Hello, I have recently developed very strong symptoms of arthritis, it runs in my family etc. It has all kind of got a lot worse in the last few weeks, after months of still legs, now I have multiple pains, my knee is very painful and keeps giving way etc etc. I now think I have strep throat, is it possible to get strep…
Please could you help i'm new to this forum and would love some advice. I am having problems at work due to OA in numerous joints. I've currently been signed off work for 1 month but was threatened at the start of the year to not even think about going long term sick as they would send me to Occupational Health and write…
Anyone get arm tremors with arthritis? I do. Especially on waking up.
I just wanted to say thank you for providing this forum. RA can be such a debilitating illness and it is so useful to be able to ask questions and share views with both the helpline team and other users. It provides help to so many people....so thank you.
Hi! Any ideas on what I can buy Mum to help her press buttons on her phones please?
Apologies if this has been asked before but I have within the last year been diagnosed with OA in both knees, both thumbs joints and possibly my shoulder. Consultant says that there is no cure and will only deteriorate with age, I am 45. Does this mean that I now have a disability?
Hello I'm new and I hope someone can advise me. Five weeks ago, out of the blue I got painful fingers,wrist and shoulder on both sides of my body. It all came on in the space of about five days. My hands are swollen and it's painful to use them. Nothing hurts at rest but if I use my com mouse or hold a book I get a nasty,…
Hello Im just looking for a bit of advice on the above! I got arthritis at the end of April and was off work for 4 months on sick leave before I handed my notice in. I then still had a zero hours contract and I honoured all the shifts that I arranged through that contract so I have now had 4 months without any sick leave…
Hi there I am now back in the land of the living. I had my hip op on Saturday and went home on Monday. The hospital and staff were wonderful and really looked after me well. I had a full annaesthetic and it took me a while to recover after with quite a bit of nausea but they bombarded me with various drug and here I am,…
I have o/a in my knees and left wrist. I may have it in my right wrist but it is deformed due to a tumour and having part of my radius replaced with my fibula. My question is can you have gout in your wrist at the same time as osteoarthritis. I ask this because I had pain in my wrist and arm that had to be calmed by taking…
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