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Posted 2/14/2016 6:00 PM (GMT 0)
I've been diagnosed going on 2 years ago with Inflammatory Arthritis in my feet, what is the difference between this and Rheumatoid Arthritis or are they the same?

I currently take Methotrexate 25mg on one day a week.

I also take daily; 3000mg Omega3, 1500mg Glucosamine Sulphate, 1000mg chewable Vitamin C, 1000mg Vitamin D and just recently started taking Bioglan Curcumin 600mg http://www.bioglan.com.au/products/arthritis-joint/curcumin/ which appears to be helping with muscle stiffness in my legs.

My feet and ankles feel hot and are swollen (but not painful) which is of mild concern to my Rheumatologist who I'm due to see toward the end of April 2016 for my 6 monthly review.

Thanks for reading, any comments are welcome.

Post Edited (Bille) : 2/14/2016 11:06:12 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/15/2016 11:30 PM (GMT 0)
I'm thinking you didn't test positive for RF factor-so instead of RA they want to call it inflammatory arthritis-
Hot swollen joints sounds like RA but surprised there is no pain.
When I presented it was all over hot swollen painful joints symmetrical in nature. I lost 28 lbs in 2 weeks, I was weak and couldn't take care of my personal needs. I never tested positive for RF but they made the dx of RA by visuals and because high doses of prednisone and MTX knocked it back.
However now that I made a fabulous comeback my dr. disses me and says it was a "rheumatic episode", discounts my tolerable pain because he saw me at the absolute worst and says remember how you could barely walk in here by yourself? He says the pain I feel is "residual" ?
Posted 2/16/2016 6:12 AM (GMT 0)
I did have some pain when I first went to the reumatologist a couple of years ago but since he prescribed the Methotrexate pain isn't much of a problem at all. The pain was under my foot below and across the Metatarsal area.

the first thing he asked me was to show him my hands, he examined my fingernails and said you have psoriases which is a significant pointer to Rheumatism issues he asked if I had any dry inflamed/itchy areas and I did he then sent me for some blood tests and we went from there.

He is great to deal with and any straight fwd question such as if there are any likely medicinal conflicts with other meds I'm taking he gave me his email address and encouraged me to email any concerns/questions, he is always kind enough to reply within several hours/same day, even if the question is asked outside of normal hours.
Posted 3/31/2016 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, I know this is a little bit of a late response, but I know the answer to this! I am marked down by my doctor as having inflammatory arthritis in his codes, but in my files it's always RA. I asked him about it! He explained it to me that Rheumatoid Arthritis is a form of Inflammatory arthritis. He said the term Inflammatory Arthritis is like an umbrella, and that RA falls under it. There are so many kinds of Inflammatory Arthritis, he said, (hundreds!) and for coding it's much easier for them to write a basic umbrella code. So basically, it's like saying you're a Ford, instead of saying specifically that you're an F150, or a Mustang!
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