Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Advice

Find the allergies. Usually suspect wheat first. Try it for 2 weeks.

Don't listen to Doctors about food allergies. They have no training.

Skin scratch tests will tell you what you skin is allergic to, not your
stomache or bowels. It's only a money maker for the Doctors taking advantage
of the desparate.

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Does anyone have any first hand experience and/or advice on
alternative pain reducing therapies, such as herbs, creams or magetic
therapies to help for my 11 year old girl with this horrible disease
that is effecting both her feet. She is finding walking extremely
painful and at times impossible. Please help. Thanks. Shell

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Does anyone have any first hand experience and/or advice on
alternative pain reducing therapies, such as herbs, creams or magetic
therapies to help for my 11 year old girl with this horrible disease
that is effecting both her feet. She is finding walking extremely
painful and at times impossible. Please help. Thanks. Shell

Below you will find a medical study out of Baylor.
In this study they have found the iron 'they' prescribe to those with JRA has
been going directly to their joints and causing destruction.
They state they need to do a followup study to see if .. diet .. does the same
thing .. destruction of joints.

Reason leaves us in this position. Iron from supplements cause destruction ..
iron from meat therefore .. since it is MUCH more highly absorbable .. would be
something I might watch very closely in my child ..

Low iron diet .. sans meat ..

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Does anyone have any first hand experience and/or advice on
alternative pain reducing therapies, such as herbs, creams or magetic
therapies to help for my 11 year old girl with this horrible disease
that is effecting both her feet. She is finding walking extremely
painful and at times impossible. Please help. Thanks. Shell

Below you will find a medical study out of Baylor.
In this study they have found the iron 'they' prescribe to those with JRA has
been going directly to their joints and causing destruction.
They state they need to do a followup study to see if .. diet .. does the
same
thing .. destruction of joints.

Reason leaves us in this position. Iron from supplements cause destruction ..
iron from meat therefore .. since it is MUCH more highly absorbable .. would
be
something I might watch very closely in my child ..

Low iron diet .. sans meat ..

EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY UPDATE: Arthritic kids' iron supplements may hasten joint
deterioration

By Diana Swift

WWASHINGTON, D.C. - The iron supplements that many arthritic children take to
combat concomitant anemia may be hastening the deterioration of their joints,
Houston researchers say.

Led by biologist Roman Shypailo of the Children's Nutrition Research Centre at
Baylor College of Medicine, a Texas team looked at eight children being treated
for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The patients, aged five to 15 years,
received an intravenous radioactive tracer dose of iron (0.03 microsievert).
Iron activity in affected joints was monitored on a position/energy-sensitive
gamma counter, while a second machine monitored whole-body iron retention. Iron
deposition was measured two hours post-infusion and again at days seven, 14, 28
and 56.

Anemic
"We found that iron excessively accumulates in arthritic joints and probably
contributes to the chronic damage," said Shypailo. "That puts you between a
rock and a hard place because many of these arthritic kids are anemic and need
iron supplements, which may worsen the disease."

The study found a high level of agreement between the joint data and the
whole-body data, with a greater than 90% retention rate of the infused iron
both in joints and systemically. Furthermore, six of eight patients showed
increased uptake at the affected joints: 165% over the first 30 days compared
with initial uptake at two hours.

The next step, he says, is to see if there is excessive deposition of dietary
iron in arthritic joints.

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IRON DEPOSITION IN THE JOINTS OF CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Author(s):
SHYPAILO ROMAN J
ELLIS KENNETH J
PEREZ MARIA
ABRAMS STEVEN A

Interpretive Summary:
We wanted to develop an accurate and noninvasive way of
determining the amount of iron deposited in the joints of
patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Children with JRA
often develop excess iron in their joints, so doctors need a
way of monitoring the iron level, particularly when prescribing
iron supplements for the common problem of anemia. However, the
only method currently available is to take a biopsy. We adapted
a machine called a gamma counter to measure the iron in eight
patients' joints after giving them an iron isotope by vein.
Then we compared the results with the total amount of iron in
their bodies, measured by a whole-body counter. We found that
we had developed an accurate new way of measuring iron in these
patients' joints. We also found that six of the eight subjects
had excess uptake of the iron isotope in their joints. That
provided a signal that a preponderance of JRA patients are
prone to have this problem, and clinicians should take special
care to monitor them for it. Moreover, this is the first time a
noninvasive way of performing this measurement has been
available.

Keywords:
energy reproduction growth body composition women infants
children water potassium bioelectrical impedance conductance
bromide space lactating iron adipose tissue lipid motabolism
beta-adrenergic receptor cell culture neutron activation
nitrogen carbon calcium sodium chlorine phosphorus hormonal
changes differentiation adipocyte hnrim021125

Contact:
USDA/ARS CHILDREN'S NUTR
1100 BATES ST.
HOUSTON
TX 77030
FAX: (713)798-7130
Email: [email hidden]

Approved Date: 1999-01-07
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TEKTRAN
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service

Updated: 1999-01-16

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