Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
About a month ago the bones at the base of my toes, escpecially my big toes, ached down deep in the bones. The pain was unbareable.
I haven't had that pain since then, but it feels like it's sneeking back up. Is that considered a flare up?
I have aches daily but not to that extreme. This is so confusing and if you don't have insurance and you don't have money then you can't see doctors that can actually help.
I haven't had that pain since then, but it feels like it's sneeking back up. Is that considered a flare up?
I have aches daily but not to that extreme. This is so confusing and if you don't have insurance and you don't have money then you can't see doctors that can actually help.
Apparently in RA, the little nodules that lodge in the joints are round like ball bearings. I saw them on an xray of my feet, and it looked like a tire shop gone awry. But gout is little crystals - sharp ones sticking into you from the inside. You might want to check with your rheumy. Mine went away on its own. I hope I never have that again.