Bone, Joint and Ligament Problems

Bones can’t move without joints and ligaments. Discuss all bone, joint and ligament alignments in this forum. They include but aren’t limited to osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, osteomyelitis, fibrous dysplasia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, cervical spondylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, infective arthritis, ligament sprain, tendonitis, and ligament inflammation.

Early response critical to rheumatoid arthritis treatment?

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My mother has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Doctor is deciding what kind of treatment she will get. I have heard that early response to rheumatoid arthritis treatment is critical. Will this decide the course of her disease? I am not a medical expert, so I don’t know much about RA.

by kippar674172616 over a year ago

Pain relief therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

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My friend suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. She still doesn’t have stiffness, but she complains on her constant pain in the joints. Can anyone tell me something more about pain relief therapy? I would appreciate if someone could tell me something more about this topic. Thank you in advance...

by giraud1774172372 over a year ago

strange finger pain

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I have a problem with pain in my right middle finger. It basically prohibits me from playing electric bass (it's my plucking hand). When I pluck for too long, or simply wag the finger in the air, it feels as if there is a clamp squeezing right on one side of the middle knuckle. Further, when I wag...

by slon23042 over a year ago

Rheumatoid arthritis drugs cause hepatitis?

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Hello, there. My aunt suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and she takes her medications regularly. However, I know these are strong meds. Could these drugs cause hepatitis? I am afraid she might get a serious liver damage and I am really worried. I hope someone could give me more info on this.

by zacharia1837172158 over a year ago

Podiatric treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis?

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My mother has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. It affects her foot joints which is maybe unusual for RA. Nevertheless, I was wondering if some podiatric treatment could help her with this. Are there any options for this? I don’t like her to be hooked up on meds. What do you think?

by parke1936171846 over a year ago

Prednisone and fasting...

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I was recently diagnosed with ReA. I have been on 30mg of prednisone for about a month now. I'm still barely able to function. Am in a TON of pain still. Q: Can I do a juice fast while I'm on steroids? I've been reading the hypothesis that food allergies are really to blame for ReA...

by beatlenyc over a year ago

loss of femur bone and no replacement

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My friend broke her femur and due to doctors lack of wanting to check out her complaint went about 3 months before she got another doctor to do an mri. She is 36 and lives in hutchinson ks and when they found it was broken stuck her in the hospital here and in 2 days sent her to the ku med center in...

by jstucky166365 over a year ago

side effects of dye used in mri

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I am going to the hospital with my mother next week, because she needs an MRI scan. I have understood that they will give her dyes to consume orally, to make the MRI scan clearer for the medical professionals involved in the MRI scan. My question is if the dyes used in MRI have any side effects?

by ezechiel170165481 over a year ago

Sternal Trauma with severe pain both Thoracic, chest wall, and weakening R arm.

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Three weeks ago my sternum was injured by a falling piece of metal, the pain was terrible but subsided. Knowing that the 48 hour marked the worst of the pain I prepared myself and continued with work, not reporting it as it appeared to be just a bruise. By day 5 the pain level increased and by day...

by Grandma Pam163791 over a year ago

sharp pain under rib cage

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Sometimes Ill just be sitting and out of nowhere ill feel pain under mu left rib cage, but only sometimes.....but now im starting to get it under my right rib...but as i said only once in awhile. Ive never ever felt that kind of pain before and it hurts to breathe out. I .dont know what it is

by Guest over a year ago