rehumatoid arthritis and not new on this site

[damiante]

Hello, i hope to get an answer, since March of last year 2020 I felt pain in my left side and a pain in the upper left side of my buttocks it west away, but in June of last year, I went for a long walk and the next day my left knee was swollen, after a few weeks I went to see my doctor, of course, he said not to worry about he did tell me to use a cold pack for 15 to 20 minutes 3 to 4 times a day, the swelling did not go away, he gives a referral to see a neurologist he did an EMG and said there was nothing wrong with me, I went to another doctor and I went to see a rheumatologist same thing said everything is fine with me told him my left knee is swollen told me not true, finally, I went to another doctor and finally I got a referral for an MRI the spine I am waiting for the results, it does take two weeks, so right now I feel pain on both sides of the knees I was wondering are these the symptoms of rehumatoid arthritis also I feel on both legs some tingling. I do hope for an answer. Ty

[AndrewT]

Dear ty,

Yes, what you describe, Could be RA... unfortunately it COULD be 'quite a lot else too. Sorry but I'm going to be, rather a Stick In The Mud, and suggest that you wait for your Result(s).

Clearly your Doctor(s) felt it necessary, to send you for a scan- or scans- in order to Rule Out certain possibilities. I know that this Isn't The Reply, that you, were hoping for ty but 'Really And Truly' it IS the Best approach.

We know, very little, about you ty- apart from this 'Post'.... imagine, for a moment, if I- or indeed Any of us- gave you 'Advice- and it Permanently Damaged you. Sorry but NO.... Boring as it may seem, just Sit Tight and WAIT, for the Result(s).

Sorry that I can't 'offer' anything else.

AndrewT

[damiante in reply to AndrewT]

Hi Andrew, what else could be? peripheral neuropathy? i am reading every single day from RA, PN, ALS, MS and the list can go on.

[helixhelix in reply to damiante]

Generally if something looks like a horse, and sounds like a horse then it is a horse.....which is another way of saying that the most common and straightforward thing is the most likely.

So yes there are many possible things that could include the symptom of single knee pain, but that’s usually not the diagnostic feature. So thinking about every disease that might cause knee pain is just going cause you stress. The most likely is something like tendonitis, but as Andrew says we can’t diagnose.

One simple thing you can do, which can’t hurt and may help, is before you get out of bed in the morning hug your knees tightly to your chest for 30-45 seconds to stretch your lower back. It’ quite common for tight muscles to cause pain too.

[allanah]

Good morning, I see you damiante and Andrew are both new to the NRAS part of HU and dont mention being diagnosed with RA as part of your illnesses on your blog. But i do see you have been posting on the WELL BEING part of this site.

I find when people are worried about their symptoms they come online looking for answers .

It's a shame but of course only the professionals can give these technical answers.

I feel on this part of HU it would be applicable too for those with diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis experience to be the ones encouraging and supporting each other.

I do hope you get your results soon damiante and you feel better quickly, do let us know what your doctors decide and if it is connected in your case to RA.

[Nadine-NRAS]

Hi Damiant,Just to reiterate what has already been said by others, a diagnosis can only be made by a rheumatologist, not us here on this site.

However, you need to consider that what you are describing could be osteoarthritis rather than Rheumatoid arthritis. RA is a systemic (whole body) auto-immine disease which tends to affect joints symmetrically (both sides of the body), most commonly the small joints of the hands and feet. Multiple joints may be affected, sometimes simultaneously, whereas OA will be isolated to individual joints. Osteoarthritis can affect the lower parts of the spine, which is an area of the body rarely affected in RA.

Tests for RA tend to be blood tests rather than x-ray, ultrasound or MRI.

For the full description and information regarding tests please visit the NRAS website nras.org.uk/resource/what-i...