Mrs. NRA, 55 years
Diagnosis: rheumatoid arthritis  Duration of the disease: 7 years

Onset: insidious - started with mild fever and ill-defined pain in both knee joints. Later gradually she developed swelling and pain in her knees which spread to the wrist joints as well. Developed restriction of movements and difficulty in walking for the last 2 1/2 years. Could not walk without the help of a walker. She had taken Ayurvedic treatment for all these 7 years with no beneficial effects; had also tried acupuncture therapy with no results. Developed stiffness and pain in the neck since last 3 month.

Physical examination: Moderately built woman with mild anemia ; had deformed knees and could walk only with the help of a 'walker'; found it very difficult to get up from the sitting position; blood pressure and pulse rate were within normal limits. Heart, lungs and other systems were normal. Local examination showed that the knee joints were swollen and deformed with wasting of both quadriceps muscles . Effusion and crepitus were present in both knee joints. Both passive and active movements were extremely painful and extension was grossly restricted in both knee joints. The wrist was swollen and painful, but no restrictions of movements. She had neck stiffness and tenderness over the upper cervical vertebrae. No radicular symptoms were present. Hyperextension and lateral rotation of the neck were very painful.

Treatment: The patient was subject to the Magnetic Field Therapy daily for half an hour for a period of 40 days. After 20 exposures she started feeling better. The pain in the knee joints improved considerably. Swelling of wrist joints and pain disappeared completely, after 40 exposures there was considerable improvement in the range of movements of her knees. There was no pain and morning stiffness improved considerably after the competition of the treatment.