What do you classify as a flare?

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I read everyone talking about their flares and I was just wondering

what a " flare " means to you all? I'm not trying to be pompass, I just

dont think I know what flare means or maybe I have been calling mine

the wrong thing. Because my " flare " happened in 2006. I got sick, got

worse, then a little better on a certain anti-inflammaory. But if I

dont take my anti-inflammatory I am just as crippled as I was at my

worst. So is my " flare " still happening or does " flare " refer to the

breakthru symptoms?

PS. I have also been non-responsive to TNF therapy & steroids, anybody

else like this?

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,

I have fibro. I hurt ALL the time. A flare to me when breathing is a

strenuous exercise and pain like being a 24/7 car wreck.

HTH,

Jan S

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Do your meds get rid of your pain or just lessen it?

Al

>

> ,

> I have fibro. I hurt ALL the time. A flare to me when breathing is a

> strenuous exercise and pain like being a 24/7 car wreck.

> HTH,

> Jan S

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Al,

My meds take the eddge off the pain. I RARELY have a pain free day. I can not

even remeber one.

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Hi , I call flares the big events that necessitate increasing meds. I often

have small amounts of pain increases that I can handle with a few more mg of

prednisone. However, I think of flares as the times when the RA seems very

active, it starts ping ponging around to different joints where it doesn't

usually manifest (like my jaw - yuck) and I feel achy, tired, and blue. So to

answer your question, I consider a flare an acute increase in symptoms that

break through the meds. Often for me, I've had to hold my biologic for some

reason and the flare gets going.

[ ] What do you classify as a flare?

I read everyone talking about their flares and I was just

wondering

what a " flare " means to you all? I'm not trying to be pompass, I just

dont think I know what flare means or maybe I have been calling mine

the wrong thing. Because my " flare " happened in 2006. I got sick, got

worse, then a little better on a certain anti-inflammaory. But if I

dont take my anti-inflammatory I am just as crippled as I was at my

worst. So is my " flare " still happening or does " flare " refer to the

breakthru symptoms?

PS. I have also been non-responsive to TNF therapy & steroids, anybody

else like this?

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,

Well what I flare means to me is I guess breakthrough pain. I have

fibro and I am in pain 24/7. I tend to have flares associated w/ my

RA. My flares are when my hands hurt so bad, I can't make a fist and

my fingers start to lock. I have difficulty grabbing things etc. I

have a hard time lifting my arms (I can't wash my hair because my

shoulders hurt). My feet are swollen and it hurts to walk and I have

a hard time curling my toes. Those days, it's just best to stay in

bed. My RA tends to effect my hands and feet the most, so when my

shoulders and hips hurt...it's a " bad " day.

>

> I read everyone talking about their flares and I was just wondering

> what a " flare " means to you all? I'm not trying to be pompass, I

just

> dont think I know what flare means or maybe I have been calling mine

> the wrong thing. Because my " flare " happened in 2006. I got sick,

got

> worse, then a little better on a certain anti-inflammaory. But if I

> dont take my anti-inflammatory I am just as crippled as I was at my

> worst. So is my " flare " still happening or does " flare " refer to the

> breakthru symptoms?

> PS. I have also been non-responsive to TNF therapy & steroids,

anybody

> else like this?

>

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A flare to me is when my chest is in so much pain I can barely breath. It is a

very sharp pain in my chest and then moves to my arms. All I can do is take my

pain med and lay down and pray. It is that dibilitating to me. They happen when

the weather changes or it is raining outside. I hope this helps you to explain a

little.

God Bless,

Chris

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[Guest guest]

> Hi.. a flare is to me when my body aches so bad i think if

someone touches me, all my bones will crack and turn to dust! Just

a terrible ache and a " body whine " feeling.. I have been recently

diagnosed as not having RA, but have arthritis.. what I am

discribing is my fibro pain.. take care, Gretchen

> A flare to me is when my chest is in so much pain I can barely

breath. It is a very sharp pain in my chest and then moves to my

arms. All I can do is take my pain med and lay down and pray. It is

that dibilitating to me. They happen when the weather changes or it

is raining outside. I hope this helps you to explain a little.

>

> God Bless,

>

> Chris

>

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[Guest guest]

I read in an article yesterday on about.com in the arthritis section certain

characteristics of a flare. It stated that some will only have a couple of

flares a year, some may have one flare, and be fine the rest of their lives.

Then there are some, probably like a lot of us, who have a flare and it never

goes away. When I say " I'm having a flare " I usually mean, the pain is so bad I

can't get out of bed, the swelling and heat and redness are elevated more than

normal.

<sugafreak21@...> wrote: I read everyone

talking about their flares and I was just wondering

what a " flare " means to you all? I'm not trying to be pompass, I just

dont think I know what flare means or maybe I have been calling mine

the wrong thing. Because my " flare " happened in 2006. I got sick, got

worse, then a little better on a certain anti-inflammaory. But if I

dont take my anti-inflammatory I am just as crippled as I was at my

worst. So is my " flare " still happening or does " flare " refer to the

breakthru symptoms?

PS. I have also been non-responsive to TNF therapy & steroids, anybody

else like this?

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