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Tingling in fingers?

darwin73
darwin73

Another question. On MTX 7 months and Humira 3 months. Just noticed a tingling in my fingers on righ hand - thumb and first three fingers. It's almost as if my hand was "asleep" and is now coming back to life but constant dull tingling still occurring. I can use my hand without problems. This is new for me so I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this before. Thank you. 

nanner
nanner
I experienced this, it would be worse at night causing me a great deal of pain. And would cause me to loose sleep at night.
I spoke to my Rheumatologist about, we increased my Methotrexate dose and it subsided.
doodlebug25
doodlebug25
Definitely speak with your rheumatologist. RA can cause inflammation that can directly affect the nerves, or cause inflammation of the blood vessels. There are many other reasons to have numbness or tingling, and just because you are not having pain, that should not hold you back from bringing it to your rheum's attention. He/she may send you to a neurologist for special testing too.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Jonsparky
Jonsparky
Having this a lot lately too. I have been diagnosed with polyneuropathy, erythromyalgia, and small fiber Neuropathy, but I think this is linked more to the inflammation. Sorry nothing has helped with it. One thing you can try is not sleeping with bent arms, you can wrap towels around your elbows, or they have supports that will keep them straight, the bent elbows sometimes causes the nerves to be pinched.
nonightshades2
nonightshades2
Most definitely speak to your RA about it. That's what mine did......then began big nodules, some hard but the biggest soft, .....then came deforming damage at the knuckles. Yes, do stay on top of it.
rackerby
rackerby
I've been on MTX for over 2 years, first with Enbrel and now Orencia which I've now been taking for over a year successfully. The Enbrel started working but when I developed some numbness in my back, it was discontinued quickly since nerve damage can be a side effect. I called it numbness but it could be called "tingling" I suppose. Humira is similar to Enbrel so it may be something similar. Maybe.

But the truth is I often have some tingling and maybe a little "hot" feeling in my fingers and toes even now. I strongly suspect that MTX and any biologic that is "working" isn't a 100% alleviation of ALL RA symptoms. The tingling may be just very low level RA symptoms that, without the drugs, would be serious pain. I can live with a little tingling. It just reminds me that despite the suppression of serious symptoms by the drugs, I still have RA.

By all means, mention the symptoms to your Rheumatologist. But maybe, you are experiencing successful treatment, but just feeling the little bit that the drugs can't fully suppress.
keatonsmm
keatonsmm
Mine told me it was carpel tunnel. It comes & goes but is more annoying than anything for me.