• Question: Are you healthy?

    Asked by Bruno to Sian, Lizzie on 8 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Sian Richardson

      Sian Richardson answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      I try to be healthy but last year I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis which is an autoimmune disease which attacks my joints. My mother has it so is most likely hereditary but there are a number of environmental factors which can also attribute to the disease. I take immune suppressing drugs to prevent my own immune system attacking itself. I try to help the process by eating well, as foods can be anti-inflammatory as well and also exercise

    • Photo: Lizzie Wright

      Lizzie Wright answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      Sorry to hear that Sian. You must be an expert patient!

      I am luckily very healthy, as far as I am aware. I try and eat well and do a lot of outdoor exercise. I have a lot of heart disease in my family so try to counteract the potential that I might develop it when I am older too.

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