Re: Re: sore teeth

[Guest guest]

Deb: you haven't mentioned your daughter's age (maybe in an earlier post and I

missed it) but you should have a dentist check out the teeth grinding and

perhaps an internist/pediatrician should look for some underlying cause of her

requiring so much sleep, if you haven't already. If you trust her rheumy and

there are no actual signs of PA, yet, it could be something totally unrelated.

Maybe she's anemic. Maybe she's not sleeping " well " (even though she seems to

be sleeping for a long time) because - for whatever reason - she's uncomfortable

or in some kind of low-level of pain she's not even aware of. Or maybe there's

something bothering her that you're unaware of, though that seems unlikely

since this has been going on for so long. Maybe a sleep study needs to be done

- if they do them with kids - to see just what's happening to her during her

sleep. Just some ideas for you to think about because if she seems to be

putting in lots of hours

sleeping and still cannot get up in time for school, that just doesn't sound

quite right.

Joanna Hoelscher

[Guest guest]

I agree with you . She probably is tired and fatique is a symptom ofthe illness.

cathy fromma

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the confusion between the two of you ( & Deb). , I don't

know a thing about PA in children other than what I've read from others here.

Swelling was - I know - a big problem for me at the time I was diagnosed but

measures of inflammation like sed rates and CRP seem to be the more telling

" test " for adults. Good luck to you in figuring it all out!

Joanna Hoelscher