Well, it's turning winter here in South
Africa...and with the cold, my joint pain
is starting to flair up.
The chondromalatial-osteo arthritis in my
knees I am aware of...and have ways and
means to deal with it...as well as knowing
the cause...
As for the rest of my joints, they flare
up differently. It's a dull pain that
starts at one joint and progressively
spreads to the next joint through the day
up to the point where, for instance, my
wrist and elbow joint is in intense pain
while the arm-bone inbetween is in more
minor pain.
My GP seems content with a diagnosis of
"Inflammation"...what would be the cause
of chronic-inflammation? How much
anti-inflamatories can you take before it
becomes a health threat?
At a recent visit to a occupational
therapist, it was mentioned once again
that I have hyper-mobile joints. It
really frustrates me because every second
Medical-Professional I see says the
opposite of the prior one. The one would
say that my joints is hyper-mobile...the
next would say it's normal, then the next
again would say it's not normal...and so
on and so forth.
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Seraph
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Turning into agony... Posted: 03-17-08 10:40am
Just to note...the situation is turning
into utter agony. Every single joint in
my left arm is in intense pain. It is so
bad, that my fingers, the top of my hand
and my arm between my wrist and elbow is
going numb...not numb to the touch but
numb in terms of movement.
I have no idea when will be able to see my
GP again, but it definately will have to
happen if this continues.
Any ideas/suggestions?
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Seraph
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Problem identified...and sort of solved. Posted: 03-25-08 09:43am
Well, the Marfans DX has a whole lot to do
with the explanation for the problem...
I have "Loss of cartlidge" in my left
wrist causing the burning sensation. The
only treatment at this point is
anti-inflamatories, a wrist brace to
immobalise till the inflamation is
resolved and Arthritis supplements to slow
down the process of cartlidge degeneration
through-out the rest of my bod.
Failing alleviation and/or increase of
pain, the suggested course of treatment is
Cortezone injections directly into the
wrist.
Failing that...as a last resort, the
suggested course of treatment is fusing of
the wrist...before the bones fuse
them-selves and do it "improperly" which
would lead to a whole different can of
worms as trying to "unfuse" bones that was
never supposed to grow together but has
done so due to the cartlidge not being in
the way any more, is not as simple as a
broken arm that mended improperly and can
be broken again....
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