Hurting Hands

hi i am new to this site and sorry to say i dont have this problem just didnt want to run without saying anything xxxxxxxxxhuggss

Hi Connie, the joints in my fingers and feet hurt like that most of the time but its worse in the mornings.

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I to get lots of pain in my hands, ecspecially during the nights and in the mornings from lupus. If I have time I try to take a bath everynight to help the pain.. Ive learned that taking a bath usually does it for me.. but then the day starts over and the pain comes back. Hope all is well!

I'm not having it so much now (thankfully!), but during the fall and winter, I had a lot of hand pain, mainly just achiness and some stiffness. Sometimes I would run hot water over them, and it would help temporarily, and the baths at night helped a little too. Sure hope it will ease up and you'll get some relief soon.

Hi Connie, I have the same pain in my hands during the day, at work on the computer, etc. I also get it in my feet too, when I cross my legs I get this tingling / pain, it's weird. The MTX has worked wonders for my hip / lower back pain but I not much for my feet and hands. Hang in there

Greetings Connie! I have similar pain in my hands and wrists and my rhuemy says it is from the inflammation. Do you wear wrist splints all night? This really helps keep the inflammation down throughout the night and, as long as I wear them every night, I am not awakened throughout the night with the painful tingling. My feet and ankles do this sometimes, too, but I just change sleeping position and try to deal with it. I have found the least expensive wrist splints at WalMart. This is the only place that I have found who carry the slimmer wrist splints for women. I will keep you in my prayers!

Hi Tibobi

Yes that dull aching throb is the worst. I hate it. But that seems to be the joys of having Lupus eh?

Hope you are well.

Connie

Hi mawma

I'm sorry your hips are hurting. I have tried the shots in my shoulder and I didn't notice a difference but some people do right away. Good luck, I hope it works for you if you try it.

Hi Audrey Ann.

I haven't tried the wrist splints but I do have one here from before when I had carpel tunnel. I will have to give it a try.

Thanks for the idea.

Connie

Thanks Lynwood.

I have been a member here for quite a while, I just haven't had much time to stop and post. I drop in when I can.

I see my rheumie July 9th and will mention it to him then. It has gotten worse in the last couple of weeks, not sure what is going on with it, but will for sure mention it to him.

 

I don't know if this is the problem, but you might talk to your rheumie to find out if it is muscle related or not. My hands and arms and calves are tight and tense all the time. my rheumie has had me try a new product, a topical gel form of Voltaren, a muscle relaxer. It has given me great relief in my arms and hands, though I don't have a lot of joint pain, mostly muscle stiffness and hardness, not being able to open my hands up all the way and stuff. Even if the Voltaren gel isn't the right thing, they are coming out with lots of meds topically that we normally take in pill form and there may be something topical like a topical form of a stronger prescription antiinflammatory that might get the medicine right where it's needed and save you some stomach trouble! The new topical stuff is great. I can't take Voltaren because of my liver but can use the gel, and it works better, in my opinion, because it goes right where you need it. It actually did work on my knees, which have nondamaging form of AI arthritis and the voltaren gel worked. I use it at night and don't wake up from knee pain anymore.

I hope you feel better and find out. Maybe you can call your doc and talk to the nurse and mention what's going on and they can help you. I also use a lot of bengay, and Absorbine horse linament for joint pain.

Hello all, I suffer from the strangest combination of sensations in my hands and it has now begun in my feet as well. My hands feel tight and stiff sometimes like now, which is taking the most darvocet the docs will let me. This is actually tolerable. Sometimes they get really crampy, sometimes pins and needle tingling, sometimes swollen and super hot to the touch. It seems like such a crazymix. Sometimes they hurt so bad I can't sleep or find a comfortable position, my x-rays were completely normal. Now my feet are affected. I get up in the morning and feel like I'm walking on naked bone. I don't have any suggestions to add, only my prayers for everyone else who is suffering with me. I'm new here and I finally don't feel so alone and misunderstood.

By the way, mamamuse, How on earth are you able to homeschool? I was planning on homeschooling my 5 year old but I've got his one year old brother to care for and I don't even have the energy for that. I'm hoping that by the time the baby is old enough to be a bit more independent in his play that I'll be on top of this disease to the point where I can yank him out of public school. Right now, I need the break.