Anybody else have painful fingers? Mine hurt for just 10minutes after waking up!

[berg944]

[Puddles]

Hi there, I get painful fingers, feet and other joints on and off and have done for the last 3 or 4 years. Sometimes nothing much at all, sometimes several joints and sometimes just my hands. From what I understand quite a few people with PBC have a type of arthritis that seems to go along with it.

[Disy in reply to Puddles]

Hi there..only very very new to this condition but have been doing a lot of research and apparently yes, we can get saw joints etc..a form of rheumatoid arthritis. Hooe this helps.

[pompey17]

Hi. I get painful joints, and in fact, it's my only symptom! It started with painful hands. At the moment my hands are ok but my knees and feet are particularly bad. As far as I'm aware, there is no explanation for why an autoimmune disease affecting the liver, causes painful joints, but I'd be very interested if anyone is aware of any medical evidence/explanation.

[Goose60]

I have arthritis in my fingers, lower back, hip and knee and normally in the summer it is less painful but during this heat wave it's got worse. I've heard that this is normal for PBC.