Psoriatric arthritis

[long-legs]

A friend told me that he used to have RLS, and it turns out that he has psoriatic arthritis. He said he had inflammation from the arthritis for several years, and RLS with it, but it's better now, and the RLS is gone. I'm not sure whether he knows what made the improvement, or it's just a condition that comes and goes. I'm just posting this in case it rings a bell for one of you. I could ask him whether he knows what caused the improvement, if you need to know.

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It would be interesting to know how it was treated.

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Please ask him

[Graham3196]

I think everyone here would like to hear the story. We would all be hoping for a truly magical fix but we will accept a 10% improvement!

[bill54321]

Some pain medication have been known to enhance RLS. medcation . 300 mg Gabipintine has been used for nerve healing.( note Horzant Gabiprntine 600 mg in pill form is for RLS)

[long-legs]

PA is an autoimmune disease without a cure. It is hard to detect. My friend's PA was diagnosed by a hand surgeon who took an X-ray of his hands and noted that the type of degeneration in my finger joints only comes from PA. Symptoms are like Fibro, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Joint pain and degeneration, Red itchy eyes, muscle pain, and Psoriasis. Some people start with more skin manifestations and some with more of the other stuff. He has flare ups every few days to a week that can be bigger or smaller. PA is treated with NSAIDS (Naproxen 500mg 2x a day) and biologics like humira and enbril. They cost about $1500 per dose, but he's lucky to have good insurance. He uses diet and supplements to keep inflammation low. Nothing has worked especially well except CBD oil.

He had Lyme disease, untreated for awhile, which would cause massive crippling inflammation attacks in different parts of his body that would last for up to 6 years and then move somewhere else. He blames his RLS on one of these long term attacks on a nerve center in his lower back that affected his legs. He treated the long-term Lyme with an alternative therapist who used Rife machines and TBM, three years of weekly or bi-weekly treatments. His doctor treats current cases of Lyme with antibiotics.