A Quick tip for InflamedJointsby
Sonzy
A painful joint is no fun. It can be the result of arthritis or a sports injury the most common cases. It usually affects your joints like knee, elbow, wrist, finger, groin or ankle giving...
How Inflammed are you?by
WellnessPossibilities
By Carol Harblin (CHHC)
Cold weather...stress...processed foods...white bread/white flour pasta...anxiety...not drinking enough water? Any of these speak to you?
You feel tightness in your joints, unexplained bloating...
Facet joint effusion and intersp...by
Dr. Rubens D.
Facet joint effusion and interspinal ligament edema: major sources of lower back pain
02 oct 2008--New MR techniques show that facet joint effusion (the collection of fluid in the spinal joints...
Joint Examination by Physiotherapistsby
Lucy J.
to find the restriction. However, a swollen, inflamedjoint should be treated acutely as soon as possible... will have to test it more thoroughly to discover the fault. If the joint is inflamed, hot and swollen then acute...
Dear heaven, I have them too! I just don't have an answer, but I have a Dr's appt, so I promise to come back and tell you what she says. I have the same thing. Small red bumps on what seems to be only the knuckles of my ha
Dear Drake,
I would like to offer a different approach to you're jointinflamation... about when it is necessary to take a joint problem to a physcian/specialist -- my answer is: as soon as possible...
Fatigue and Joint Pain Got Me Worried
I am having small and large joint pain (fingers in particular, both hands, hip joints, big toe joint, back and shoulder pain), I'm almost 60 (in Dec.), and feel exhausted all the time, worse by late afternoon. I take multi-vitamins and extra calcium with Vit. D, HRT and Vytorin 10/20. Have had back...crap
Wrist Bone Enlargement/Fusion/Pain/Swelling (Possible MAC)
For My Best Friend - Male with right wrist enlarged, joint damage (both fusion on thumb side of wrist & torn ligament plus enlargement of bone on opposite side of wrist (top of hand view). Causing wrist to be unuseable and appear to be malformed due to damage caused by swellin. X-ray, MRI, attempted...crap
Atypical RA?
I visited my Rheumy yesterday to get some answers for the questions I had about RA. I told her besides the joint swelling I am also having problems with my tendons. She told my that I have atypical RA. Has anyone been told the same and what are your symptoms? Janetcrap
Should I press for more agressive treatment?
My Dr. has me on Plaquinel and this helped considerably. When I continued to have pain and swelling in my joints, he added 7.5 mg of mobic 2x a day. This has decreased pain and swelling significantly but I am concerned that the mobic is not a DMARD and is only treating the continued symptoms. Should I press...crap