Fibro pain or RA pain??

[gingeq]

I find it hard a lot of times to really tell what is causing my pain, is it my Fibro or my RA?? it can be really confusing for me!

[Hidden]

yes that puzzle's me too how do you know you have fibro I have herd this mentioned at the hospital is there a test for it ?

[denvajade]

hi i have had fibro about 15 years and ra 7-8 years and I still cant work out what is what pain !

[gingeq]

I've had or been told That I have fibromyalgia for 24 years! Just over a year ago that I have RA . I'm not sure how long I've had RA before it was finally found in some blood tests ! Or has it always been RA all this time?? I say that because while taking my MTX it has helped most of my pain. It is all so confusing !

[pineapple_head]

I have been told recently that I have both RA and fibromyalgia. Which pain is which, I don't know but if my ESR/CRP is above Normal than I say it's RA, if not than its fibromyalgia! I'm sure this is more complex than that!

[underthesun64]

Fibro attached the soft tissues also close to the skin. The slightest bump to your hand acts like a pressure point that causes pain. Eat glutin free it will help.

God bless

[earthwitch]

I always start on the basis that you do everything you can to treat active RA inflammation first, and that should then take the RA pain out of the equation. Whats left is fibro pain or mechanical pain (from permanent damage). I think too often we end up not having 100% effective treatment for our inflammatory arthritis, which means that secondary fibro is also more likely to show its face.

If you are one of the people whose ESR or CRP blood tests do rise when you have active disease (not everyone has this happen, and many show completely normal blood tests even when inflammation is rampant) then if the ESR is raised, its a fairly good bet that its RA pain.

[Queenie32]

I cannot understand it either. All I do know is that I have been in an awful lot of pain since the really hot weather started. One morning I could hardly walk. Does the weather affect any of you dear people with RA? My RA Nurse is sending me for physio and changing my Enbrel injection to 25mg twice a week. It's early days for me. Only been on Enbrel for 5 weeks this coming Monday. Hoping the medication will kick in soooooooon. Take care all.

[gingeq]

The heat does affect me a lot! I think it's because we already have the heat in our bodies from the inflammation of RA ! The humidity is even worse , it makes me so tired and achy ! I hope the Enbrel works well for you with little to no side effects !! Good luck , and feel better soon! Gingeq