Question: I have had chronic morning and irregular day time aching joints and muscles. I wake up and feel exhausted and nausiated. i have had 5 high inflamatory tests over the last 3 years so doc thought perhaps rhumatoid arthitus, my RF was fine and the last inflamatory test came back as normal.
I am eating extremely healthy to try and see if this helps, i have been on a diet of very low sugar and high in complex carbs and protein. No refined or white products.

i take 7.5mg of anti inflam meds of a morning (dont know if this would of effected my test).

My feet feel like i am walking on broken bones in the morning and at time i have such little strength in my hands i cant do simple tasks like clean a toilet or brush my teeth. I am really at a loss. My doctor puts it down to the bodys way of dealing with chronic stress, i have had a pretty stressful few years but in saying that it is not all bad i am not depressed and in general life is good.

Do you have any suggestions. i kind of feel like i am bothering my doctor as all his test are coming up with nothing

my RF was done a couple of times and said it was negative, I have had a CRP and an x XXXXXXX of my back. The xray showed some damage to my hips from inflammation but nothing that looked like it was RA.

My uncle has haemochromitos does this sound a possibility to you. I do have a very low sex drive, which i thought was "just me" and i am very weak in my hands.

My doctor is quite confident i don't have arthritis from the tests that he has done, i take 7.5 mg of meloxican which is an anti inflammatory each day.

I dont think any of the other tests you mention have been done, i did send a list of the ones that had been done in my original email. I don't have the exact results only to say my GP says they are all with in normal range. BUt my CRP (which i think is inflammatory stuff) had been high for the last 4 tests that had been done)... coincidentally perhaps to the illness i had at the time ie:mis carriage or surgery... so it makes it hard to decide if it was because of my joint pain.

thanks

My last lab results were all classed as normal ranges... i will write their codes but i dont know if they are the same for you.

Clinical Chemistry-CHOL TRIG NA K CL HC03 C U
GLUC CRP
microbiology-UMCS
Immunology-CCP


My wrists and joints to the knuckles are worse especially on my thumb, my feet bones, hips and across my shoulder blades.

My uncle explained that he had a 1/2 mutant Gene for Haemochromotosus, i pressume he was more than a carrier as he required bleeding. His first symptoms were chronic fatigue and aching... i think it could a long shot but my first symptoms started about 5 years ago approx a year after i had a miraina IUD put in, since then i have had 2 children but only about 4 periods. If it was Haemochromotosis could that be why i am showing symptoms earlier than usual.

I might ask my GP for a referal... DO you think stress can cause these symptoms, he is a very good doctors and knows me well but i feel the symptoms are a little more than that. I have had highly stressful periods but in generagl i not a stressed person.