Comments on: Help!! Excruciating pain!! Please help me?

By: singlegal

singlegal — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:09:21 +0000

Hmmmmm….. I am going through the same sort of thing w/ my right knee….but only for the past 10 days…. Mine IS starting to get better. I ended up in the ER where they took XRAYS and gave me pain meds….. didn’t do much. I saw an ortho surgeon who sort of "pooh poohed" the entire idea and I didn’t get any better. SO…. I called my primary care and sort of insisted that something else must be wrong. He saw me and diagnosed arthritis…. I thought arthritis ONLY bothered bones/joints. He said it can cause inflammation in any part of the body. He has prescribed an anti-inflamatory I have never heard of and it does seem to be working…..slowly. Don’t give up. If you have a primary care doctor make and appt. Ask for a list of things that might cause the symptoms….other than the obvious and the ones you’ve already had misdiagnosed. Ask him for the names of doctors who are excellent w/ the various problems you might be having. Think it through and then go see the one you feel might best be able to help you. Do not give up. There most certainly is a reason for your problem. I will pray that you are able to discover the root cause of your problem in a short period of time. Hang in there.

By: perkyjinju

perkyjinju — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:09:21 +0000

If the joint is red and swollen and you feel generally unwell, ask your doctor to aspirate the joint and check for an infection. I doubt it is a really serious infection because you’d probably be a lot sicker, but it might be an infected insect bite/scratch or some form of bacteria that has got inside either the joint itself or the lubricating sac that overlies the joint (bursa) to cause the swelling and pain. If it’s gone untreated this long it might have gone a bit septic and turned to pus, in which case you really need some antibiotics.

By: spicey

spicey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:09:21 +0000

Could it be some type of arthritis? I think you should find another doctor. Did you have strep throat 3 months or more ago? Any fever? Rheumatic fever (caused by same bacteria that cause strep) can have this kind of consequence if it was untreated.

By: indiarulz

indiarulz — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:09:21 +0000

maybe put up a pic of the elbow?? its hard to diagnose without looking