What Doctors Don't Tell YouReaders’ corner
I seem to have contracted polymyalgia rheumatica, a type of arthritis that affects the muscles, but not the bones or joints. It’s causing the muscles in the backs of my legs to ache badly when I walk or sit for more than a few minutes. It also...
I was so very sad to read of Aaron’s terrible death in Case Study (WDDTY vol 13 no 2), but very concerned that anyone prescribed prednisolone should feel threatened. At 61, I became seriously ill with polymyalgia rheumatica and, appallingly, my...
Q My four-year-old daughter started having seizures last April. In just 14 months, she has had a total of eight, one every two weeks. She had just started being vaccinated,
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...
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.
