My 52 year old daughter has been experiencing extreme pain and loss of strength in her hands. She has just been told by her hand doctor, that she has severe arthritis in her hands, and that there is no cartilage at all, just bone on bone in her hand joints. Her thumb joint is swollen outward.
What treatments are available to help this condition. She received cortisole shots 2 weeks ago, and that seemed to help. She went outside and pulled weeds, and now she is in bad pain. She says she can't even remove a cap on a hair spray bottle, and can't hardly push the button to spray.
A cousin of mine recommended prolozone shots which helped her when she injured her knee. I don't think this bears on my daughters condition; but I would like to ask if this therapy could be helpful and longer lasting than cortizol shots? She has received good results from stem cell injections in her rotator cuffs after being told she needed surgery in both. What is your feeling on that? She is also recovering from breast cancer in both breasts a couple of years ago. Thank you.