Dermatomyositis: How to Manage Your Pain

If you have Dermatomyositis, the pain can seem unbearable. Will it ever go away? Will you ever truly feel comfortable just sitting or standing or going about your daily activities? There are many factors contributing to your level of pain and the constant discomfort you are in.

The inflammation discomfort. Calcium is a metal which is highly drying to your tissues, like chalk. This, in combination with the general inflammation of your muscles, can feel completely horrible. Drinking fluids and taking natural anti-inflammatory enzymes, such as Zymactive, can greatly reduce your discomfort. When drinking fluids, be sure to take juice and water, because soft drinks can be very drying to the tissues, and that is part of your original problem. Try to take anti-inflammatory enzymes, rather than drugs, because the enzymes will eat up the inflammation naturally, whereas the drugs can also inhibit your body from eliminating extraneous calcium properly.

The calcium deposit discomfort. In addition to the inflammation, your calcium deposits can be extremely painful. Sit or lay upon soft fabrics or cushions. Take extra care to not put any pressure on any of your calcium deposits. If liquid calcium is near the surface of the skin, drain the calcium properly and regularly. If you have an open deposit, put some grape seed oil in the open deposit and do not touch it for several days, pulling hard and liquid calcium out only when it is ready to separate from your tissues. Deal with scar tissue with regular massages, which gives a great deal of comfort to your tissues and helps scar tissue to layer out and be removed naturally by your body.

Draining pus. Someone should examine your entire body daily in order to drain any small pockets of liquid or hard calcium which have risen to the surface. This should be a full body inspection, so that even a small amount of calcium is pulled out if it can be. If you have a pocket of liquid calcium at or near the surface of your skin or in an open deposit, disinfect a needle and create a hole in your skin. After that, it is just a matter of pushing on the calcium until all of it is out. If the hole cakes up, just scrape off the dried calcium and continue draining it.

Daily practices. People with Dermatomyositis tend to feel uncomfortable around places of water, such as wet bathrooms and swimming pool locker rooms. This is simply a natural reaction to the fact that wet tissue tears more easily and wetness does not affect the calcium at all. It is only human to avoid such places. When you take a bath or shower, keep the water extra hot at all times to diffuse the discomfort of the inner dry tissues and to encourage liquefying of hard calcium. If calcium drainage seeps out onto any of your clothing, do not spend a great deal of time getting the calcium out. It will only come out of certain fabrics and anything disposable like underwear or casual cotton clothing should be thrown away, because dried calcium makes the Dermatomyositis experience that much more uncomfortable.

Pain management when dealing with Dermatomyositis can be a full-time practice. There are so many things which cause you daily pain and general discomfort. Many times, you choose between two activities based upon the general bodily discomfort each will bring you. Hopefully, these tips will help to bring more comfort to your life.

Sources:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dermatomyositis/dermatomyositis.htm