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Posted 7/11/2013 8:49 PM (GMT 0)
Tests all normal except slightly elevated ra factor. Now what? I'm still having a lot of pain swelling in my joints and particullarly in my back and hands. What else could it be? I'm so lost now, back to square one. Really depressed
Posted 7/11/2013 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
No no keep pressing and if your seeing an RA doctor then maybe talk about hand x-rays or hand mri's..
No everyone has RA results with bloodwork testing, maybe roughly 75 to 80% might have bloodwork positive for RA but for me it took a hand MRI to reviels the damage done to 3 joints in my right hand, so I say keep pushing towards a better DX...
Many well wishes...
Posted 7/11/2013 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
I had an X-ray of my hands, normal. I'll suggest that next. Thanks. Any ideas are welcome. I'm to young to be in so much unexplained pain and fatigue.
Posted 7/12/2013 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
Hang in there Marrie216. God Bless
Posted 7/12/2013 4:48 AM (GMT 0)
Did he check you for lupus?

It maybe fibromyalgia....
Posted 7/12/2013 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
Fibromyalgia is the only thing I can think of that I haven't been checked for, but isn't that just a diagnosis when all else fails? I don't know what to do, I have a strenuous job, maybe that's it, but why then all of the sudden would everything hurt. I don't get it. I wish I could find another job too, might improve a lot of things
Posted 7/12/2013 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
Again, no, fibromyalgia is a very real condition, not just something they give people when they do not know what else, so it could be that, but It could still be RA...(Not wishing anything on you, far from it)...but a hand or foot mri could be the next step for you and Osteoarthrits can cause some pain and some swelling might be that, so keep pushing for a diagnosis, and many well wishes...keep us posted on how your next appointment goes, will be thinking of you...the doctor's do have some clues as to how to check for fibro...
Posted 7/16/2013 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
Fibro is a real disease but they are still working on a way to test for it.
Because they don't have the test yet they have to rule everything else out.
Go to the fibro forum and look at fibro 101 section.
Posted 7/23/2013 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
Marrie,

With your young age, the fact that your RF is slightly elevated should raise a red flag.  While there is a small percentage of the population that will have an elevated RF for no good reason, they are usually senior citizens.  My RF was only slightly elevated at age 35, but I did receive a positive dx for RA and have been on treatment ever since.

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