My insurance won't cover an MRI. If MS is really an autoimmune disease, it kind of makes sense Imuran would help slow or stop the progression of that. I have been warned about how dangerous it is,...
I'm taking imuran and having pretty amazing results with it, as far as it helping my fatigue and neuropathy. Plaquenil helps the pain to a degree, stops my muscle weakness, and helps the fatigue to a...
Well it's not just a sunburn that made me feel like my insides were on fire. When I had the first ESR test done, I had previously all week suffered with kidney pain, that saturday went to burning...
What makes an ESR high? I am trying to figure out if this test is actually accurate for someone with a mild inflammatory condition to their muscles and joints. I know it picks up systemic...
Plaquenil is amazing, I know. I heard it can take up to a year or two to completely feel like your not sick, I am much better, but I can still tell I'm sick right now. Definetly don't give up on the...
The pain could be a muscular and joint issue from Lupus. Your so young, if you do have Lupus, your antibodies to it probably won't show up for awhile, however, your ANA is high enough to be Lupus,...
I didn't see any extreme reactions, my face (cheeks and nose) took a red glow, I had bumbs down both arms, some weird sores in a couple of places, and it made me feel run down every time I used a...
Well my antibodies correlate with my disease activity, well getting sick, it goes up, and getting better on treatment, it lowers. I will have to drive a long ways to see a rheumatologist, and rent a...
Would my GP or neurologist be able to diagnose my autoimmune disorder or do I have to get that diagnosis from a rheumatologist? My insurance is medicaid, and there isn't any rheumatologists locally...
I don't care if your in your dad's face telling him your not going to listen and what a low life piece of crap he is, he has no right to hit you like that, or do any of that stuff to you, yes it's...
It could be indicating crest syndrome....
I've had a tough time managing the housework where I stay tired so much. If you don't feel like your able to get it all done in a days time, you might try working on one room a day. Are you hoarding...
Are you having nerve symptoms or just widespread muscular pain? If it's just muscle, I wouldn't agree to a spinal tap, but of course, that is up to you. Good luck....
Yeah, you shouldn't get a diagnosis of MS and then have it ripped away. Will they still treat you with the medication that helps? Maybe the infectious specialist is finding a positive ANA when he...
She was in the tanning bed same day this rash appeared, but I did not notice it until after I give her ibuprofen. I think she might have a sun allergy. She has multiple symptoms, & might be...
No, the white is not outlined in red like that, it is just so much whiter than her skin, it is apparent there is a circle of it around the red area in some spots. The rash is not raised at all. It...
I noticed a rash on my daughter's legs after I give her Ibuprofen. It looks like her skin bumps are raised inside of them and they are circled with a red rash and some also have an outline a circular...
I've had so much stress since I got sick. A divorce, mental abuse, severe depressive disorder, losing my home, not being able to work, my immediate family is so dysfunctional, it would make a dog...
I'd agree with your doctor on this one. Your symptoms could be related to connective tissue disease. Did your doctor just run the ANA titer or did he try checking for autoantibodies too? Sometimes...
Want a response or not, your getting one. Did your doctor evaluate you for a pancreatis issue. If it is your pancreas, that could be life threatening. Could be something more simple like a stomach...
I don't have the time to read through all the responses, so if I repeat something that was said, I am sorry. An ANA test itself is meaningless if you have no symptoms. Very unlikely anything is...
I have IC. I've had multiple organ prolapses that caused pressure, pain, hydronephrosis, stress incontinence, burning, frequency (extreme at times, try 30 to over 100 times a day), urgency, all that...
Has she been tested for diabetes? She's so little to have these problems. You know you can have autoimmune disease without apparent joint problems or swelling, it can cause muscle pain too. Alot of...
Prednisone not only treats inflammation, it suppresses your immune system activity. It can weaken your immune system, so anything having the capability of doing that has the capability of making you...
And you might look up the symptoms of each of these diseases and see if you seem to fit into one more than you do another. This website is pretty cool, you can take online quizzes to some of these...
I'm so sorry. That's kind of my fear, getting better, getting worse again, then nothing working. I had one antimalarial that worked for a month straight, after I quit taking it, it did no good...
Raynauld's can be secondary to autoimmune diseases, maybe you need checked for that, especially with being diagnosed with fibromyalgia too. There may be something more going on. Autoimmune diseases...
I'd be a little concerned of having hepatitis too with those test results. Have they ruled out a liver problem? An ANA can go negative when your taking plaquenil, that happened to me once, and...
Has your doctor considered the possibility that you may have an underactive immune system (immunodeficiency) instead of it being overactive, since your ANA was normal? Is your white count low during...
I have been through the rigamaroo. Chronic fatigue syndrome, EBV, autoimmune disease, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Myofacial pain syndrome, and now MS or mixed connective tissue disease. Still waiting to see...
I'm not sure if you can take the pattern into consideration. From my understanding, you can get different patterns from the different flourocent lights that the doctors use, these vary with different...
You'll have radionuclide injected into your vein. They will take multiple pictures as this stuff goes through you. The concern is if your CT showed 1 1/2 cm and later 2 cm because of the different...
Plaquenil can calm pain down too....
How did you get that many health problems diagnosed? Doctors tell you it was one disorder and then another? Autoimmune disease causes muscle pain so a fibromyalgia diagnosis in the presence of Lupus...
When my RNP levels raise, I feel more sick. My ANA titers are pretty stable, and usually remain the same....
A malar rash can be caused by sunlight or UV exposure. It takes a butterfly shape across your nose and cheeks. I was shocked to find all this out, how is it not simply a sunburn? I think it's because...
You mean your titers was 1:320 I believe and yes that is high. They look more toward 1:640 as being high enough to be Lupus. Anything over 1:160 is considered high enough to warrant attention. I had...