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ReA triggered from a spinal injection?

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kc119
kc119

I've had back pain most of my life from lifting weights, 4 bulging discs / 1 herniated disc. Recently I've pursued treatment beginning with a medial branch block injection. Post injection 2 weeks I had an onset of crazy pains through my fingers, wrists, feet/heels, and ankles, occasionally the knees and flashes of it through my elbows. Has anyone heard of such an event triggering an arthritis or just coincidental? I'm guessing my body found it traumatic? I've had 3 sets of bloodwork completed and was positive for the HLA-B27 gene, no pain markers were elevated for sed rate, r-factor, c-reative protein was low. Currently improving my diet which was already very clean.

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  • amy76521
    amy76521 kc119

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    I can see that an immune reaction might be triggered in such a case. Take a look at Septic Arthritis. Reactive Arthritis has a different cause: bacterial infections in the digestive or genitourinary tracts, and it has a unilateral rather than symmetrical pattern for affected joints. Best of luck to you in resolving your pain.

    • kc119
      kc119 amy76521

      Posted

      Briefly read the notes on Septic ReA, I really have no swelling or much redness and I'm creeping up on nearly 4 months of these pains, could an infection hang around that long? I sorta wish the rheumy would of tried antibiotics instead of just giving me another nsaid...

    • amy76521
      amy76521 kc119

      Posted

      joint capsules are poorly vascularized, so it wouldn't surprise me to hear of an infection dragging on like that.

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