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reactive arthritis -salmonella poisioning
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Ok, confession time. I've been incredibly fortunate. This bout of reactive arthritis from salmonella at age 74 is my first encounter with anything medically amiss pretty much in my entire life! No surgeries if consequence, some issues with anxiety, but that's it. Wanna be athletic in my 20s and 30s.
Now at 75 I live alonehave no family or close friends. I also have no idea how the medical system works. I don't know how to access park time help.
And I'm scared to death! One day [after 7 days of diahrea] about a month later, my whole body seemed to fall apart!
Has anyone had it self resolve? Has anyone had luck with PT?
If Cellebrex and Nsaids will cause horrible reactions, I'm not sure I want to go forward with all the new fancy meds.
I'm only 5' 0" and 92 lbs.
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My reactive arthritis went away after a few months on methotrexate. I did PT and ramped up aerobic/weights afterward the RA was gone. The RA hit me hard in 1989 (I'm now 70 and it didn't recur). Methotrexate works by decreasing your attacking cells. Once the immune response diminished, my RA didn't return. This was 35 years ago so there are newer meds now. Meds like Celebrex and NSAIDs help to decrease inflammation, but their effects are pretty limited (and hard on GI tracts). It is good to talk with a counselor as well. He/she can help with some of the grieving process of illness and with steps going forward to have help. Here are some methotrexate pubs (not always easy to understand): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-020-0373-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556114/#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20adverse%20effects,effect%20of%20methotrexate%20is%20hepatotoxicity.