I am a mum of a beautiful daughter ,age 18,who was diagnosed with AOSD last week.I am out of my mind with worry-everything I read is fraught with awful things. Can you help me sort through what we need to prepare for . My daughter has just started uni 6 weeks ago .
:? Hi, Newby here! I developed osteoarthritis the middle of last year, and it's got worse in terms of mobility/pain. I've been offered NSAIDs, but as I also suffer from diverticular disease/IBS I don't want them, as understand they can upset the stomach. A month or two ago, I asked my GP - who is generally very good, about…
Hello, I recently had my ankle and both knees x-rayed due to the pain becoming very much more intense suddenly. I have had painful knees, back and neck for a number of years and had always kept walking as I thought this would help. Suddenly my knees and other places have got aggressively worse. I stepped off the footpath a…
Hi, I would like your advice on how to get my GP to take me seriously. I have arthritis in my big toe joints and lumps at the base of both my little toes. My GP says that I have osteoarthritis in the big toes but I'm unsure as to whether the trouble with my little toes is due to walking on the sides of my feet or more…
I am new to the forum. Can you advise if work is a factor in the on set of arthritis. I am a 53 year old who has done manual type jobs at the start of my working life, progressed to a period of office based work and I am now a jobbing gardener. I had pain in my hands about 17 years go which was identified as arthritis,…
Hi, Im new here, i wonder if someone can guide me? I am 31, male, and have had stiff joints for at least a decade. My knees in particular have always creaked, especially when i bend down, i feel it and hear it. It is uncomfortable. About two years ago i started getting stiffness and some pain in my left knee, and my left…
Some time ago in Arthritis Care Magazine you ran an article on the above. Up to that point, I had tried accupuncture only. This did not work so much for me, nor did physiotherapy, well not my hospital's interpretation of physiotherapy. I had got to the point when my pain was ruining my life, even though I was responding…
Hi there I've recently been diagnosed with OA after a year of increasing pain and swelling on both ankles, they told me I have OA in my big toe joints which has bent my feet out of shape and dropped my arches completely. I now have increasing pain in my big toes now and they seem to be swelling up so wearing shoes is…
hi i am looking for any advice i have had RA for 32 years so sort of used to it by now i have had car licence taken back and due to having both shoulders replaced i now have very restricted shoulders which means i am unable to steer a mobility scooter the only thing i can handle is a powered wheelchair but i am having…
I've had severe joint pain in my wrists and knee since my second child was born, accompanied by a major flare up of my psoriasis. My GP has diagnosed possible Psoriatic Arthritis, and referred me to see a dermatologist (apparently you need to see a dermatologist for this before a rheumatologist?) i've been warned there is…
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