new to group. Son sick

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Hello Everyone,

I am new to this group. Looking for information. My son was a very healthy 26

year old until 1 1/2 months ago. Started with severe knee pain and swelling and

stiffness in both knees. Went to urgent care and was told he has bursitis and to

take Ibuprofen and it should be better in a couple of weeks. It did not get

better so went to Orthopedic specialist because he then developed swollen toe

that looks like a sausage and painful, also developed rash and lost all of the

taste buds on his tongue and started developed muscle weekness in both legs. MRI

on knees said quadracept tendonitis both legs, Torn miniscus both knees, Bakers

cist in one knee. Toe MRI said inflammation and possible infection. Xrays were

negative for any bone abnormalities. Initial blood work WBC 11.1, RBC 4.3, RBC

sed rate 47, C reactive protein 5.8, Rheumatoid factor 24. lyme-negative,

ANA-negative. The Orthopedic doctor then referred him to a rheumatologist but

since he started developing other symptoms we got him into a general internist

because we thought it was an infection.

Now he is losing his toe nails and looks like he may start losing one of his

fingernails and has started to have eye involvement with scabbing around both

eyelids. Regular doctor did more blood tests and put him on an antibiotic to see

if an infection was causing all of his symptoms. Then said to come back in a

month if he wasn't better.

He is now in severe pain so on went to ER Friday night and doctors said they

think he has some type of arthritis and their guess is psoriatic arthritis since

it fits all of his symptoms. My son has an initial appointment with a

rheumatologist this week. We are hoping for answers. He can barely walk and is

only making it through the day because of strong pain meds and Ibuprofen for the

pain.

Has anyone else had or has seen an initial onset of symptoms like this without

having any previous history of being ill or of having psoriasis or arthritis? Is

this common to have such a sudden and severe onset of the disease?

I am just a very worried mom and trying to find out as much information as

possible in order to help my son.

Thank you