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Knee and Elbow Pain

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Dubs
Dubs

Hey guys first post here (please excuse my grammar I'm on an iPhone and I feel like that entitles you not to use it) but I've had psoriasis now for going on 4years  and today I woke w very very aggressive pain in my knees my elbows and severely in the joint that runs under your bicep, ya I've had some spinal pain and I see that it's common but does this happen w psoriasis, I don't want to bother y'all if it's not my psoriasis but if I beg you will one of you tell me out to get the pain to stop should I just get Aleve or is their something better 

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  • CA-Lynn
    CA-Lynn Dubs

    Posted

    You need to see  board certified rheumatologist to determine if you have Psoriatic ARthritis. Run an A Factor test, an HLA-B27 antigen test, ESR, and CRP.

    You probably need real drugs, not over-the-counter stuff.

    I mention all this because if you have psoriatic arthritis, you then need DMARD drugs to prevent the destruction of joints. Aleve won't do it.

    • hope4cure
      hope4cure CA-Lynn

      Posted

      Hi,

      great info. Blood tests do show the IL-17 & IL-23 proteins in the bloods the 

      markers for psoriatic arthritis.

      thankx for sharing biggrin

  • MrsP1968
    MrsP1968 Dubs

    Posted

    Hi agree..see your rhuem specialist.  It started in my daughters to and they said ' getting arthirtis is rare it's nothing'.  Well it was arthtritis!  Good luck.
  • david60784
    david60784 Dubs

    Posted

    Hi

    Psoriasis  can be painful not just on the skin but on other joint.

    Get checked  out at your GP about other synptoms do not leave this to go on.

    It could be serious or not JUST do it.

    Dave

     

  • hope4cure
    hope4cure Dubs

    Posted

    Hi,  sorry to heat u r in so much pain.. I have the same issues..Tylenol & prescription of Tramadol together helps with the swelling and pain.. I also take Excredrin extra strength for energy and inflammation and pain. Only add the Tramadol when in a really bad flare. I found after years of trying side rent prescriptions NSAIDs and DEMARDS that made me sick and the OTC meds DONOT. 

    Also so I have stayed away from foods that cause swelling.. See antiinflam food online. 

    Bath soaks in Epsom salts and lavender essential oils help with inflammation, and a better nights sleep. Hot robs with message jets and message therapy and PT to strengthen muscles to support joints.

    It's a start something to try. Of course it is important to go to UR dr to verify PSA. 

    there r many other things that also fall into the same cat agony of UR symptoms.

    If aleve helps u that's ok too. Be aware of the side effects and warnings on all drugs u take and follow directions .

    i would start with a good rhumy...

    CHEERS

    HOPE confused

    • CA-Lynn
      CA-Lynn hope4cure

      Posted

      I want to make sure the message is getting across.

      Psoriatic Arthritis [assuming that's what it is] is an autoimmune disease that requires DMARDS to prevent the progression of the disease. Tylenol and Tramadol will NOT resolve this. The progression/destruction is irreversible.

      Some people do have side effects from these drugs. But would you rather spend life in a wheelchair?

    • hope4cure
      hope4cure CA-Lynn

      Posted

      I am very familiar with what u r saying.. I was stating that these other meds u say will resolve PSA which it did not in my case at all....I never said anything about resolving PSA. I can't take other meds that's what I stated is what works for me...as far as the meds I take today.

      I have two hips replaced from osteo. I took bio drugs for my PSA and my hands still curled up . Some side effects r rare blood cancers cancers . 

      i have screws in my shoulders . All my joints r effected.. And I have been in a wheel chair and I may some day be there but not today. My life is not what u say it could be I am free of pain from PSA with the meds I take.

      Anyone who takeS bio drugs or DEMARDS can still end up in a wheel chair. It doesn't quarantine anything for supressing the immune system.its not a answer for everyone and many who have PSA . My aunt is 96 has PSA and walks with a cane.. Everyone is different in the progression of this disease. Even someone who has a choice in treatment can have a full life. 

      i have lived with autoimmune disease my whole life.. 

      so I hope UR message got accross because I know mine did..

    • CA-Lynn
      CA-Lynn hope4cure

      Posted

       I am sorry you're in that situation and have required so much surgery, though I have to wonder if your surgeries are the result of osteoarthritis and not PsA.

      If you  took the time to go on other forums to hear what others with RA and PsA have to say, you will find that the inifinite majority are indeed helped  by the types of drugs I mentioned.

      Too, you will note that my post addressed PsA, NOT OA.

      Very likely that your curled fingers are the result of OA and not PsA. [Each disease affects different joints and typically PsA does not cause curling of fingers]

      You may be the exception to the rule when it comes to DMARDS and biologics, which do NOT work on OA [I never said they did, did I?].

      Most people in their 90's have some form of arthritis. So it wouldn't be unusal for a person that age to need the use of a cane,

      Again, I'm sorry the drugs didn't work for you [or possibly treatment was begun too far into the disease, or perhaps it was misdiagnoed], But my takeaway point is that DMARDS and biologics chemically DO halt the progression of the disease in the vast majority of cases.

      I hope that people won't rely on over the counter meds and assume this is the only medical help available.

    • hope4cure
      hope4cure CA-Lynn

      Posted

      R u suggesting that I have my arthritis  mixed up. My  hands PSA fingers and toes ..my hips osteo. So what's UR point? I have said that the pain treatment is my experience.

      u know u have become very annoying suggesting that I have not read xyz..

      I think UR entitled to UR opinion and I have mine thru my experiences. Do make assumptions.

      Just like others who have had or not had success om DEMARDS . THEY stop working after time as other bios. If u took the time to read on many other Health  forums and clinical studies they cause more issues in some cases and then they stop working. That's a fact in many cases and in mine. 

      I never for one minute was suggesting any other type of treatment till u assumed I did. Go figure..

      i have eave my cane all blinged out for days when I need it. And I am proud to use my cane and if I do end up in a wheel chair I will be proud to have it as part of my mobility because I know I did what I beleived in thru may personal experiences with PSA . OA AND RA.

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