Ankylosing spondylitis and painful thumb joint??!!

[Mhairi54]

Morning. I've been experiencing a lot of pain in my thumb joint. It's my dominant hand that's affected too which is making life a bit tricky at the moment. I thought ankylosing spondylitis was supposed to affect your spine and other large joints, and not smaller joints? Had anyone else experienced this?

[lynz1983]

hi i also have AS and get problems with my hands my gp and rheumy have told me that it is part of a flare up caused by the AS hope it eases soon take care.

[Hidden]

Hi there. While I tend to be extremely sceptical about osteoarthritis diagnoses for those of us who have inflammatory arthritis, I know that the thumb joint really is an extremely common site for OA to occur. Not saying that's what it is, but it might be worth looking up so that if you are told that it's OA you'll be ready with any questions that occur.

[marie66]

Hi I have RA all my hand joints and wrists are affected. My thumbs became really bas and i was diagnosed with de Quervains syndrome syndrome. Got a steroid injection into the base of my thumb....helped for a while then the RA diagnosis kicked in and it all went to pot again! M x

[Runrig01]

Hi I have AS and had painful swollen hands, initially just now and again, then later became constant. My Rheumatologist put me on Methotrexate, which has helped enormously with all the peripheral pain.

[JennyA123]

Hi I have AS and just recently found out o have fibromyalgia..😩 And all my joints hurts and my fingers elbows all and I'm not taking any Mds now, I'm doing Accuponture and is helping a lot!!