Brief Answer:
Cause: Age-related
menopause or medication
Detailed Answer:
Hello ma'am and welcome.
Thank you for writing to us.
I have gone through your query and would like to comment on your presentation which could have two possible causes to it:
1. Based on your age, the normal symptoms of pre-menopause or menopause should have already shown if I am not mistaken. Well you should know that menopause has a rather significant effect on the
skeletal system, causing various conditions like
osteoporosis, arthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis, etc; especially in menopausal or post-menopausal women. For this reason, it would be my sincere advise to get your serum calcium and vitamin D levels checked, to rule out/diagnose this to be the cause for your presentation
2. As for the
Humira you are using, back and joint pain has been documented in 6 % of patients using the medication. So this could also be the cause for your presentation, but I feel it is best to rule out the first listed cause, before considering the medication to the cause as I feel 6% is still a minority
I hope you found my response both helpful and informative ma'am. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.
Best wishes.
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