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Muscle And Joint Pain, Tiredness, Blood In Urine, High WBC Count. Done Colonoscopy. Have Hives. What Could It Be?

my 39 yr old sister has been sick for over a year now. she has terrible muscle and joint pain, tiredness, blood in her urine and a white blood cell count of 0000. she has been to many doctors and had a ton of tests done. they said the next stop is the mayo clinic. this all started right after she had a coloniscopy done. she all of the sudden broke out with huge hives all over her,in her hair and mouth too. any ideas what it could be? she has already been tested for lupas, hiv n everything.
Sat, 7 Sep 2013
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Hi and thanks for the query,
It would have been interesting to know exactly the results of the colonoscopy. Muscle pain and fatigue under these circumstances, especially if accompanied by some abdominal or gastroinetstinal symptoms could be a possible manifestation of Crohn s disease or ulcerative colitis. Muscle pain, joint pain and fatigue are commonly observed non gastrointestinal or abdominal manifestations. A complete work to rule out rheumatologic disease should be investigated once again. Its true that lupus is ruled out, but other systemic disease like vasculitis, mixed connective tissue disease and other diseases related to the Human Leucocyte Antigen 27, HLA27 generally do present as too.
A clinical review again by an internist and probably a rheumatologist could give a more holistic view of future management and diagnosis directions.
I pray you not to get discouraged as of now, for there is still much that can to be done to get the actual diagnosis and \manage appropriately. Thanks and kind regards.

Bain LE, MD.
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Muscle And Joint Pain, Tiredness, Blood In Urine, High WBC Count. Done Colonoscopy. Have Hives. What Could It Be?

Hi and thanks for the query, It would have been interesting to know exactly the results of the colonoscopy. Muscle pain and fatigue under these circumstances, especially if accompanied by some abdominal or gastroinetstinal symptoms could be a possible manifestation of Crohn s disease or ulcerative colitis. Muscle pain, joint pain and fatigue are commonly observed non gastrointestinal or abdominal manifestations. A complete work to rule out rheumatologic disease should be investigated once again. Its true that lupus is ruled out, but other systemic disease like vasculitis, mixed connective tissue disease and other diseases related to the Human Leucocyte Antigen 27, HLA27 generally do present as too. A clinical review again by an internist and probably a rheumatologist could give a more holistic view of future management and diagnosis directions. I pray you not to get discouraged as of now, for there is still much that can to be done to get the actual diagnosis and \manage appropriately. Thanks and kind regards. Bain LE, MD.