What does inactive inflammation means????

bailey27

Hi
I had an ultrasound in the week on hands and wrist and was told by the doctor performing it that there was signs of inflammation but it was 'inactive'. ANy ideas on what this means??
Does this mean I have the arthritis in my hands and wrist now???
Don't want to wait til next rheumy appointment next week to find out???
Thanks

kathbee

Hi Bailey

On the forum there is a thread
entitled
'What does active mean'

with a reply from the Helpline Team
so maybe you could do a search and
find it or
maybe email or phone the Helpline Team

Hope you get sorted soon

Kath

bailey27

Thanks for that but I can't seem to find it.

I was just wondering whether having inactive inflammation means you have arthritis in the joint aswell????

I have googled inactive inflammation and it just come up with when the arthritis is in a flare up the inflammation becomes active.
I have not been told I have the arthritis in these joints so far so was curious as whether this was probable???

joyous

bailey27 wrote:

Thanks for that but I can't seem to find it.

I was just wondering whether having inactive inflammation means you have arthritis in the joint aswell????

I have googled inactive inflammation and it just come up with when the arthritis is in a flare up the inflammation becomes active.
I have not been told I have the arthritis in these joints so far so was curious as whether this was probable???

hi i would say the same as you being like dormant but you still have it as the damaged shows up on xrays in your joints,. i have permant red strange knuckles well you can only really see 2 of mine my hands and feet are always hot my knee has been givin me some jip this wk prob cos im on hols and not really movin about as i normally do x

mistywillow

bailey27 wrote:

Hi
I had an ultrasound in the week on hands and wrist and was told by the doctor performing it that there was signs of inflammation but it was 'inactive'. ANy ideas on what this means??
Does this mean I have the arthritis in my hands and wrist now???
Don't want to wait til next rheumy appointment next week to find out???
Thanks

Hi there
Inflammation is an active process. It is acute when it first starts and it is your body's natural way to protect itself from trauma/ infection/foreign bodies etc or it can be chronic, when the process doesnt resolve but carries on at a much lower level. This usually is no longer helpful because it is neither doing its job properly ie giving the protection it is meant to and you are getting unpleasant symptoms from it, ie pain and discomfort. Thus I would imagine that from the ultrasound scan the doctor has seen signs that you have had inflammation in the past that has left its mark. It might be evidence of effusion around the joints or lack of smoothness around the joint margins for example. Your hands and wrist
I would imagine are not red, hot and swollen (typical signs of inflammation) and so the doctor is saying you having 'inactive' inflammation. It is an odd way of saying things but maybe he/she thought it was helpful to explain it that way :roll:

Gillx

livinglegend

kathbee wrote:

Hi Bailey

On the forum there is a thread
entitled
'What does active mean'

with a reply from the Helpline Team
so maybe you could do a search and
find it or
maybe email or phone the Helpline Team

Hope you get sorted soon

Kath

The information is available at:

Chat to our helpline team - What does 'active' mean? - 26 Jun 2008 08:59

Just click on this link which should take you to the thread. http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk/php/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6719

Joseph 8)