Hi, I was diagnosed a couple of years ago with seronegative inflammatory arthritis in my hands and am currently taking sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine, however I just wanted to ask if anyone has similar problems to me as I'm still learning about the condition-
1) I don't suffer too much from excessive swelling in my fingers usually (I always think I should have more obvious swelling with the diagnosis but it's more painful joints that affects me?) however, if I do exercise at all (especially running), they swell like sausages and I struggle to bend them?! Does anyone else react like this?
2) I always have freezing cold feet- even though the rest of my body will be warm, my feet are always like blocks of ice? Is this related to the condition?
3) Roughly every few months I will have a fever- it's always only ever at night time but I will be dripping wet with sweat but feel freezing cold and shivering, again does anyone else experience this as part of the condition?
4) Lastly (sorry!!) My consultant would like to swap me to methotrexate when the coronavirus settles- can anyone just give me their advice on how much more this will effect the immune system? Will it be an obvious change? And how much more vulnerable would it make me?
Thank you so much, stay safe everyone xx