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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Joints Of Both Hands

I ve been inpain with both hands for some time now. it first started with difficulty in closing my fingers in a fist, also the lower joint of my thumb became very painful when trying to form a fist. Today the situation is much worse as I have lost the ability to even open a bottle top, or lift something with my hands. I had my hands X rayed some weeks ago, and my cosultant said there is nothing specially wrong with my hands, maybe a little arthritis .I find this hard to beleive as things are getting worse day by day. For the last 2/3 months i have been taking LYRICA tablets for my numbness and burning pain in both my legs, and reading the side effects on the leaflet I noticed that there could be problems with the joints, numbness and burning pain in the legs. So I started doubting my LYRICA medication. Can this be a reason for my hands condition. thanks
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This is a very typical question that you are taking LYRICA i.e. pregabalin for numbness and started joints pain. The typical feature is that this pain is in very small joints ( like carpal , metacarpal joints of both hand).
No doubt ARTHRALGIAS is a side effect of pregabalin but so acute pain is not a side effect .
In my opinion this type of pain may be due to these reasons , these are:
1 Rheumatoid arthritis , diagnosis can be confirmed by rheumatic factor presence in blood .
2 Hyper urecia , diagnosis can be confirmed by blood examination for uric acid examination.
3 Gout is another reason of such pain.
In my opinion consult an orthopedic doctor and get his opinion.
However, there are so many other causes of such pain like osteoarthritis etc but deal as mentioned above.
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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Joints Of Both Hands

Hello This is a very typical question that you are taking LYRICA i.e. pregabalin for numbness and started joints pain. The typical feature is that this pain is in very small joints ( like carpal , metacarpal joints of both hand). No doubt ARTHRALGIAS is a side effect of pregabalin but so acute pain is not a side effect . In my opinion this type of pain may be due to these reasons , these are: 1 Rheumatoid arthritis , diagnosis can be confirmed by rheumatic factor presence in blood . 2 Hyper urecia , diagnosis can be confirmed by blood examination for uric acid examination. 3 Gout is another reason of such pain. In my opinion consult an orthopedic doctor and get his opinion. However, there are so many other causes of such pain like osteoarthritis etc but deal as mentioned above.