bright red palms of hands

trisher

I have RA in all the joints of my fingers and hands. I have noticed that the palms of my hands and my fingers have become really bright red, as if you had suffered sunburn badly.

Has anyone else ever had this. My fingers are very painful because of the RA.
It is a bit embarrassing as people ask me what I've done to my hands, thats how red they are.

Any help would be appreciated

trisher

frogmorton

Hi Trisher
Hope you are doing ok otherwise
I think that what you are decsribing is possibly a symptom of the RA and the only idea I have is to ask rheumy next time you go.
Others might have better ideas than me.
I expect you've done the obvious like ice or cold water and only had temporary releif.
Are your meds otherwise controlling your RA?
Take care
Toni x

jeannie2

hi trisher,
I suffer like this - my hands are really 'shot' - fingers pointing in all directions. The palms of my hands have been red for years - some days worse than others. It's all part of RA. Never been able to find a solution. I usually tell people who ask that I've been peeling beetroot.
Sorry not to be more helpful, but now you know there's at least two of us!
Jeannie S

plmb48

trisher wrote:

I have RA in all the joints of my fingers and hands. I have noticed that the palms of my hands and my fingers have become really bright red, as if you had suffered sunburn badly.

Has anyone else ever had this. My fingers are very painful because of the RA.
It is a bit embarrassing as people ask me what I've done to my hands, thats how red they are.

Any help would be appreciated

trisher

hi trisher . i have RA and have hands like this from little finger to wrist its as if someone painted them i had this even before i was dianosed an old lady told me i was going to have a painfull life how right she was .pauline :roll: :roll: :roll:

lindalegs

Hi Trisher,

In my early RA days and for years the bottom of my legs were an angry purple-red colour. The skin was also quite tender. This has faded now to a normal flesh colour but when that happened I don't know - I just realised one day that it had gone :shock:

If you're worried why don't you have a word with your GP - there's no harm in getting his/her opinion.

Luv Legs

trisher

frogmorton wrote:

Hi Trisher
Hope you are doing ok otherwise
I think that what you are decsribing is possibly a symptom of the RA and the only idea I have is to ask rheumy next time you go.
Others might have better ideas than me.
I expect you've done the obvious like ice or cold water and only had temporary releif.
Are your meds otherwise controlling your RA?
Take care
Toni x

They started me off with steroids tablets, now I've had a steroid injection and put on Salfasallazazine which I've started since last week. They are going to increase it every two weeks and I've got to have a blood test every week they told me that because I've got many different things wrong with me they have to tread very carefully thanks for your help

frogmorton

Hi trisher
Well you take it steady for now - at least you know you are not alone!!!!
Good luck with your meds I really hope they make a diffreence for you
Take care
Toni xx

debatat

I hope that you do well on your meds and that you get some relief.

Deb