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Normal CRP levels but still swelling/ pain in the joint
Hi all had the results back from my recent blood test and my CRP levels are at 3 showing no systemic inflammation in the body however my knee is still really swollen and painful. I always assumed when the CRP levels go down so would the swelling? Has anyone had anything similar/ or can hazard a guess why the swelling is…
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My future with JIA and flare ups
Hello everyone, i was diagnosed with JIA when i was 2 in my knees and then following steroid injections and physiotherapy i was put into remission when i was 7. Then after not having any pain (i did swimming for this period of time) i started playing football which then i would have some flare ups in my knees and hips but…
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Joint aspiration but no fluid
Hi all currently been suffering with a flare in my right knee since march it is still very swollen & painful but when I went to have it aspirated on friday no fluid came out. The consultant said that this means it is the tissue around my knee has thickened/swollen up but there’s no longer fluid there. I was just wondering…
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6 month knee flare at 23
Hi all I’ve recently been diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis. I am 23 but had JIA when I was 11 in my right knee however after 2 steroid injections it lay dormant for 12 years however early this year my right knee swelled up again. I’ve had 2 steroid injections (one in the knee and a higher dose in my arm to circulate…
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Flare-up symptoms
Hi there, I was diagnosed back in October and I’m still trying to understand all the ins and outs of my condition, seronegative PsA and psoriatic spondylitis. especially flareups I’m unsure what they look like or should look like. I understand they are different for everybody. I’m in the middle of a flareup now and was…
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Hi from the UK
Hi there, I am new here. I have been suffering with arthritis for over 10 years. Firstly in my hips following pelvic damage in my early twenties and then both my hands (fingers mainly) and also my right knee for a couple of years. I get a lot of pain from it in all areas. I have mobility problems and my hands are pretty…
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ESA Tribunal Appeal Help & Advice.
Hi I'm new here. I've been suffering with my arthritis following a severe flare up in the Autumn of 2023 which sent my inflammation markers into extremely high levels and I was in extreme pain and had limited mobility as a result. A change of medication to a monthly IV infusions of Tocilizumab has sorted out my…
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Should I take hydroxychloroquine for palindromic arthritis?
Hi all, I was recently diagnosed with Palindromic arthritis afte 2 years of symptoms. I currently have a really bad flare up in my right hand. I was prescribed hydroxychloroquine but only "if it gets worse". I am not sure what that means - a single flare? or over several years? I was only given 1 month's supply. My GP…
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AOSD flares.
I'm a 72 years old, busily retired male. I was diagnosed with AOSD in summer 2024. Prior to the diagnosis I was on Paracetamol, Tramadol, Naproxen and Amitriptyline to ease the pain. After I was diagnosed and put on Prednisolone, i started to feel better within hours. I stayed on those drugs for several weeks while the…
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Psoriatic arthritis progression? What to do?
Hello everyone! After a long time in pain I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in June last year, had steroid injection in my hip and started on methotrexate. MRI at that point was showing inflammation in hips (right was the main problem) other findings were inconclusive. I was hopeful and really wanted to regain…
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The 3am club - Rheumatoid Arthritis
anyone else having the joy of being woken up in the night with severe pain from flare ups? I only got diagnosed in may-24 and the middle of the night flares are horrific! Hot water bottle and co-codamol are the only things that dull it.
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Coping with a bad flair up that isn't settling
Hello, I last posted on here a year ago when I was waiting for a diagnosis for pain either side of my sacrum which I had had for 5 years. I got diagnosed with early sacroiliac joint osteoarthritis. (I know that early osteo doesn't normally cause a lot of pain, so it's not a definitive diagnosis, but it's the best guess at…
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Help and advice with diagnosis and medication
Hi, I'm new here and wondered if I could ask for some advice and support. I am 34 years old and was diagnosed with Psoriatic arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis around 5 months ago and started on the biologic drug Cimzia 5 weeks ago. Although I have been advised to give it up to 6 months to really have an effect, I…
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New, 66, Alone, In A OA Flare, No Pain Relief, Trying To Avoid Depression/Anxiety!
Hello, I'm 66, new to the VA Forum, it's good to see so many people here using it. Please bear with this lengthy post. My anterior THRs were done in 2016 and 2017 but it now feels like OA is all over, particularly the spine, neck (both of these were fractured in a fall last year), hands + trigger fingers (tendons), and…
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Psoriatic arthritis
Hi All . I was diagnosed with psoriasis at 19 mainly affecting my feet which lead to psoriatic arthritis at 23 just before the pandemic affecting 16 joints between the pair of my feet witch caused me significant pain walking was almost unbearable, I didn't have any support so I continued to work. I already had already a…
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Recent massive flare up
I have had OA for a long while and had a TKR on left. I use a wheelchair, as so many years using crutches has meant using crutches causes pain in hands & shoulders. This year I had a flare up of pain, stiffness, and weakness in my hands, wrists, and shoulders that was brutal. I couldn't even pull a bedsheet up during the 6…
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Sudden flare up/attack
Hi I've had JIA since age 2 I'm now 40s have bilateral hip/knee replacements and not had severe flare ups for years, but every now and then I'll get a sudden attack which has always happened in the night, I can go to bed fine and wake up now and then as normal then ill wake up again and my hands, arms will be stiff…
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Avoiding a flare up
Hi, I am still waiting for my xrays to come back for formal diagnosis but seem to have arthritis in left knee. I am also now wondering about the awful foot pain I had all summer? I am 55 and have a very active job in a school. I have had a really rough couple of weeks, awful pain and fatigue, I seem to have come through…
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Post op rheumatoid flare relief
Help me please! I am 12 days post op of a c1/c2 neck fusion. The neck is healing fine and causing me no problems. But my arthritis flares are reducing me to tears. I've been told to stay off all my drugs, including anti imflamatories and steroids. He said if absolutely necessary I can have one antiimflammatory, but it's…
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Living with stiffness
Strangely enough I don't know much about stiffness. I wake up stiff it wears off by lunchtime. But the stiffness is just as weird as ever. At night it can come on like a flare up and is quite a disaster when it does, I can barely do anything without cursing and swearing. Sometimes I am tempted to have a beer or something…
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Methotrexate Flares
Hi everyone, At the beginning of July I started on Methotrexate. The side effects were not fun but at first I felt like it was helping. But in the last three weeks I've had three flares (I say flares, I'm in pain all the time so hardly in remission, but I mean it suddenly got worse for a few days). The first two were heat…
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What causes this pain?
A few weeks ago, I had gout, but currently, I do not have it, and my uric acid levels are normal. Now, I experience a sharp, throbbing, burning pain that periodically manifests around the left metatarsal area. My doctor diagnosed arthritis after reviewing my X-ray, but I am somewhat skeptical since the pain appears to be…
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Trouble with working out a baseline
Is there anyone out there that followed along a baseline method devised by the NHS Pain Management Course that suggests you cut down more than half of the exercises you normally do? The reason for asking is that it has made me a lot worse as I have lost so much more strength that I have never been able to recuperate it and…
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Covid Booster and Flares
I had a covid booster on 1st May - my 9th covid injection and the 4th Moderna in a row. For the first time I had a reaction to it. For 3 days afterwards all my joints were aching - not just those historically affected by my PsA. I then had my recommended 2 weeks off methotrexate after the injection during which things were…
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Cold sore
I developed a cold sore throughout the day yesterday and I don’t think I’ve ever felt so ill with one. I’ve had a sore face, earache, headache, swollen gland, eyes have felt swollen, extreme fatigue and more pain through my body than usual. I have PsA and osteoarthritis in my thumbs. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so ill…
