatica is linked to temporal ateritis, an irritation of the temporal artery.

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