PA.... Re: Looking for a similar story...

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Hello Tess & Welcome Jeanne,

I want to comment on the Psoriatic Arthritis part of this. Before I started

Remicade I had these awful dry patches on a few of my fingers. Right before

my first Remicade (March 2000) I showed my doc and he told me to use

cortisone cream. I did. Also, it was the worse it had every been and

appeared to be spreading to other fingers. It was mainly on my thumb and

pointer fingers. It was very red, inflamed and itchy. I was hiding my hands

at this point. Anyhow, I used the cream but not for long and don't know if

it worked or not because soon, the patches just disappeared, and has never

come back. Then I learned that Remicade was working for PA as well. That is

when everything clicked, it cleared up my hands! My hands have been fine

since! So, I started wondering, do I have some PA? What do you think, a?

?

~Rainy

rainysu@...

Re: [ ] Looking for a similar story...

> Hi Jeanne...have you read about psoriatic arthritis? It has many

> siilarities to rheumatoid, and some differences. I have Psoriatic

> Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.

> Sometimes it is really hard to distinguish what's happening and if

> symptoms are overlapping.

>

> My symptoms started when I was in my late 20's after a bout of mono

> (don't know if that's related or not.) I had 4 little kids at he time

> and thought my exhaustion was from that, too. But it was a kind of

> tiredness that never went away - even with sleep or rest. I'd get a

> rash on my face and irritable bowell symdrome, especially in sunny

> weather, and I ached all the time. I did not have any joint swelling or

> redness until about 15 years later.

> Hugs of Hope...

>

> Tess