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Posted 3/21/2012 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
Have had to have my 4th Remicide infusion put on hold due to me having had a swollen hand and bad wrist with tendonitis. I am an overworked secretary and I think this is work induced however Docs referring me to a rheumatologist to rule out arthritis, however I do wonder if the infusion has made this problem worse.

Anyone else had similar problems? It is only in one hand however.

ziggy
Posted 3/22/2012 6:31 PM (GMT 0)
I had something very similar, possibly the same, a few years ago. My left hand and wrist swelled massively and was painful, I saw several doctors who concluded it was just my arthritis manifesting in a different way and was told my whole Crohns med regime would need to be altered to help it - BUT as my crohns was fine at the time I was reluctant to do so, and fortunately I didn't as eventually I was given an orthopaedic ultrasound on it and it showed it was actually tendinitis and tenosynovitis (the tenosynovitis is what caused the swelling) and so was nothing to do with my crohns or arthritis and the best treatment for it was a simple steroid injection into the effected area! So glad I trusted my instinct and didn't change my med regime (which at the time was methotrexate and remicade) which could have opened a huge can of worms with my crohns!
Perhaps it's worth requesting an ultrasound?
Posted 3/24/2012 4:56 PM (GMT 0)
thanks lilcrohnieuk

for your reply.

I have seen a rheumatologist and she said she wanted to image it with ultrasound with possibible injection. So I had this done a few days ago and it did turn out to be tendonitis with swelling but also one of the joints of the wrist too. My Gastroenterologist has to decide whether to give me another infusion of Remicade or not , to see if this is the cause of it, however if it is the will consider changing me to Humira.

Will report back.
ZIGGY
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