Hi all, i am new to this site, i would like to know if anyone with RA suffers with Bursitis?

[Gina_K]

Is'nt bursitis fluid on the joint? They would have to test the fluid and see if its synovial fluid to see if RA? Er I think. Well inflammation is anything 'itis'.

Sorry not more definitive, but I think if they had'nt diagnosed RA, they could say from a scan say you have a bursitis in your hip joint, but it could be RA. Why do you ask?

G.

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Hi,

Bursitis is inflammation of the fluid filled sac know as the Bursa, it can be caused by RA. I have had RA for 41/2 years now and for 4 years i have been under control but i do have flare ups usually around this time of year. Last year i had an emergency appointment at the hospital and saw a different consultant she said that my RA was under control and she suspected i had Bursitis. I researched this later at home and realised this fitted my symptoms perfectly. i have just had a little flare in my shoulders again but take ibuprofen or naprosyn when needed and that seems to help.

I wondered whether this was common in RA patients.

thank you for your reply,

Lynda

[rheumatoidymummy]

Yup - I had one around my achilles tendon - tortuous agony for a while but with restm icing and anti-inflammatories plus support from my podiatrist it seems to be settling down again thank goodness!

[mamathomas]

I have bursitis too and RA. I was so worried that I had hip joint damage that I made my rheumy do a cat scan on my lower back and hips, also found bulging disc in lower back too which wasn't helping. Get a cortisone shot in each hip and you will feel good in a week or so, it was the only thing to get rid of pain.