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What Causes Knees, Ankles And Wrist Joint Pain?
My husband has been having joint pain. Knees, ankles, wrists, shoulders, accompanied with swelling. He is currently seeing a doctor, who has been prescribing Prednisone for more than a year. As soon as he quits taking the Prednisone, his symptoms flare up again. When he was 16 he was diagnosed with Reiter s Syndrome. This doctor tells him his shoulder pain is not associated with any kind of arthritis, but is a rotator cuff issue. I do not think that is the issue. I am wondering if Glucosamine would alleviate some of the pain.
Thu, 27 Aug 2015
Hi,
Thanks for your query.
Repeated joint pains can be due to multiple causes at this age the commonest being poly arthralgia. Other causes can be rheumatoid arthritis, gout, inflammatory diseases like SLE, bursitis, fibromyalgia, etc. For proper diagnosis, some of the blood tests are advisable like-
1. Serum calcium levels.
2. Serum Uric acid levels.
3. RA factor
4. ESR and CRP
5. Serum Creatinine
6. X-ray of affected joints.
You need a thorough clinical examination followed by investigations under the guidance of an orthopedician.
Till then for symptomatic relief, you can take over the counter analgesics, do hot fomentation and apply local analgesic gel on the affected areas.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Thanks for your query.
Repeated joint pains can be due to multiple causes at this age the commonest being poly arthralgia. Other causes can be rheumatoid arthritis, gout, inflammatory diseases like SLE, bursitis, fibromyalgia, etc. For proper diagnosis, some of the blood tests are advisable like-
1. Serum calcium levels.
2. Serum Uric acid levels.
3. RA factor
4. ESR and CRP
5. Serum Creatinine
6. X-ray of affected joints.
You need a thorough clinical examination followed by investigations under the guidance of an orthopedician.
Till then for symptomatic relief, you can take over the counter analgesics, do hot fomentation and apply local analgesic gel on the affected areas.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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