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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 2006Restrictive Arthritis
Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It as been diagnosed as restrictive arthritus. He is in a great deal of pain and find it very hard to walk any great distance. He has had steroid injections in both knees. Does anyone know the prognisis for this ailment. Has anybody any suggestions how to ease the pain. My wife saw Tens machines advertised at the local chemist are these any good. All suggestions welcome. Thanks Hi Terry, sorry to hear about your son, do you mean reactive arthritis? I have the rheumatoid variety but there will be someone along soon who knows about your son's condition. You didn't mention your son's age, but there are loads of drugs and treatments they can try him on.The steroid injections sometimes take a while to kick in, and I hope your consultant has prescribed some pain killers for him. Personally I don't set much store by Tens machines, at least try to loan one from your surgery before you lay any money out on one. Good luck, stick around there are some very knowledgeable people here Best wishes to your son josie > Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It > as [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks Hi Josie Thanks for your reply. Our son is 24 years old Regards Terry > Hi Terry, sorry to hear about your son, do you mean reactive arthritis? > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> >> Thanks >Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It as >been diagnosed as restrictive arthritus. He is in a great deal of pain and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Has anybody any suggestions how to ease the pain. My wife saw Tens machines >advertised at the local chemist are these any good. All suggestions welcome. Hi, I have rheumatoid arthritis, and have used TENS for many years with varying success on different body parts. If you can, borrow one from your GP or local physio unit to try out first, although they are now a fraction of their original cost. Your son will need to try out different placings of the electrodes, different modulation and pulse rates (you'll figure this out once you see a TENS unit) to find which is most effective. However, it doesn't work for everyone, and with varying success, hence the try-before-you-buy caveat. Boots the chemist have a rather good one for around £30, but I would beware of the cheaper ones, which often only have limited rate/modulation controls. Also, if you do get one, don't trust the self-adhesive electrodes to stay put, I usually find that a bit of Micropore tape is required to anchor them securely. Anne everyone, and with varying success, hence the try-before-you-buy caveat. > Boots the chemist have a rather good one for around £30, but I would beware > of the cheaper ones, which often only have limited rate/modulation [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Anne Lloydspharmacy currently sell a TENS machine (Solpadeine branded!) reduced from the RRP of £39.99 to just a tenner; 8 intensity levels and 6 different pulse types, plus 2 pre-set cycles. Seems to help my knee a little, and gave my wife's back some relief for a short while. Nothing to lose at that price. Cheers, Pete >Lloydspharmacy currently sell a TENS machine (Solpadeine branded!) >reduced from the RRP of £39.99 to just a tenner; >Pete That realy is a Tens Machine ;) or is it a tenner machine - lol or both.... -- preceed with 2006 to email > Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It > as [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks > Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It > as [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks > Our son as swollen and painful knees and ankles for the last 4 weeks. It > as [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks Hi Terry Do you mean reactive arthritis by any chance? The Arthritis Research Campaign have an info leaflet on it here: http://www.arc.org.uk/about_arth/booklets/6034/6034.htm I used a TENS machine before I had my knee replacement and got on quite well with it. Jayne |
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