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Hair loss and foot/feet jumping, RA?

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aburdette211
aburdette211

Do you really lose hair when your on the RA medicine?

My feet jump, left one not so much, my right one does everyday, it's annoying ! Is this associated?

Thanks

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  • slm222
    slm222 aburdette211

    Posted

    I do get twitchy feet now and again but it's not constant. The hair loss is definitely real though. I'm on Leflunomide and my hair is EVERYWHERE. I used to be on Methotrexate and it came out even worse on that. I take 1mg of folic acid but it doesn't seem to help much.
    • aburdette211
      aburdette211 slm222

      Posted

      Dang that sucks, I had gastric bypass 10 years ago and lost alot of my hair. It's silky and all the way 2 my waist. It still falls out alot but looks healthy. I take folic acid as well, I didn't know it helped with hair loss.

      My foot just jumps one time every 5 to 20 minutes. Weird

  • Kathryn1111
    Kathryn1111 aburdette211

    Posted

    I think the hair loss may be sure to being low in iron? I advise anyone who has hair loss as a woman to get your iron levels checked. I had bad hair loss last year and this was the reason, so I now take 200mg of ferrous sulphate everyday and it's grown back! 😃 it's worth checking out?

    kat x

    • slm222
      slm222 Kathryn1111

      Posted

      Thanks kathryn111 Actually, one of the side effects of these DMARD medications is hair loss due to the fact that they are low dose chemotherapy. But looking into iron levels isn't a bad idea. smile
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    Light aburdette211

    Posted

    Don't know about the jumping feet, but Methotrexate did cause my hair to fall more than usual. Nothing too drastic though, and as I reduced my dose the hair came back to some degree.
  • aburdette211
    aburdette211

    Posted

    Thanks all for your replies, I have already had hairless for so many years and I had low iron before gastric bypass annnndddd lol I already take that kind of iron supplement but not as much so I am upping to 200 mg. Thanks kathryn.

    And the foot and feet jumping is my nerves, I haven't gotten results from the test yet so I guess they are damaged, they been damaged in my arms and hands, sometimes I just tell my husband he aught go on and take me out back n shoot me. Sorry everyone hope you can deal with my sense of humor. Helps me deal with reality.

  • gail32047
    gail32047 aburdette211

    Posted

    You might have restless leg syndrome, not unusual for RA patients. I get it at night sometimes and generally have great difficulty sitting still for any length of time - as in 2 minutes!!

    I find a couple of good old panadol tablets settles it down if its stopping me from sleeping.

    • aburdette211
      aburdette211 gail32047

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply, I have serious RLS since I was 22, it went away for a while with potassium and magnesium but came back when I had to get veins burned out of my legs, and this issue is just one foot mostly, all day long it will just make one hard twitch to the left. Maybe a nerve???
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