Cervical spine complications in rheumatoid arthritis patients

[Guest guest]

From Postgraduate Medicine Online, " Cervical spine complications in

rheumatoid arthritis patients " :

http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/01_00/alberstone.htm

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[Guest guest]

Thank you for that information link. I have had some pretty painful

problems with my cervical spine for quite some time (degeneration of C5,

6 & 7 with arthritis). Over the past several months the pain and periods

of immobility have gotten much worse. It takes every muscle to hold my

head up and the neck muscles tire quickly and easily causing even more

pain. Lately (the past 8 days) I have been having little spurts of

dizziness any time I move my neck in any direction. The dizziness only

lasts about a second but is intense and happens. well, can you count how

many times you move your head (couple hundred times a day) even

slightly. I've had to quit driving because of it. I have been telling my

rheumy about my neck since I started seeing him, he just " ah huh " and

that's it. Well, ONCE he said it could be part of the RA. MRI's show

that nerves are compressed and also a slight compression on the spinal

cord. It's starting to scare the heck out of me but none of my Dr's seem

to listen or acre about it. Do they think I am making it up or is it

really not as serious as I feel it potentially could be?

I printed off the page you sent me to take with me to my hearing,

hopefully by then I will have learned what some of those $3 words mean

LOL.

Thank you again :-)

Many prayers every night to everyone in the room.

Happy Mothers' Day to all the mothers

Rick

www.whosyomama.com

[ ] Cervical spine complications in rheumatoid

arthritis patients

Postgraduate Medicine

January 2000

" Cervical spine complications in rheumatoid arthritis patients " :

http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/01_00/alberstone.htm

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org