I have RA (sero positive) and over the last 18months developed a bone spur on my index finger (Heberden's node?). My GP says treatment is not offered for this, my rheumy ignored it. It's really painful, as in it hurts every day although not continuously. Has anyone received treatment for this?
I'm in the UK and receive treatment on the NHS.
Researching online has led me here. Your advises would be appreciated, especially folks with similar experiences.
I'm male, early 50s. About 4 weeks ago I began to experience severe pain numbness from the left side of my neck down to my wrist and even fingers. Since I have had minor muscle aches for years, and on top of that lower back pain since my 30s which I attrituded to bad postures, etc, I thought I might have pulled a muscle in the gym (yes, despite my age, I still work out with moderate weight). Actually I was about to see a doctor/chiropractor because I began to feel numbness around my wrist, the joint between my forearm and upper arm, and the area that is my triceps more than half a year ago.
When I finally saw my chiropractor and did some x-ray, he said I have a minor case of bone spurs on my neck spine between c6 and c7, and it's pressing on my nerve. So for me it's a case of pinched nerve. He said nothing I should worry too much about, and after a few sessions the pain and numbness has improved. But at this stage I still need to take painkiller to go to sleep (Arocxia 90mg), and there's this constant low level nagging pain around my shoulder and tricep area.
On top of that I developed a red eye and woke up last Fridat with cloudy vision. I was diagnosed with uveitis the same day. I now have inflammation in both eyes. The doctors have gone through my records, but advised me that uveitis could be triggered by many things. Since it's only been a week and it hasn't worsen (well, not getting better), I am being put on anti-inflammation and pupil dilating drops.
In the meantime I also notice that I have been having regular diarrhea the whole time. Not painful, but usually find myself having to go almost immediately after a regular meal. I think my eye doctor thinks since it's only been a week or so, we should just stick with regular treatment and see if it improves within a short window of time. But since it can be caused by AS, I wonder if anyone here has had episodes of uveitis, or found out you have AS after suffering from uveitis.
Having very painful bone spurs and uveitis as you can imagine is no fun at all. More importantly it's seriously affecting my work, and I definitely don't need this now at my age as I am looking to save up for retirement.
Thanks for reading.
So, the fight was going pretty okay until pestilence. The little bone pieces caused him to be out of my screen but that wasn't much of a problem since i could still hit him and he was still attacking, however, when it was death's time he stayed completely out of the screen and wasn't attacking me nor could i hit him, which caused me to lose the run since i couldn't continue. Has this happened to anyone?
Late 40s, so I'm told this issue is common and "on-time" for me, but I am confused.
So I have had a rough pain in my back right in L1 and L2, and muscle pain/spasms just to the right of that area in my mid-back. This has been different from my usual L4 L5 lower back pain (which I have managed on and off with exercises and stretches for several years), and I visited my back doctor about this. I was shown bone spurs in my most recent x-ray, and told the natural occurrence of these osteophytes means that L1 and L2 will "fuse" and that this is actually good news for me...that when this naturally happens, eventually (no idea when), that the pain and spasm issues I have in this area will stop.
But I don't understand, why is fusing two vertebrae (natural or via surgery) a net-good? It seems to me I would lose a range of motion and have other issues. Is the benefit here that this area of my "trunk" will become more stable? By virtue of L1 and L2 now being "connected as one"?
Doesn't this also mean it just shifts burdens away from that area, when L1/L2 fuse....meaning that I am in for this same natural problem in the future, with other vertebrae?
Should I seek a further exam / second opinion? Is surgery to "fuse" better to "get it over with"? I also see there's surgery to "un-fuse" or avoid fusing....which has me (pun intended) more conFUSED.
I am sorry for all of these dumb questions, but it's a scattered mess on Google when I research this. I know it is not unique, so I thought I would post here for any guidance or advice?
