Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hi all, I just found this forum this morning, and I'd like to post my recent experiences. I'm a 24 year old white male. I came back from a recent vacation in mid-December 2007. My foot started to hurt just a little bit, but after four days I couldn't walk due to the swelling and pain. I went to an urgent care clinic and was diagnosed with cellulitis (essentially an infection). I took Cipro for a couple weeks, but my foot didn't get any better. I went and saw an infectious disease specialist and he surprised me by saying he strongly suspected that there wasn't an infection process creating this problem. He gave me some more antibiotics and some NSAIDs and referred me to a rhuematologist. He instantly suspected ReA given my symptoms, and surprised me by asking if I had any pain urinating recently. I remembered that I had about a week before this all started. He gave me some prednisone which seems to be improving my foot. I'm still dealing with pain in my foot, knee, and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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