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What Causes Severe Pain In The Fingers After Renal Transplantation?
Hello I have a female friend who has had a kidney transplant about 5yrs ago she having issues of pain in the fingers she said it s not carpal tunnels but believes it maybe rheumatoid arthritis she seems really worried has seen a cardiovascular specialist is there anything you can suggest to her that may help with the pain
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
Hello,
* There can be numerous reasons for finger pain, which may be from the autoimmune complex-mediated issues with small joints of hands, chronic immune compression with post-transplant medications or else.
Primary relief with analgesic medications as paracetamol or else would be the best option as other NSAIDs will be contraindicated due to past renal transplant history.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
* There can be numerous reasons for finger pain, which may be from the autoimmune complex-mediated issues with small joints of hands, chronic immune compression with post-transplant medications or else.
Primary relief with analgesic medications as paracetamol or else would be the best option as other NSAIDs will be contraindicated due to past renal transplant history.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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