I have a question please, before i went on holiday i used to eat raw garlic everyday.
One of the things that i seem to be having is a cold feeling from my feet right up to the top of my body, and have asked about this before and no body seemed to know what was causing it.
Well we went on holiday i thought i would relax my diet and eat or drink what i wanted. One of the things i did not eat was the raw garlic, and as the week went on i realised that the cold feeling was not as severe. John said garlic can thin the blood, and he asked me does pred do the same, i replied i think it does, so the question i am asking is could i be eating too much garlic or is it just a coincidence
Hi Margaret, I hope younhad a lovely holiday. I am not sure if preds thin the blood. The reason I say that is because some patients with GCA are also sometimes precribed aspirin to thin the blood. I could be wrong but that's what I thought.
Good luck with the raw garlic, you're a braver man then me gungadin! Regards, christina
Lab and animal studies suggest that garlic (or compounds from it) has a range of benefits. For example, it keeps blood platelets from sticking together, which reduces the risk of blood clots, so it does have an anticoagulant effect.
Hi Cristina thanks for your comments we were not sure about pred, i cant have asprin as i am allergic to it they found that out in hospital thank goodness.
Yes enjoyed my holiday though it was wet, but it does in the Lakes, even managed to walk further than usual, but did suffer as right knee was swollen for a couple of days.
Takw care Margaret
Thank you Arwen i did know it was good for us and the blood, but i am trying to eleminate what the cause of the cold feeling is, and we have clever people on this site that know a lot more than me.
You might well have Raynaud's syndrome which may be associated with PMR. I have both and got them about the same time. It means I get cold in the warm water pool at the gym. My hands turn quite blue. And where I used to be comfortable in the winter when it was 68F, I now have to crank it up to 74F. Raynaud's is quite common, as much as 5% of the population. But also note that any hot spicy food will make you perspire, and perspiration cools you down, which is why we like spicy hot food in the summer. Raw garlic might do that as well..