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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Neck And Foot With Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease

i got put on 10 mg prednisone for a week and today is day 3 of upping it to 40mg myd neck , arm ,hands wrist ,fingers foot is swelled up and i cant even wear a shoe for 2 wks now .having flareups since before winter back and leg pain are unbarable along with hydrocodone 10/325 nothing helping yet , RA dr told me fri i had undirrerentiated connective tissue disease iwas told the prednisone would work in 12 hrs it hasnt done a thing for me
Fri, 18 Dec 2015
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In my opinion you should have complete arthritis and auto-immune tests done, arthritis profile must include Rh factor and Anti-ccp, ASO titre,ESR etc and anti-nuclear antibody tests, Immunoglobin tests, for which consult a new rheumatologist if possible in your area or discuss with present doctor also.if prednisolone is causing so much fluid retention, should be tapered gradually and stopped.Substitution can be with methotrexate and medrol (methyl prednisolone if your doctor agrees
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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Neck And Foot With Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease

hello In my opinion you should have complete arthritis and auto-immune tests done, arthritis profile must include Rh factor and Anti-ccp, ASO titre,ESR etc and anti-nuclear antibody tests, Immunoglobin tests, for which consult a new rheumatologist if possible in your area or discuss with present doctor also.if prednisolone is causing so much fluid retention, should be tapered gradually and stopped.Substitution can be with methotrexate and medrol (methyl prednisolone if your doctor agrees best wishes