I went and reviewd "The New Arthritis Breakthrough" Book I have....and Yes, strep CAN be an RA instigator, but I doubt that it ALWAYS is....if it is, amoxicillin should cure me, right?
No. The infection is almost always gone, or at least almost total remission by the time RA developes. RA devlopes at a later time, sometimes decades after the infection. RA is actually an autoimmune disease where the body's own immune system is doing the attack and damage. It's usually controlled by reducing the immune response with corticosteroids and anti-inflamatories.
Please check out the links on my post #47.