medical terminology pain
I've read some VBA rulings in reguard of Arthralgia being a secondary to Fibro . I have constant/near constant pain in all my joints but no sign of arthritis in any of them that have been x-rayed. And through my medical googling that Arthralgia is Pain without swelling. I intend on discussing this with my rheumatologist and see if he can get x-rays to check the joints that i haven't already had x rays for . (and avoid driving 1 hour to the closest VA hospital that's conveniently just inside the max distance for being eligible for Care in the community.)
Who has had experience with getting Arthralgia claims?
has anyone noticed bad systemic joint pain on methimazole? i’m on 25 mg daily and am wondering if that’s contributing to the pain i feel in my hands, feet, knees and elbows. ive seen a rheumatologist to find out if i have a connective tissue disease due to a positive ana-titer but most of my labs are normal and there isn’t any inflammation in these areas. just wanted to know if it’s a bad side effect other people experience from their medication. thank you!
I'm posting this for my cousin. She is a surgical nurse, early 30s, overall no pre-existing health conditions or medications. This happened 2 or 3 weeks ago.
'I stared to get a rash on my wrists and then my knees and elbows and ankles, was getting a lot of what felt like nerve pain to arms--very achy heavy throbbing feeling. I noticed my knees and hands were swollen too. WBC high and esinophils very high but everything else normal, x-ray normal for RA, strep negative, covid negative, rash is now healing. Short course of prednisone helped the swelling in my hands but swelling has now returned a little.'
The rash looks like raised flesh coloured bumps on the arms, and like red irritation on knees. Her GP said it sounds like post-infection arthralgia, possibly parasitic in nature. She doesn't recall having any symptoms of infection prior to this. What do you think?
Hi I’ve had crohns since I was 14 (22 now) I had a resection 5 years ago and was put on inflixomab every 8 wks which has kept my crohns in remission ever since. However in December last year I started getting migrating joint pain which is still under investigation. It happens consistently each month around 3 weeks before my next infusion is due. The team managing my care is convinced it’s arthalgia and have put me on methotrexate / sulfasalazine in conjunction with my infusions.
Although this has made the pain more bearable whilst the pain is active I am unable to work (my job is physical) I also go the gym 3 times a week and train combat sports 4 times a week so it also puts a stop to that which plays a big part in fighting my depression which leaves me struggling.
I am at risk of losing my job & home from the amount of time I’m having off and the NHS just gives me tramadol which makes me unable to work due to the drowsiness and has also put me into a&e a few times with blockages. They do not seem to be bothered so I’m desperately looking for advice on what I should do next.
They have suggested switching me to home humira injections but I am reluctant to stop inflixomab due to its effectiveness so far. Is this a good idea or should I persist with the inflixomab / methotrexate / sulfasalazine?
Thank you
I'm 35 & 2. About two weeks ago, I've noticed that my hands/fingers feel stiff, especially in the mornings. They aren't painful or numb, not like carpal tunnel, but what I imagine arthritis would feel like. My hands/wrists/arms are also NOT swollen either. My hands are just stiff, especially in the knuckles.
I was looking into it and it seems what I have is likely arthralgia - joint stiffness, or arthritis. Turns out this is somewhat common for preggos in their 3rd trimester and resolves following birth. I found a small study on it here too: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(05)01938-1/fulltext
Thought it might be interesting for folks, especially if you're experiencing this yourselves. The body is wild!!
I've been diagnosed celiac last summer, so I'm about 6 months into going gluten free. I have been glutened once during autumn because I was being careless eating a poutine without asking for the sauce ingredients.
The symptoms portrait went as such : abdominal cramps with a 1-2h onset (lasted 24-48h, moderate to severe intensity); Migraine with a 12-24h onset (lasted 72-96h, moderate to severe intensity); arthralgia (in my hands) with 12-24h onset (lasted 72-96h, moderate intensity).
I've been a lot more careful ever since this episode. However, last Sunday, I started getting cramps and abdominal pain after lunch. I didn't think too much of it, until I wake up with a headache and hand arthralgia in the following morning. Digestive symptoms and my headache are mostly gone by now, but the arthralgia in my hands is still present on a moderate level.
I've done a complete checkup of what I ate for lunch on Sunday. I usually cook for myself but I was back at my parents for the weekend. My mom had made boeuf bourguignon with risotto. I'm thinking a mysterious ingredient might've contained gluten and my mom wasn't aware. She's usually very careful with the ingredients she uses for me and experiments a lot with new recipes. She's been very supportive but I hate asking her what ingredients she used to make it.
It really sucks not knowing what caused a reaction. I hate having trust issues when people tell me something is gluten-free. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to read my post/rant.
Age: 29 Sex: M Height: 6'1'' Weight: 150 Race: White Location: New England (US)
Sometime early this year I started to experience unusual pain in my joints. Since then it has only gotten worse, and it's possible it began last year even, but wasn't bad enough to stop me from being active. This has bothered me a lot this year, since I have enjoyed running as a casual hobby, but now simply walking is a struggle. What happens is that the joint pain varies from day to day. It is primarily knees, shoulders, and wrists, but occasinally it will even occur in fingers and ankles. In times it was in a finger, it would usually be swollen.
I have been working with my primary all year to figure this out. Back in May I had bloodwork for rheumatoid arthritis and lyme (western blot) come back negative. One thought he had was a hypermobility syndrome, because I have somewhat flexible joints. I have recently been to a cardiologist and genetecist (for in-person evaluation) and they both ruled out marfans and ehlers danlos (or atleast said it was unlikely). However, they said I have marfanoid features, just not enough to diagnose. Next trip on the diagnosis train is to see a neurologist and rheumatologist to attempt to further narrow the possibilities.
More details: This has also affected my sleeping, to the point where I wake up in the night several times a week, due to joint pain. As a test, I was given a muscle relaxant (tizanadine) to take at bedtime and that really alleviated the sleep problem. As a side note, I have a chiropractor friend who evaluated me a couple times and seemed surprised at how stiff my muscles are (hypertonic was the word). This seems strange to me, as a I'm not at all a stressed person, and have always been somewhat loose and flexible (used to do yoga before this). If that's part of the problem I wonder if that is why the muscle relaxant helps.
Other possibly unrelated issues:
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Have had classic migraines w/ aura for the last ten years (1-2 a month, depends on weather).
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I occasionally feel extremely tired, but in a weird way. You ever wake up, but are only half awake, and have no coordination and bump into things? I get that a few times a month now. Sometimes it's in the morning, sometimes in the middle of the day, but it lasts hours. I feel like I can barely think or move, and I just need to lie down, but can never get to sleep. In fact when this occurs, I need to hold onto walls or crawl lest I literally will collapse to the ground. This ha
I never thought this was a possibility.
Around 30 weeks, I started developing arthralgias that mimics rheumatoid arthritis and now I have bilateral carpal tunnels. My hands are swollen every day, especially in the morning. It's bad enough in the morning when I roll to my other side and I adjust the blankets, the pain in my joints wakes me up.
I'm begging my PD to assign me a med student every day so I can continue to work (planned to work until 39 weeks). I'm in anesthesia, and by now, I can hardly open fluid bags, spike fluids, draw up drugs, write things for preop forms, intubate, or push the bed. Basically everything from wrist down is very hard to use without pain. Pregnancy sucks. I'm considering short term disability. I hope all this goes away after delivery...
Thanks for letting me vent.
Edit: Just to clarify, I love my program and my PD is one of my fav ppl there. I haven't really complained to my PD or told them how bad it's gotten. First time I brought it up was NYE and I didn't really go into details on severity, it's just when I first noticed I struggled to spike fluids. I always worked through joint pain, but now I feel the median nerve being impinged and it's harder now). I will talk to my OB and PD soon.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.
Gender is fluid.
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
