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She Is Having Pain Both Palm For More Than A

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Posted on Sun, 1 Dec 2019
Question: She is having pain both palm for more than a year and followed up with doctors and taken medicine. Recently the pain was increased and it extended on both legs as well and consulted with doctor. Attached the reports.



Kindly clarify

1. What is the issue?

2. Reports are showing negative. Is it is rheumatoid arthritis ?

3. What is the recommended solution?

4. Is it curable?

5. Do we need to take steroid? Is there any alternative?

6. How long will it take to cure completely?

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Answered by Dr. Divya Agarwal (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
as below

Detailed Answer:
hi
this is inflammatory arthritis involving wrists and other joints.
the tests for RA are negative, however in certain situations tests may be negative,but we still treat as inflammatory arthritis. its better to take steroids in the beginning to take care of the inflammation, it may get cured however initially the drugs may have to be taken for some time.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana
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Follow up: Dr. Divya Agarwal (23 hours later)
For inflammatory arthritis, wWhen I google it, it show "The three most common forms of inflammatory arthritis are:

rheumatoid arthritis
ankylosing spondylitis
psoriatic arthritis "

1. Based on test reports, Is she suffering from all the above?
2. Is this hereditary diseases?
3. Will this come to her kids aswell? If so, what are the precautions?
4. Please let me know your prescription & how long she should take.
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Answered by Dr. Divya Agarwal (7 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
As below

Detailed Answer:
hi
she suffers from seronegative RA.
this is not a hereditary disease however sometimes multiple members of a family may be affected.
there are no particular precautions, except lead a healthy lifestyle, maintain body weight, exercise, don't smoke.
treatment involves certain anti rheumatic drugs like methotrexate, Will have to be taken under supervision of local rheumatologist.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Divya Agarwal

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She Is Having Pain Both Palm For More Than A

Brief Answer: as below Detailed Answer: hi this is inflammatory arthritis involving wrists and other joints. the tests for RA are negative, however in certain situations tests may be negative,but we still treat as inflammatory arthritis. its better to take steroids in the beginning to take care of the inflammation, it may get cured however initially the drugs may have to be taken for some time.