Just listened to a very informative Rheumatoid panel online discussion a must watch/listen!

[Moomin8]

Morning peeps 🙂

I have just spent the last hour, listening to this online discussion, Q&A

Do patients with autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of contracting the virus?

Should patients be seeing their Rheumatologists in person, or aiming for teleconferencing?

Medication considerations –

Prednisone/Prednisolone –

NSAIDS (Ibuprofen vs other forms) –

DMARDS (MTX vs Sulfasalazine vs Plaquenil) –

Biologics –

Others?

Virus avoidance strategies –

Supplements? –

Other natural therapies –

Lifestyle changes –

General best practices

Posted onApril 7, 2020AuthorpatienttalkCategoriesRheumatoid arthritisTagscoronavirus

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[Blueskysunshine]

Thank you for sharing this Moomin - I’ve just listened and found it fascinating and informative.

I’d recommend RA folks to watch. You can always skip through the parts where they discuss medication which isn’t relevant to you.

I made notes when they were talking about virus avoidance and how we can use natural anti- viral and immune boosting natural supplements. The importance of stress reduction through breathing, meditation, and forming a routine. The 4-7-8 breath.

A final thought, we can’t control the situation but we can control how we react to the situation

[Moomin8 in reply to Blueskysunshine]

My sentiments exactly!🤗

[Boxerlady in reply to Blueskysunshine]

Thank you - very useful and encouraging. I really liked the presenters and how they were very clear about what was personal opinion and what research had/hadn't been done. The bit at the end when they gave out contact details to prospective clients/patients made me smile though - so different from here in the UK.

[Moomin8 in reply to Boxerlady]

Definitely!

[Paula-C]

I've just sat and watched all of it, I found it very interesting, thank you for putting the link up.

[Ruth12345]

Very interesting and so was the link to the NRAS webinar below it.

Thankyou 🌈

[Kellthebell]

I really enjoyed this too, it felt very sincere and sensitive to many differing needs.

[Marionfromhappydays]

I've learnt a lot from watching that,they all were informative and nice, trying my breathing technique right now 😁

Thanks for the link x

[Moomin8 in reply to Marionfromhappydays]

Hi Marionfromhappydays, I have atelectasis in the base of my left lung - due to 4 fractured ribs (a fall last year) - and practice deep breathing 🙂 It definitely helps!