HOW CAN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS BE TREATED

Rheumatoid Arthritis is known as “the great crippler,” and as such, this condition frightens a great many. Established medical doctrine does not admit to any solution or knowledge on how to
make one so afflicted well. According to Clinics in Rheumatic Diseases11, a peer-reviewed summary of peer-reviewed research literature, established treatments are statistically no more effective than if the afflicted were left alone, or about one out of three would spontaneously remit — at least for the moment — if left alone. Actually the statistics are somewhat worse when one realizes that traditional immuno-modulating drugs such as methotrexate, gold, penicillamine and long-term cortico-steroids are not only not effective but also further damage the immunological system. It is hardly recommended, therefore, that any kind of traditional treatments including the above damaging drugs be accepted by the patient. First and foremost for those found to be afflicted with Rheumatoid Disease is the searching out and removal of (or removal from) causation of stress2. Secondly, nutritional guidance and vitamin and mineral and
essential fatty acid supplements must be sought. A whole life-style change may be involved in accepting the two recommendations above, and so the question the afflicted must ask is this: Do I want to be well or will I continue to raise barriers against wellness? Third, a holistically minded physician will begin to rule out other conditions that the body uses to mimic Rheumatoid Arthritis. These may include, but not be limited to, external allergies from various pollutants and known allergens, internal allergies such as from food, air or drink, Candidiasis, bacterial pathogens (from ticks: Lyme Disease, for example), and from the inability to properly bring nourishment through the blood stream because of atherosclerosis. In this latter condition, of course, would be recommended Chelation Therapy. Fourth, a holistically minded physician may also want to determine if the hormonal system is in balance and, if replacement hormones are suggested, to so provide them to the patient

Allergies
Of all the conditions that create symptoms perceivable as "arthritic" certain ones seem to be most prominent. Candidiasis and others will be discussed briefly.The yeast/fungus Candidas albicans, is an ever-present microorganism. C. Orian Truss, M.D. first identified the characteristics and symptomatic patterns that deduced whether or not an individual
was being overwhelmed by this organism. Candidas albicans invades various parts of bodily tissues, resulting in the appearance of localized infections. Common sites of infection are the mouth as in infant Thrush, gastrointestinal tract, vagina, urinary tract, prostate gland, skin, fingernails and toenails. Under normal conditions your body is able to resist this invasion, as it does other germs. Whenever various substances weaken the immunological system,
the yeast/fungus begins to spread, and creates havoc throughout body parts and systems. It may cripple the immune system so that it can no longer repel invaders. It can create allergies to chemicals and foods. It is believed that it invades the intestinal wall where toxins from microorganisms and protein molecules from food enter the blood stream directly from the intestinal tract. Once inside the bloodstream these foreign proteins are recognized as foreign antigens and the body manufactures antibodies to it. This is the start of additional food allergies which progresses with the progress of Rheumatoid Disease. is the subject of treatment for Candidiasis is covered elsewhere, we shall not go further with the subject here. However, it has
a clear relationship to bringing about wellness in the Rheumatoid Disease patient as well as having a strong contribution to the general subject of allergies.

Other Allergies
Allergies are often described as being extrinsic (to the body) or intrinsic. Examples of extrinsic allergies are pollen, chemicals, fabrics, and so on. Examples of intrinsic allergies are: (1) foreign
invaders protozoa, bacteria, mycoplasma, yeast/fungus, virus or toxins produced by these microrganisms; and (2) residual chemicals or derivatives of chemicals that are stored in lipids (fatty parts) in the cells. Intolerance to foods may be genetically derived or might very well be from weakened intestinal lining from such agents as Candidiasis. As any of the above allergies can (1) produce symptoms that mimic various arthritic symptoms and (2) contribute to free radical pathology that enforces the arthritic condition, serious attention should be paid to either avoidance of the allergenic substances or treatments that cure the underlying allergenic response.

Treatments for Extrinisic and
Intrinsic Allergies
There are various alternative treatments reported to have affect on the course of otherwise intransigent allergies. These are Ozone Therapy32, 35 Photopheresis, Hydrogen Peroxide (IV) Therapy. Carnivora Pitcher Plant (Venus Fly Trap) Therapy44, Live Cell Therapy85, and Bee Pollen30, 45, 46, 55, 81. No one is entirely sure how all of these treatments function, but they obviously have an underlying ability to strengthen the immunological system, provide proper nourishment and/or enzymes, or help in the repair of crucial organs. J.O. Hunter found that food intolerance has been implicated in many conditions, and exclusion diets were found to be effective when treating "migraine, Crohn's disease, eczema, hyperactivity and rheumatoid arthritis80." Additional treatments include Bio-Detoxification and Clinical Ecological Treatment.