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Alcohol and arthritis link examined
nhs.uk ^ | 8/10/10 | staff

Posted on 08/10/2010 2:14:40 PM PDT by Nachum

“Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis,” according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper said that non-drinkers “are four times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those who drink alcohol on more than ten days a month”.

The research behind this news used a questionnaire to ask people with rheumatoid arthritis and a group of healthy volunteers about how often they drank alcoholic drinks. The results showed that frequency of alcohol consumption was associated with both the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis and the severity of the disease.

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1 posted on 08/10/2010 2:14:42 PM PDT by Nachum
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drunks feel less pain, we know this. That is why they can go outside in a blizzard and freeze to death feeling fine.


2 posted on 08/10/2010 2:16:39 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Nachum

But it can effect your balance.


3 posted on 08/10/2010 2:23:26 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of about anything. Think of the Duke of Omnium...


4 posted on 08/10/2010 2:24:23 PM PDT by livius
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To: Nachum

Tee many martunis ish fine wish me.


5 posted on 08/10/2010 2:27:37 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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>>Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis<<

It also reduces the stress of an irritating boss, cranky children & a closet libbie husband.

Like this is news?


6 posted on 08/10/2010 2:32:27 PM PDT by LadyBuck (In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher')
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To: WOBBLY BOB

“But it can effect your balance.”
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And Wobbly Bob should know, right? I am six four or thereabouts and I USED to be very skinny. One night back in the sixties someone told me I looked,”Like a fishing pole waving in the wind.”


7 posted on 08/10/2010 2:33:14 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: Nachum

I wonder what alcohol would do for osteoarthritis? I have it in my hip. I don’t drink but I’ve thought about starting if it will dull the pain.


8 posted on 08/10/2010 2:34:06 PM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: Nachum

9 posted on 08/10/2010 2:42:50 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Mount Carmel Utah, where Mr. Milquetoast lives with his "Persecution Complex")
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To: RipSawyer

don’t ask me how I know.

at least my knees don’t hurt:)


10 posted on 08/10/2010 2:44:07 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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To: Nachum

What kind of research was this?

This was a case control study comparing a group of people with rheumatoid arthritis with a control group of healthy people. It looked at whether the frequency of alcohol consumption had any effect on the likelihood of developing rheumatoid arthritis or the severity of the disease. The researchers also looked at the association between drinking alcohol and the severity of disease in a separate cross-sectional analysis.

The researchers were interested in this potential relationship as they say that there is evidence from a Scandinavian case control study that suggests that there was a ‘dose-dependent effect’ of alcohol on the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (meaning that the more alcohol a person drank, the lower their risk of arthritis). They wanted to follow up this potential association using a UK cohort. They additionally wanted to look at whether alcohol affects disease severity, as they say there have been no investigations into this.

Drink!

55 and all the joints and plumbing still work OK. ((knock on wood))


11 posted on 08/10/2010 2:47:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Nachum

They feel better 10 or more days out of the month.


12 posted on 08/10/2010 2:50:58 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Melinda in TN

“I wonder what alcohol would do for osteoarthritis?”

Similarly, I wonder what it would do for AS (ankylosing spondylitis).


13 posted on 08/10/2010 2:53:33 PM PDT by mouske
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Why is it everything I absolutly enjoy, the Libs try to control or outlaw?

Real Butter, whole milk, bacon, real thick steaks, BEER, BBQ ribs, BEER ...

14 posted on 08/10/2010 3:01:34 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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I heartily endorse this science stuff (hiccup!)


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

15 posted on 08/10/2010 3:22:31 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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“Drinking alcohol can reduce the severity of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis,”

They’re wrong. It doesn’t work for me. :)


16 posted on 08/10/2010 3:22:38 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: Nachum

17 posted on 08/10/2010 3:35:12 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (How many plagues must Phara0bama bring before he Let's The People Go?)
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Now you're scaring me. I looked it up and it sounds more like what I have than osteoarthritis. When my hip is hurting really bad I have a hard time controlling my legs and my back hurts. I try to work in pain and I stay exhausted all the time. I'm 55 so I expect to have some aches and pains but this is getting ridiculous. I can lay down and rest and the pain goes away. It's really weird. It also started all of a sudden instead of gradually the way I thought arthritis did. I might have a doctor run tests. I told her my symptoms and she said “oh, it's arthritis”.
18 posted on 08/10/2010 3:55:04 PM PDT by Melinda in TN
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I went to the Dr. for chest pains and once I had that issue cleared up, I intended to tell him about my constant dull, tender pain in my arms, legs, feet, hands and shoulders which I figured would be diagnosed as fibromyalgia.
Since I had had a catherization some years back and was found to be okay, he did blood work which included a CRP. After getting results which were not good, he suggested exercise, diet, and increase my alcohol intake which had been next to nothing. The first two, exercise and diet I expected. Increase alcohol - that blew me away and was more difficult than I expected. Everything except beer gave me a headache.
I have moderated my diet - cut out tomatoes, gluten & dairy. In addition, I have been having a beer a day.
I am pain free except in my fingers after spending hours on the computer keyboard.


19 posted on 08/10/2010 5:00:03 PM PDT by texteacher
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That's amazing! I wonder if red wine would work? I can drink beer but not much and it's not my favorite if I do drink alcohol. We have a winery near us and I might try some to see if it helps me. I wonder about the tomatoes. I tend to pig out on tomatoes when they are in season. I've never heard of them causing problems except for gastric if you eat too many.

It's funny you mentioned beer being prescribed by a doctor. My mom was told to drink a beer daily when she was a child because she was scrawny, anemic and had recovered from rheumatic fever. Of course, that was back in the 40’s before there were laws against everything. It helped her a lot.

20 posted on 08/10/2010 5:15:11 PM PDT by Melinda in TN
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