I was diagnosed as having seronegative reactive arthritis last July. The initial flare caused me to be bedridden for three months and a spell in hospital. My specialist told me that most patients are recovered within 3-6 months. It caused swelling in most of my joints and a lot of pain. Along with a whole bucket full of other symptoms, mouth ulcers,conjunctivitis along with a nasty rash.Initially I had my knee’s drained and was given steroid injections into some of my joints. I am currently taking Paracetamol & dihydracodiene for the pain, doesn’t help much. Lansrapole, celexocib, methotrexate and folic acid, I have been taking these for nearly 10 months now and dont seem to be improving much. I still have swollen fingers,wrists, knees,ankles, I have terrible back, shoulder,elbow,ankle, knee pain, it has also left me with three deformed fingers. Just these last few weeks it has presented itself in the right side of my face and is very painful to try and eat, its usually just soup these days., My specialist says all he can do is to see how i am in 4 months time and go from there. I am in constant pain, sometimes I can’t even manage to get out of bed. Has anyone else had this and recovered from it. Im only 37 with four active kids who have had to help me dress,bathe etc. For the last ten months it has taken over thier lives aswell. I’ve had to leave my job and this disease has completely threw my world into turmoil. Is there any hope, does anyone know of any home remedies I could try that may help. The only thing I have found makes me feel ‘normal’ again is when I go into hospital and they give me steroids on an I V, my Dr won’t let me continue with this as its harmul to my liver/kidneys. Any words of advice would be gratefully recieved.
My fingers have been very stiff for about 4 years now. Just the knuckles in my fingers, thumb is fine, lower knuckle that connects finger to hand is fine. They are noticeably swollen but don’t hurt at all, just stiff i can’t close my hands all the way, no loss of strength. When i get my forarm or arms pumped up with heavy exercise my fingers feel perfectly fine, this lasts until the pump leaves.
At least 10 blood tests, xrays, and MRI over the past 2 years turn up nothing. Specially arthritis doctor is stumped but says the xrays show possible bone degradation.
Anyone heard of anything like this? I am 19 so i am thinking about trying steroids and HGH next year, it is worth a shot right? At least get my bone density up.
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My fiancee has been on dialysis for 3 years. He is 24.
Within the last month hes started having extreme pain and swelling in his wrists, knuckles, toes, ankles and outsides of his feet. It seems to be getting worse. Theres swelling in his fingers and ankles, pain to the lightest touch, sometimes tingling and the areas are often hot. He does feel weakness as well.
The pain is so severe the only thing thats come close to helping is Vicodin. He didn’t even need to take any Vicodin after surgery, this pain is that bad. He also has taken Advil and it seems to help a bit.
His doctor said this could be a protein build up from dialysis. Is this reversible or even treatable?
They think it could also be neuropathy. What are the chances of this, and is it reversible or treatable?
Is it just a type of arthritis?
Over active Parathyroid?
He is miserable. What can we do? He has an appointment with neurology, but its not for another two weeks. I don’t know if he can last that long.
Also on the above question, elevated sed rate, and speckled ANA. Doctors thought it was lupus but ruled that out. Severe pain is constant.
I have been to 2 rheumatologists that think I have an autoimmune disorder but do not know what kind but they do not think it is lupus
She has diagnosed me and prescribed naproxin. My knee is slightly sore during the workday but wakes me out a sound sleep four to five hrs after I drop off. I injured the knee many years ago, but did not have any breaks only brusing. most of what I read seems related to RA and does not seem to apply to me. I am asking if anyone experiences this type of pain and been given the same answers? Heat and/or cold compresses do not seem to help much.
I have a arthritis cond. I had my dr fill out their form and my outlook is excellent as stated.
I still got denied employment (federal) just b/c I have this condition.
I guess of the possibility it may get bad, is this discrimination?
You can’t not hire someone just b/c they have a disease! I could understand if I was in pain or not mobile but I am healthier than most people without this!
My doctor even thought it was rediculous!
It’s kind of like not hiring someone who got over cancer b/c it MAY come back. Not fair.
Any thoughts?
I went to their Dr. who stated that I did have limited ROM in one area. They then sent paperwork to my Dr. who did a complete physical, and another ROM test to their standard and confirmed everything was normal. Signed and dated. So they can’t say it’s b/c of my ROM b/c I passed a physical and a ROM test! How frustrating. Just b/c god chose me to have this disease-which is fine, I can handle it through treatment but to get denied makes me feel like I’m incapeable when I’m not at all. Thanks guys!
Thank you nana but how can they discharge him on just a possibility? That is discrimination if you ask me. This job does have particular things I had to pass as far as ROM, but I passed them all with no problem, and my doctor filled out their required paperwork stating so.. So how can you disqualify someone on a posibility?
does gout arthritis affect your back if so what are some treatments that can be done
also, define arthritis and how it is different from degenerative arthritis because my friend said he has it, but idk what it is…
and he asked me to help him, so plz help
Be as informative as possible if you want to get the best answer. Thanks so much for the help!
1. What is it and what does it do to you?
2. What age do you have to be to get it?
3. What are some of it’s symptoms?
4. How bad is it for you?
and any other info possible. please no rude answers.