Thought it had gone away.

[Julhan]

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia over 20 years ago after a period of time suffering from excessive stiffness, swelling and pain in joints. These symptoms eased and I haven’t given it much thought since. I exercise regularly, started running a couple of years ago and ran a 10k last year and I consider for my age (56) that I’m reasonably healthy. Recently I’m experiencing knee pain particularly at night and also neck pain. Could this be a fibromyalgia flare up?

[Dizzytwo Moderator]

Hi there, with out speaking to your GP there is no way to be sure what's going on. But given your age and the amount of exercise /running you do It could be the onset of something like arthritis. I would get it checked out

Momo

[Julhan in reply to Dizzytwo]

Thank you for your advice. I think you’re probably right, I’ve put off going to the gp as I rarely go anyway and in the current situation it’s difficult to see a gp but this is something I shall look into.

[M0AL61 Moderator Volunteer]

I would agree with what Dizzytwo has said.

[sesorenotseht]

Let's hope not

[penny]

Sounds more like a general strain from exercise/living to me. It’s quite easy to strain a knee and pain can radiate to all parts of the body (fascia); or a strain to the neck can stress the knee but more likely the other way around. IMHO as a therapist. RA can be linked to low vitamin D as it is autoimmune.

[YASMINTINA FMA UK Volunteer]

Agree with dizzytwo see your doc when possible, I’m 58 used to swim 3 times a week kept fairly fit through my years, recent X-ray has shown arthritis in my knee.

[Cat00]

Although the Gp will only be guessing bc at the end of the day there is no test for fibro.

[humdeedumb]

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