Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Hi Heidi, Sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. Do you still have your gallbladder? If you do, it could be causing the pain in your ribs and chest. I had mine removed right after Wyatt was born. The pain that I had sounded like what you are having. It's a thought, anyway. Hope you feel better soon. Love and Hugs Stacey in PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 lots of strange rashes. they just tell me i'm autoimmune and give me some creams. last november they told me i had roseola but i was not contageous. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 Hi Heidi. Sorry you are flaring. As far as showing your rheumy the rash, I have to say absolutely do show him. Some forms of Psoriatic arthritis are very similar to rheumatoid arthritis, and many of us can be misdiagnosed or have both. Skin involvement can me minimal or body widespread. Not being itchy doesn¹t sound like PA, but your doctor should still be alerted. There are just so many things that can affect the skin. The side effect of Decapeptyl is rash, so it could be med related. Here is a link that helps self-diagnose skin problems: http://familydoctor.org/flowcharts/545.html I have some of those spots, but mine are only as small as the eraser on a pencil. They don¹t itch, hurt or bother me at all. Sometimes they get more scaly looking, and other times, they are hard to find. I only have 2 of them but they¹ve been there for years. This ³rash² is what one former rheumy based his diagnosing me with PA. My daughter has psoriasis but no arthritis, and that added to his theory on me having PA. The sharp pains in the rib area can be costochondritis, which is inflammation of the ribcage. It is very painful. http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic116.htm http://www.cfs.inform.dk/Variouspain/costomm.htm Your doctor will examine you and may rule out other possibilities. Many of us have costochondritis. I get it bad sometimes and I can¹t inhale at all without very sharp pains. I hope you feel better soon. Please let us know what the doctor says. Hugs, a > Hi Everyone, > > I'm still catching up on the e-mails I missed over the weekend so will > follow up on those soon. I haven't had a checkup with my Rheumy for a while > but am having a flare so going to see her on Wednesday, you know how it's a > stress to cover everything you want in the visit! It's just that I've been > having some strange symptoms lately and don't know if they are really her > domain or if it would be better to speak to my usual/general doctor about > them. (It's a bit long - sorry, but it's hard to explain these kind of > things). > Firstly I started getting a kind of rash thing (about 3 months ago). It > started as one little sort of bumpy patch of dry, light pink/light brown > skin about the size of my thumb nail. It wasn't' itchy or sore or anything > but started getting bigger and got a little bit scaly. I went to the > dermatologist to have a mole removed and showed him, he said he wasn't sure > and that it could be a fungus or something else, gave me Pevisone cream to > put on it and told me to call him if it got worse. The cream cleared that > patch up but then I started getting more on other parts of my body, nowhere > specific and very sporadic (not lots - some are as small as my pinky finger > nail, some a big bigger) but mainly arms, legs and buttocks. They don't > bother me at all and I have to see them to know they are there, only some > get bigger and sometimes they all go away on their own for a while then > start coming back. But I've been reading here about how we should mention > rashes but don't know if this is really the kind to mention so wondered if > anyone else has had anything like this? > The second thing is I've been having sharp pains in between my ribs/my > lungs??? not sure which, front and back and sometimes - rarely - a really > sharp pain when I breath (feels like inside my ribs by my heart) Sometimes > at the bottom of my ribcage/lungs?? there's a persistent uncomfortable pain. > My back ribs are also really sore in the mornings, feels like someone's > been breaking them at night, bit like stiff joints when I have a flare. > Anyone know what this could be, could it be RA related? Last thing is I've > been having shortness of breath (this might be an anxiety thing caused by > the Decapepyl I'm on but I'm mentioning it anyway since all this rib/lung > pain? just might have something to do with it. > I've been Prednisone (for the last year and a bit), Celebrex (when I'm > flaring) and Decapeptyl (hormone treatment for Endometriosis - injections > once a month for 6 months - put you into a kind of chemical menopause). > Just so many meds for different doctors I don't know whether to speak to my > GP, my Gynae or my Rheumy! > Hope someone can shed some light on at least one of the above, I don't want > to seem like a hypochondriac when I go and see the Rheumy so am in two minds > of whether to bring all this up plus all the other gripes that come with a > flare! I know you will all know how I feel. > Thanks for listening and sorry it's such a long e-mail! > Hugs, > Heidi > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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