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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Shingles
Shingles represents the reactivation of a previous viral infection with Herpes Zoster, the cause of Chicken Pox. Many adults have had infection with chicken pox as a child. Risk factors including ......
Hepatitis C and RA
HI Donna, Great questions and complicated. Yes, the positive rheumatoid factor could be from hepatitis C but usually it is positive with hep C when you have arthritis and something called ......
High ANA and miscarriage
HI Andrea, Someone with a very high titer ANA and a miscarriage should be evaluated by a rheumatologist. Even though there may not be enough symptoms to reach a dianosis of ......
Viral Arthritis
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Shingles
The technical term for what you have is "post-herpetic neuralgia" which is the pain that occurs even well after the skin lesions of shingles have healed. You should discuss therapies with ......
Human Parvovirus B-19 in Adult
Parvovirus B19 is a virus common in school age children particularly at this time of year. In children, it is often called Fifth's Disease or erythema infectiosum. It presents as a ......
Acne and arthritis
There is a form of inflammatory arthritis that is associated with acne, ususally severe acne. Joints and tendon attachments can be inflammed. Interestingly, the periosteum or the surface of the bones ......
flu like symptoms
If your symptoms have persisted for over a month, I would seek a rheumatology referral. Given the wait list that most rheumatologists have, I would make the appointment now....
flu like symptoms
>If your symptoms have persisted for over a month, I would seek a rheumatology referral. Given the wait list that most rheumatologists have, I would make the appointment now....
diagnosis?
I agree that your symptoms sound like a systemic inflammatory rheumatic illness. The possibilities are broad and include RA and vasculitis. Less likley are SLE, myositis and spondyloarthropathy. Although anything can ......
Arthritis,anemia,and hepc
It is difficult to figure out without seeing you, but in general joint pain is common in hep C but joint swelling or restiction of range of motion (the findings of ......
Remicade and Uveitis
There are multiple case reports of TNF inhibitors such as Remicade, Enbrel of Humira being used successfully in uveitis....
A Form of Myalgia
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory condition in women and men over the age of 50. It is more common in women and the incidence increases with age. It is ......
AST
CBC stands for "complete blood count". AST is a completely separate test. AST and ALT are liver enzymes that are elevated when there is damage to the liver such as liver ......
Removal of Spleen
I'm not sure this is a question for an Arthritis website. There are many causes of low platelet counts, but splenectomy is performed in patients with immune mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP) who ......
Link Between MMR Vaccine and RA
The arthritis that can occur after vaccinations is usually transitory-- meaning it goes away, generally after 6 weeks and at most 12. Thus even though your arthritis is being classified as ......
Knee pain and Levaquin
Levaquin and the other quinolone antibiotics such as Cipro can cause a tendinitis and other soft tissue problems but do not cause a true arthritis. Thus your complaints of knee swelling ......
Constipation related to arthritis
I am not aware of any connection between constipation and arthritis....
Arthritis and Hepatitis C
I agree that it is often difficult to distinguish RA from the joint pains associated with hep C. Many hep C patients have a positive rheumatoid factor (RF) test making diagnosis ......
Re: rheumatoid factor
Rashes while they can occur, are not a common feature of rheumatoid arthritis. RF an occur in other diseases in which rashes are more common such as acute viral illness and ......
Arthritis effcting the eye
The Arthritis Foundation provides an excellent response to this very question on their website....
Internal Medicine
The nature of your question suggests that you are not in the United States. For the U.S. readers, in other countries internal medicine physicians are consultants and not primary care physicians ......
Crohn's Disease & arthritis
An inflammatory arthritis can occur in association with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's or UC). It usually affects a large lower extremity joint and often occurs when the bowel disease is flaring. ......
Avonex induced RA or lupus
Quite honestly, I don't know the answer to your question. I agree that autoimmune problems have been associated with interferon beta, and if multiple serologies (lab tests) have become positive in ......
periorbital pain, dizziness, and headache associated with polyarthritis
The constellation of symptoms you describe are unusual, and thus its hard to propose a diagnosis. In general, considerations should include inflammatory eye lesions (uveitis, scleritis) and unusual types of vasculitis ......
Having Hepatitis C and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Treatment decisions are complex for patients with RA who are Hep C positive. Since many patients with Hep C have joint pain or have joint pain associated with therapy for Hep ......
RA and MS
Both rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus (SLE) have been reported as occuring together with multiple sclerosis. Although intriguing, it is not known how or why this occurs....
Post strep arthritis-duration?
Generally, by 6 weeks, the post strep symptoms should resolve. While unusual, it is possible that you have reccurent strep infections and recurrent post strep symptoms. Taking antibiotics on a regular ......
Is it vitiligo?
I can't comment without seeing them. You are right about the association with autoimmune disease. I'd see a derm first....
poststreptococcal reactive arthritis
Post streptococcal arthritis generally occurs about 2 weeks after a strep infection and resolves by 6 to 12 weeks. The question about your history is whether you truly had a second ......
Hereditary Hemachromatosis
Hereditary hemachromatosis is a genetic disorder that results in the increased absorption of iron from the intestine which results in iron overload in the body. About 3-5 per 1000 people of ......
Re: polymyalgia rheumatica
Celiac Disease and polymyalgia rheuamatica are not associated. If your aunt truly has polymyalgia rheumatica, then a gluten free diet will be of no benefit. However, many patients with celiac disease ......
Salmonella Poisoning & RA
You may have a form of arthritis called "Reactive Arthritis" which is the updated name for "Reiter's Disease". Reactive arthritis occurs usually 2-3 weeks after a gastrointestinal or genitourinary infection, many ......
