Arthritis patients should modify their lifestyle with adequate sleep and exercise apart from having nutritional food and remaining stress-free to stay healthy, said noted physician in the field Prof Prasanta Padhan of the KIMS.
Speaking at an event organised on the World Arthritis Day by the Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Dr Padhan stressed the need to minimise the use of social media and TV, especially serials with stressful storylines. He emphasised yoga and nurturing spiritualism to reinvent a new self. Medication should not be stopped as arthritis, as a systemic disease, stays till the end of one’s life, he said.
Assistant Prof Debashis Maikap advised patients to abstain from alcohol and smoking for better recovery and result.
Associate Professor Dr Sakir Ahmed advised the participants to disclose everything to the doctor for better treatment and never go by the influence of online knowledge sharing. “We are here to treat you and discuss with us and do not seek online advice,” he said.
Dr Padhan, in his address, also advised arthritis patients not to identify themselves with the disease. He said that one should move out of the shadow of the mindset of a chronic illness and move forward with better lifestyle modifications and re-engineering self.
