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What Causes Severe Joint Pains With Family History Of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Question: Started this week with fever spiking up to 103.2 , chills but no congestion or cough. Had chest x-Ray and it was clean. All test for flu and UTI came back negative. Severe joint pain started a few days later. First thumbs, toes, ankles. Moved to knees and neck. Can hardly get up without help. Could it be onset of RA or perhaps Lyme disease? I am 66 years old and have a sister with RA. Any opinion at all would be helpful
Brief Answer:
You are likely to be having reactive arthritis
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
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I'm Dr. Sudhir Kumar,
I have gone through your question in detail and understand your concern.
You are likely to be having reactive arthritis. It is arthritic reaction due to any kind of infection such as viral infection. There is pain in most of body joints. In my clinical experience I got very good results of injection triamcilone weekly. Pain subsided in 1-3 weeks in most of cases. Analgesic such as ibuprofen can be use. Vitamin B and C help in recovery.
In my opinion it is unlikely to be early rheumatoid arthritis or Lyme disease.
You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it.
Hope I have answered your query.
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Wishing you good health
Take care
You are likely to be having reactive arthritis
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for choosing healthcaremagic for posting your query
I'm Dr. Sudhir Kumar,
I have gone through your question in detail and understand your concern.
You are likely to be having reactive arthritis. It is arthritic reaction due to any kind of infection such as viral infection. There is pain in most of body joints. In my clinical experience I got very good results of injection triamcilone weekly. Pain subsided in 1-3 weeks in most of cases. Analgesic such as ibuprofen can be use. Vitamin B and C help in recovery.
In my opinion it is unlikely to be early rheumatoid arthritis or Lyme disease.
You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it.
Hope I have answered your query.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
https://www.bit.ly/askdrsudhirortho
Wishing you good health
Take care
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
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