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RA has no cure, but treatments can reduce or even eliminate pain. And a doctor can make sure that the person does not get any worse. </p> <p>There are two ways in which people with rheumatoid arthritis can get help. One way is the usual medications, and the other is natural remedies. The best results may come from a combination of both approaches.<br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </td> </tr> </table>   <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="text12black"> <h2>Conventional Treatment </h2> <p>If you take medicine for your illness, the doctors could treat you in four ways. In other words, they prescribe medicines of these four different kinds: </p> <ul> <li> Medicines that make pain and swelling less. These don’t act on the disease by trying to slow it, but they try to reduce the effect of the disease on the person. </li> <li> Medicines like DMARDs (disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs), which try to slow the disease. These drugs actively try to slow down the disease. </li> <li> Drugs which try to slow down the body’s immune system. </li> <li> Drugs which attack the body’s immune system.</li> </ul> <h2> Costs </h2> <p>Many of the drugs for this treatment are expensive. A person may spend more than $10,000 a year on medicines. Some of the new drugs cost more than $30,000 per year. Medical insurance can help, but often the patient has to pay a part of the cost on their own.</p> <h2> Availability </h2> <p>Brand names like Celecoxib are common in treatment. This drug cannot stop the disease from getting worse, but it helps to make the pain less. Inflixamab is a new medicine. Doctors think that if a person uses this drug early in the disease, it may even cure the person. Such medicines are easily available, but they are expensive. Other kinds of treatment, like enzyme treatments, are not readily available.</p> <h2> Outcomes of Treatment </h2> <p>If rheumatoid arthritis treatment can’t cure a patient, then what can it do? When a doctor treats a person with rheumatoid arthritis, he or she tries to help the person bear the pain. Treatment also reduces swelling in the joints, which can help the person live a normal life.</p> <h2> Natural Remedies and Treatments </h2> <p>Herbal treatments are also good for rheumatoid arthritis treatment. For example, fish oil and Vitamin E can help. Balms made from herbs like cayenne are also helpful when applied on the affected spots. Turmeric is another herb that is useful because it reduces swelling. Remedies that are not safe or helpful should not fool people. Many doctors do not like holistic treatment because they think it is not safe or effective. Even if people with rheumatoid arthritis try out herbal remedies, they should remember that they need to go to doctors. This is the only way to keep a check on the disease. Natural ways can only give extra help. They cannot replace conventional medicine.</p> <h2> Self Care </h2> <p>Many people who have this illness can do self-care by doing yoga and exercise. Exercise helps stop joints from swelling more. It also helps because if the person is feeling tired and stiff, then they feel better after exercise. You can also care for yourself by buying special tools like long shoe horns and special kitchen tools found in the market for people who can’t use their joints very well. </p> <p>The person should remember that they need rest too, and not just exercise. They should cut down on smoking and drinking alcohol. Eating a proper diet is important. Extra weight can make the disease worse.</p> <h2> What Is it Like to Live with Arthritis ? </h2> <p>People with heumatoid arthritis can get help by talking to others who also have the same disease. There are many support groups which they can join, where they can talk to others who know what it’s like to live with reumatoid arthritis. Like any other disease without a cure, theumatoid arthritis makes people depend on medicines for life. People who know that they need help and medicine can live with this disease. 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