I have arthritis in my ankle it started hurting a few days ago the dr. put me on prednisone but it isnt working I walk alot at work will this pain ever go away?

I am 19, I have psoriatic arthritis and have been sexually active but not recently and clean of any std’s however i have these symptoms…
vaginal swollen and tender feeling and red and burning sensation that makes my whole body cringe. veryyy uncomfortable especially since its almost all the time. it doesnt hurt that much when i go to the bathroom but it doesnt feel good either. what can this be?! its been about 2 weeks now with all these symptoms.

Hi. I have a Chow Chow dog, who is 12 years old. I have noticed that when he is sleeping, his fore legs twitch for a while, then it stops. It only happens when he is sleeping, never in any other moment. His fore legs muscles never twitch when he is awake, or eating, or walking, never, ever. Just when he sleeps, and it only happens sometimes, not always. And when it happens, its just for some minutes, then it stops, it seems it happens only when he is in a state of deep slumber…or dreaming.

He can walk, run, normally, doesnt has a problem with that. He has some arthritis in his left fore leg because of his age, but has medication for that. In some occasion, I covered him with a blanket because it was cold, and the twitch stopped, but sometimes happens when its not too cold.

So this twitch seems strange, because it happens only for some minutes when he sleeps, only at sleep, and then it stops, and it doesnt happen everytime he sleeps, just occasionally.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

I volunteer at a shelter. I walked to a dog I normally see and the dog was laying down and looked exhausted. I got the dog out of the kennel and walked him outside. I pet him and he started whining. I decided to head back and he set down, not moving. He looked a little out of it. Afterwards he laid down and stared off before closing his eyes. I ran to the shelter staff and all they said was the dog must have had arthritis. I wondered if it was a seizure, but I don’t know! I kept telling them I did not think it was just arthritis. Please help, what does it sound like to you???
I got him back in the kennel and he still looked bad. Can arthritis REALLY do all of this? The closing of the eyes and glazed look is what really worried me
The dog is old and has been there a long time. The weather has been changing a lot which is what the excuse was from the staff. I did report it in writing so hopefully it will be looked at. All they wanted to do was tell the vet that his leg hurt.
I thought the dog was dieing, I started crying and I got repremanded saying I shouldn’t have kept walking him (which I didn’t, he went inside right away.) I’ve never heard of a dog just randomly doing this. I walked him YESTERDAY and he was fine.
Thank you all that responded so far. I suspect there is something serious wrong with him, too. I am concerned they will put him down, even though it is a shelter that is not known for doing that — they will sometimes. I would take the dog, but am unable to at this time. If there is something massive wrong with him I couldn’t afford to get him expensive treatments (which is a major reason I have not tried) I have tried to get him adopted, but he doesn’t show well because he barks a lot
Also, I walk him once when I go. It isn’t very far and he never acted like this. To my knowledge no other staff or volunteers with the exception of one other person walks him.
We had an outbreak of distemper at the shelter could it be that?

I am a 26 year old female and for the past couple of days I’ve been experiencing headaches and body pain.

I live in Iowa. We’ve been experiencing some strong wind and some heavy showers. So I’m not sure if this pain is weather related or what. Here are my symptoms:

Ear/Jaw Pain – A little over a year ago I had a really bad ear infection in my right ear. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been experiencing ear/jaw pain. Sometimes it throbs. The ear/jaw pain started on the right side then it also started hurting on the left side. Its not constant pain. The pain comes and goes. I’ve noticed though that when I’m outside in the cold and wind sometimes thats when I experience the ear/jaw pain.

Neck Pain – The neck pain didn’t start until yesterday but when I woke up this morning I had a lot of neck pain.

Headache – I woke up this morning with pain in my temples. At first it was throbbing pain (non-stop) but then after I was up for a while then it wasn’t so painful but I’m still experiencing some pain in my temples. I have allergies so could allergies cause this?

All over body pain – For the past week I’ve been experiencing all over body pain off and on. But yesterday I had the all over body pain all day and now today so far I’m experiencing the same thing. Its like an achy feeling.

Tiredness – I’ve been feeling tired for the past week. I sleep well at night (I get at least 8 hrs of sleep) but I wake up in the morning feeling groggy and tired.

What could these symptoms mean? I have allergies and arthritis. Last spring I experienced these issues and my husband was thinking maybe I had fibromyalgia. He wanted me to go see a specialist but I decided not to at that time. So could this type of pain I described could it be fibromyalgia? If it is fibromyalgia should I see a specialist? Is there anything I can take for the pain?
I got my period last friday. I’m just trying to figure out whats going on with my body. So could my period cause this type of pain?

I have many symptoms of connective tissue disorders (rheumotoid arthritis, and so on…) & my doctor WAS convinced that I have one! Just yesterday I was diagnosed with Raynauds. I am 17 y/o, and my ANAs and stuff like that were normal. The doctor said these things came up as “abnormal” b/c my blood was “sitting around for too long.”
Are these lab results associated w/ connective tissue disorders?

MCV= HIGH
HCH=HIGH
RDW=LOW
Lymphs (absolute)= LOW
Monocytes (absolute)= HIGH
Occult blood= 1+ ABNORMAL
RBC= 4-10 ABNORMAL
Also, why would i exhibit all these types of symptoms (including Raynauds) and have “normal” blood results!

I think my dog might be getting arthritis, but she’s only two years old. Her back ankles click when she walks and somebody on yahoo said it might be a forerunner to arthritis. If it isn’t would it be bad for her to eat medication treating it?

http://www.petsmart.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=arthritis%20supplements&origkw=Arthritis%20supplements&sr=1

I was thinking one of these two

He took zero medical history, only filled out form with name and address and insurance. No assistant took any medical history.

I was told I have eczema..I broke out in an extremely itchy rash on my calves after remodeling. He concurred it was probably an allergy (to the dust or possible mold stirred up) that went to eczema.

Natural treatments I tried did not help. I want to get rid of it as it is unsightly and itchy but I am worried about potential problems.

He ordered a steroid cream (betamethasone dip aug .05% cream) for 6 weeks. He said it would be a lot better in a week but if I discontinued it before 6 weeks, it may come back.

I have just been told I may have high blood pressure, I had a fasting blood sugar of 151 (but ai c was 5.9)..this means I am prediabetic they said, Also I have developed severe gout and have arthritis. I am also clinically depressed and long felt I had adrenal insufficiency due to high stress for 20 years and symptoms of this.

I read this steroid cream
cream can cause blood glucose to raise and be not advised to take if one has high blood pressure or diabetes. Also it interferes by increasing inflammation which may hurt my gout/arthritis and can exacerbate depression. It causes weight gain and redistribution of weight (in a bad way). If used more than a week, it can cause the adrenal glands to shrink and may cause a rebound effect if not gradually tapered off. It takes the adrenals about 3 months to start working right again and producing its hormones (I think cortisol).

I have a phobia about medicines and almost never take them but I am afraid this eczema rash on both legs will never leave if I don’t use it, I am angry this doctor did not ask me one medical question or get any medical history. I recently was forced into an HMO) and he is the only doctor I see who is an approved dermatologist. The office was packed and I was only with the doctor about 4 minutes..It was fast for everyone it looked like. I am used to doctors
who spend 15-30 minutes with me and they always take a history..I am unsure if I should take it. Do you feel it would be safe? Would he have prescribed it if it was dangerous with certain medical conditions? Does anyone have any experience with taking a steroid cream like this.
I have had this rash since December several problems getting in sooner and two doctors didn’t know what it was, but they were not specialist like this doctor who took no history and glanced at the rash a minute.

I have been having some really bad days with depression and pain. My body will ache all over like I am coming down with the flu, but I don’t have any other symptoms. A woman at work said it might be fybromyalgia, but the psychiatrist seems to think its depression. My MD says its arthritis. I don’t hurt everyday, but on days that I do I can barely move

My boyfriend’s dog, Shadow, was 13 years old, and it was definitely a member of the family. Unfortunately in these past few months he developed arthritis so bad that he couldn’t walk, not even to get up to go to the bathroom. Even after having laser treatments done to make his hind joints move easier. Finally this morning, my boyfriend’s parents put the dog to sleep because it just wasn’t able to enjoy life like a dog should. My boyfriend works in another state, and was unable to be with Shadow when he died – because Shadow’s decline in health was extremely dramatic over the past few days, it took my boyfriend by surprise even though everyone knew Shadow was very old and unable to move.

What can I do for my boyfriend and his family to show them that I care, and help them with the grieving process? I was thinking about rummaging through old photos with my boyfriend and finding a picture of Shadow and purchasing a frame for it, maybe even blowing it up bigger. I’ll really miss Shadow, too.

What do you guys think?

And no, I won’t get anyone another dog, they definitely need time to grieve. And it’s not in my place to do that anyway.