swollen hands

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

had his regular check up today at the cf clinic. Everything

" cf " related is fine. However, this morning we noticed that his

fingers on both hands were swollen. He has not had any new foods or

meds. We showed it to the doctors at the clinic. They agreed that they

were swollen, by this time, it had gone into his hands. So they put one

of those bags on him down below to get a urine sample. Four hours

later, he pees! They checked it for protein and it came back with a

small trace of it. They are sending the sample to the lab and will call

tomorrow.

Any ideas as to what this is?

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Is he on steroids? I noticed when I was taking betamethazone for preterm labor

my fingers would swell.I also found it made my arthritis worse it made my hands

lose strength,I couldn't even open a jar of baby food.It could have been caused

by the gestational diabetes also.BeckyB.

[Guest guest]

He is on pulmicort. He has been on it for over a year now. Do you think

this could be the cause? The doctor is supposed to be calling us some

time today with results from the urine sample. His hands look a little

better this am. I will keep you posted when we know more. Thanks so

much to everyone for their support.

Cheryl, mom to 3 boys, Zac 8 yrs. wocf, Jake 3 yrs. wocf, Matty 2 yrs.

wcf

Re: swollen hands

Is he on steroids? I noticed when I was taking betamethazone for preterm

labor my fingers would swell.I also found it made my arthritis worse it

made my hands lose strength,I couldn't even open a jar of baby food.It

could have been caused by the gestational diabetes also.BeckyB.

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