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Swelling that never gone

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terenciaagatha
terenciaagatha

Hi I'm Agatha 20 years old, and I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis for about 1 year ago. Right now the pain is no longer present (maybe because I takes Sulfasalazine 200 mg and Etoricoxib 45 mg everyday since 6 months ago). But I don't have any idea why the swelling on my both ankles are always there eventhough the pain has gone?

Fyi : I was diagnosed with mild psoriatic arthiris and the psoriatic type of the skin doesn't show on me. The clinical manifestation are only redness, swelling, pain, stiffness on both of my ankles, pain on my vertebrae (T12-L1), and sausage digit on my right 4th toe

Anyone can help (how to reduce the swelling)?

Thank you

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  • marshalll527691
    marshalll527691 terenciaagatha

    Posted

    Hi Agatha a couple things to have your doctor look at one if the medicine is helping you may not realize there is pain and bone spurs in there because the pain is so reduced to what you where dealing with before with the medicine. The other which I have in one leg is lymphedema, this can come on from to much sitting, salt intake and some other reasons and can be very dangerous if not treated, the best things they told me were more excercize, more water and less salt, soda has tones of sodium so cut back if you drink it. these helped me good luck

    Marshall

  • lucynewas
    lucynewas terenciaagatha

    Posted

    Hi Agatha

    The ankle swelling is probably due to gravity.  You could try decompression or flight socks to improve venous return?

    L

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