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What Causes Severe Pain And Inflammation In The Joints?
Multiple Joint inflamations w/ severe pain. uric acid normal, ra biood work normal, negative for lymes. lasts 5+ days, joints vary on different flare-ups. cannot y get appy w/ rhumatologist for 3 months. do not want to wait that long to determine causes
Wed, 11 Jan 2017
Hi,
The autoimmune arthritis conditions would probably top the list as possible causes that need to be ruled out. This includes conditions such as:
(1) lupus
(2) rheumatoid arthritis
(3) sjogren disease
(4) adult onset stills disease
Other potential causes would be osteoarthritis or sickle cell trait. These are only some of the possible causes that may be considered. You would need additional blood tests along with imaging to determine if any of these are present.
I hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Michelle Gibson James
The autoimmune arthritis conditions would probably top the list as possible causes that need to be ruled out. This includes conditions such as:
(1) lupus
(2) rheumatoid arthritis
(3) sjogren disease
(4) adult onset stills disease
Other potential causes would be osteoarthritis or sickle cell trait. These are only some of the possible causes that may be considered. You would need additional blood tests along with imaging to determine if any of these are present.
I hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Michelle Gibson James
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