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Suggest Treatment For Fibromyalgia And Rheumatoid Arthritis
My name is Denise. I'm 21 . Female. 4"11 120lbs . I have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis I also may have lupus they are testing me . My eye doctor thinks I have glaucoma. I have been having bruise like pain on my thighs it hurts to touch me. Why do ii have this bruise like pain?
Fri, 9 Jan 2015
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I have gone through your query. Bruise like pain in thighs can be due to fibromyalgia. It is usually managed with antidepressants like amitryptilline or SSRI group drugs. ANA profile should be done to rule out lupus. A proper ophthalmological examination followed by tests like HFA if needed should be done to rule out glaucoma. If it is that it can be corrected by drug therapy. DMARD group drugs or corticosteroids might be needed in therapy to attain a remission stage. A regular follow up with a rheumatologist is necessary and maintanance dosage of drugs should be taken for long term to keep yourself in remission.Monoclonal antibodies like rituximab and infliximab is helpful but is expensive. Hope this may help you.
Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
Thank you for asking HCM
I have gone through your query. Bruise like pain in thighs can be due to fibromyalgia. It is usually managed with antidepressants like amitryptilline or SSRI group drugs. ANA profile should be done to rule out lupus. A proper ophthalmological examination followed by tests like HFA if needed should be done to rule out glaucoma. If it is that it can be corrected by drug therapy. DMARD group drugs or corticosteroids might be needed in therapy to attain a remission stage. A regular follow up with a rheumatologist is necessary and maintanance dosage of drugs should be taken for long term to keep yourself in remission.Monoclonal antibodies like rituximab and infliximab is helpful but is expensive. Hope this may help you.
Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
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I really appreciate your concern, you really have multiple pathologies among them certain are functionally related and that would be more trouble some to you, the pain that you have could be functional in origin and this is nothing to worry this would be fine with the medicines you might be having, try to control your thought, keep the stress low, keep your moral high, hope this information helps, take care, have a nice day.
Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, you really have multiple pathologies among them certain are functionally related and that would be more trouble some to you, the pain that you have could be functional in origin and this is nothing to worry this would be fine with the medicines you might be having, try to control your thought, keep the stress low, keep your moral high, hope this information helps, take care, have a nice day.
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