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Help with knives for eating
Hello Thank you for having me here. I have osteoarthritis in hands, knees and feet. When my hands are in flare, it is extremely painful to use a knife to cut my food at meals. Any tips on how to use a knife to minimise pressure on the index finger?
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Avoiding finger exercises making OA worse
Hello, I have distal joint OA in my thumbs and little fingers, with a heberden's node on the little finger of my left (non-dominant) hand. I've had a course of physio and so know the basic set of finger exercises, but I have specific questions that I can't find answer to online. 1. Strength exercises I"ve been given 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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Using stressball for hand arthritis
I have recently been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my right hand and I am using a stressball for exercising the fingers. I am wondering if I might be over-doing it. Is there any guidance as to how frequently I should be using the stressball ?
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Pain but no swelling?
For several years both my knees get incredibly painful and swell. Sometimes so much I can't bend them at all! I've been told it might be seronegative inflammatory arthritis but nothing solid as yet. Over the last few months I've had pain in my l fingers which is sharp and sudden, some redness but zero visible swelling. My…
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Childproof medicine bottles
Does anyone have any tips for opening childproof medicine bottles? I've just totally failed to give my daughter her antihistamine and has to get my husband to help 😭
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Advice on index fingers!
Hello, Does anyone have advice on dealing with osteoarthritis in the first joint of both index fingers. It’s really painful and seems to alternately sting, burn and throb. I take codeine for other joints, but my fingers still seem to hurt and are making it hard to use a mouse, type, cook and weirdly are my biggest barrier…
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Hand and wrist osteoarthritis and bike riding
I love to ride my bike but after diagnoses of osteoarthritis in my finger bones, wrist and feet I stopped. The bone spurs have stopped my ability to clench my hands very well but I have just got a bike with one click gears and hydraulic brakes which is brilliant but the wrist position is the problem. Anyone got advice…
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Back to Work
Just finished my first week back after a long Christmas break and last week's OA diagnosis. Yes, I've been aware of soreness in my hands for some time but this week felt worse and I'm very sore this morning. I'm trying to decide if it suddenly flared over the holidays or if now knowing what it is has made me more aware of…
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My New Diagnosis
Hello everyone, So, I'm a music teacher and have recently started experiencing stiffness and pain in one finger. Having taught older adults and helping my mum I had a horrible feeling I knew what it was but saw the GP yesterday to check I was still hoping he'd say it was an infection or injury but, unfortunately, my fears…
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Wedding ring for men
I'm getting married in June and I have just retried on my wedding ring, which we bought in January. The ring now no longer fits on my finger due to my RA. Can anyone recommend a type of ring or experience of what to do in this situation?
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Fingers!
Some time ago, I was advised that as I had osteo, there was nothing they could do, just take over the counter pain relief. I quickly discovered that paracetamol is completely useless. Ibuprofen works much better, I'm guessing because it's anti-inflammatory, but it affects my stomach far too much - more than one dose and I…
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Heberden's Nodes
I have hard lumps growing on the upper finger joints and while they are not too painful are rather annoying. Does anyone else have them and how do you manage them?