Had flu helped your RA?

[Kalimers65]

Flu has given me 2 remissions of approx 3 years for each. Has anybody else had this experience ? The 1st remission came 2 years after my first flare up. Within an hour of starting with flu the swellings in both my ankles " drained" away. It was won derful.

[Hidden]

Wow ! That's so interesting.I hope you are still in remission. I could feel my inflammation draining away for a few days when I was on flucoxacillin ( sorry probably not correct spelling ) but had to stop this as I developed strange skin reactions to it. It felt like a miracle. I am guessing you did not have antibiotics while you had the flu ?

[Kalimers65 in reply to Hidden]

I didn't take any anti biotics.

[Kalimers65 in reply to Kalimers65]

I'm not in remission now but I've been v lucky with remissions, 1 lasted 12 years.

[hatshepsut]

Unfortunately no The flu that surfaced on New Years day this year, led to the usual coughs that go right through you, I gradually got worse an d worse.....until I had to ring 111as my body added in diarrhoea and vomiting. Doctor came out, ,antibiotics, anti emetics

and loperamide joined my cornuccoppia of RD meds.

I can swear that my RD definitely did not improve, in fact I am still in the middle of a flare that refuses to improve.

So much for my N.Y. resolution that2018 was going to be the year things would start to improve

[Hidden]

That is interesting as my whole RD experience started with awful flu that I couldnot shake, be marvellous if the whole thing went into reverse 😄 hope yr remission lasts

[ruth_p]

Flu triggered my JIA in the first place ☹️

[gilox]

Yes, had flu December 2016, all signs of RA disappeared, ( I was down for Humira in Jan 2017) had no symptoms until January this year, on steroids for a month,then RA factor tests, felt lucky to have my “year off”

[Barfox]

Amazing. I had flu last month for first time, the pain in my joints completely disappeared. I stopped taking the methotrexate and benepali as was so I’ll. however the joint pain came back as soon as I recovered and worse probably because i stopped medication for two weeks.

[john140]

Looks like your RA is a tad worse than mine. I cant comment on the flu as I have not had it for about 10 years, but I find many cold viruses tend to fire my RA up in my hands and wrists. I do however get bouts of RA which give flu-like symptoms ie thumping head, terrible night sweats and so on.