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Suggest Treatment For Bloating, Fatigue, Joint Pain And Body Aches
For several years now, close to 10, I have been struck with severe fatigue, joint pain, and body aches. The body aches feel more like my whole body has been beaten black and blue but I am not bruised. I do bruise easily though. I had my allergies tested and eliminated those foods and do feel better, less bloated but the fatigue and joint pain is horrible. Nothing comes up in my blood work though. Any ideas where to go next?
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
Hi,
Noted your history of long suffering for the last 10 years with joint pains, fatigue that has not responded to anything, food changes helped with bloating but partially, all blood tests within normal ranges,
Bodyache continues.
The possible causes I can think about are as follows:
Some diseases like autoimmune disease that has affected muscles and joints as the history is for the last 10 years.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Fibromyalgia.
This can be properly diagnosed by the following ways:
Consult your Doctor for clinical evaluation, examination so that an appropriate clinical diagnosis be done supported by relevant investigations.
This will decide the further course of management.
If there is fibromyalgia then control of stress and anxiety is needed. The causes and management are different in fibromyalgia.
If there is any autoimmune disease then an opinion of a Rheumatologist may be needed as there is a specific treatment available now a days.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
Noted your history of long suffering for the last 10 years with joint pains, fatigue that has not responded to anything, food changes helped with bloating but partially, all blood tests within normal ranges,
Bodyache continues.
The possible causes I can think about are as follows:
Some diseases like autoimmune disease that has affected muscles and joints as the history is for the last 10 years.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Fibromyalgia.
This can be properly diagnosed by the following ways:
Consult your Doctor for clinical evaluation, examination so that an appropriate clinical diagnosis be done supported by relevant investigations.
This will decide the further course of management.
If there is fibromyalgia then control of stress and anxiety is needed. The causes and management are different in fibromyalgia.
If there is any autoimmune disease then an opinion of a Rheumatologist may be needed as there is a specific treatment available now a days.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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