Please help. I went to the ER yesterday because the pain was too great, the vicodin was not touching it, and I had new symptoms, and I was scared. Hands were swollen like sausages and shinny. Face, cheeks red and hot. Sore in my nose x 2 mths, drains clear fluid. Morphine 4 cc worked for 30 mins. Blood work came back NEG. ANA will be back 3-5 days. So much sharp stabbing pain, and ESR neg...how? So confused and frustrated.
Asked by Carla blood work pain
Has anyone experienced worse joint pain after their Humira injection? After my last 2 injections I've felt worse next day and the week following. Since I only inject every two weeks this kinda sucks! I'm also in the position with an unsympathetic dr. (soon to remedied now that I new insurance). He thinks since my blood is fine, I'm fine. What do your drs. Do when your blood is normal but your joints are still aching horribly?
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Still waiting on seeing a new RA dr since the one I saw was of NO help and rude! Has anyone else experienced abnormal lab results with AS? My MPV was low, BUN high, GGT high, and ALT high. What is causing this? That RA dr told me all was good, but I got a copy of labs and found flags on all of those things! I know GGT is inflammation and that was very elevated, and ALT has to do with liver and inflammation and was very elevated as well. I am also starting to itch all over, but no rash..
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Can I still donate blood with AS? I don't see a problem, but was just curious if anyone else knew.
Asked by Laura Buxton blood work
Elevated liver enzymes? My BFF (Fibro, Spondy) has a rheumy who cranked up the MTX for a long time before finally switching to Simponi. They've tested her blood every six weeks and her liver enzymes are 4-5 times normal. (Not anywhere near as high as a case of Hepatitis though). She saw a gastro yesterday who told her 1) she's fat; 2) she might have a fatty liver; 3) could be IBD. He said the IDB could cause all the inflammatory issues?! I think he's nuts and it's prolly the MTX. Thoughts?
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Current drama... See below and any advice is appreciated! Thanks?
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So, my doc just started me on Enbrel and keeping me on sulfazine - and my blood work has some things showing up on it that he wants to follow - red and white blood count things....what should I be concerned about? Any heads ups would be helpful. Thanks.
Asked by Rachel Luterman enbrel blood work sulfasalazine
Can anyone tell me how accurate CRP and sed-rate blood tests reflect inflammation? I feel like I'm having one of the worst flares I've had, and those blood tests were both on the low end of normal limits... VERY distressing when you feel so terrible!
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I'm looking at my last blood test results. The HLS-B27 antigen is present. I also test positive for ANACHOICE (R) screen. Stage 1 DNA (DS) antibody is a 2, and the RNP antibody is 1.6 positive. Anybody?
Asked by Kathy Schaefer blood work
How many of you who are HLA-B27 positive are also either Rh-Negative in Blood Type OR have siblings, parents, etc. Who are Rh-Negative? Did you know they say only 8% or less of population has HLA-B27?
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