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Swelling Of Hands And Joints, Losing Strength In Hands. Arthritis?
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My hands swell all the time and the joints and the middle of my palm hurt. I am loosing strenght in my hands and fingures. I do have pains that shoot through my hand and all the way up my arm to my elbow and sometimes into my shoulder. Is this arthritis? Reason asking is that I just had surgery for carpoltunne and muscle takin out of my right arm that was pinching a nerve
My hands swell all the time and the joints and the middle of my palm hurt. I am loosing strenght in my hands and fingures. I do have pains that shoot through my hand and all the way up my arm to my elbow and sometimes into my shoulder. Is this arthritis? Reason asking is that I just had surgery for carpoltunne and muscle takin out of my right arm that was pinching a nerve
Mon, 29 Apr 2013
Hello.By the symptoms you refer would have to rule out rheumatic disease
To do this you should go Rheumatology specialist who will do an
exploration, request radiographs and blood autoantibody detection
If confirmed the diagnosis of rheumatic disease, the specialist
Rheumatology control his disease. Current treatments for rheumatic diseases constitute one of the great advances in medicine in the last 15 años.Go to specialist rheumatology and establish a diagnosis of your illness
I wish you good health
To do this you should go Rheumatology specialist who will do an
exploration, request radiographs and blood autoantibody detection
If confirmed the diagnosis of rheumatic disease, the specialist
Rheumatology control his disease. Current treatments for rheumatic diseases constitute one of the great advances in medicine in the last 15 años.Go to specialist rheumatology and establish a diagnosis of your illness
I wish you good health
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