What Causes Persistent Joint Pain After Recovering From Viral Fever?

Posted on Fri, 25 Dec 2015

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Question : I had viral fever 2 months ago along with severe pain in my joints. Fever was there for 2-3 days but pains still persist in all joints specially in feet and leg joint. I find it very difficult to walk and move in stairs. My wrists and finger knuckle too pains. I asked a physician 2 weeks back and he prescribed me voveran SR for 2 weeks. I took and I was feeling better but when I left that medicine again pain started. Physican told me that voveran affects kidney if taken for longer time. Can you tell me what is the problem and what should i do?
and could you please prescribe me any ayurvedic medicine looking at my symptoms that could be effective in my case. I do not want to go with steroids

Answered by Dr. Munish Sood (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Treatment Protocol

Detailed Answer:
Dear
Thanks for contacting Ayurveda with your health concern and following guidelines are recommended after reviewing your history and answers given by other Doctor's:

1. since acute phase is passed thus mainly:

a. Post fever arthralgia management should be discussed.

In post fever arthralgia the following general symptoms may be manifested:

. Polyarticular, migratory arthritis (present)
. Affecting small joints more (present)
. Pain on movement: worse in morning and improved by mild exercise (present)
. Generalised myalgias,back and shoulder pain (present).

2. Since there is polyarthralgia thus according to Ayurveda there is presence of VATA predominant symptoms in you, thus:

. Dashmool kashyam, Indukantam kashyam, Yograj guggulu, and Karpooradi Taila (for local application) can be given/taken and fresh decoction of:

Guduchi: 6 parts
Musta: 4 parts
Shunthi: 2 parts is very beneficial

3. Diet:

Take: light diet, moong/kultha soup, carrot, bitter gourd,beans,bread,apple,pineapple, orange,tomato,elephant yam,beet root, boiled water (ask for shadang paniya)

Avoid: leafy vegetables, urad dal, curd, banana, sour/acidic/heavy food,meat,oily food

4. Mandatory lab tests:
. Routine blood tests
. Bleeding/Clotting Time, Platelet count
. Viral assays
. ASLO, RA,TSH,LFT.

Do revert back with your clarification

Dr. Munish Sood
Consultant & Physician
Naimittika

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