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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others
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Hi! Just joined. I am 70 y/o and was diagnosed with RA at age 8. I also have osteoarthritis. I hope to hear from others in the same boat who might share some of the odd symptoms I have. Such as: does anyone else get an odd feeling in their throat, almost like a sore throat, right before a flare starts? I call it my early warning system to take a rest, or start a prednisone taper. Doctors through the years only mention some bone(?) in or near the larynx (cricoid?) that can have RA in it, but apparently I don't have that. BUT, I DO get that sore feeling in my throat. Anyone else?
Also, I was hospitalized with both covid AND RSV early this year in April, and that has completely wrecked me. Exacerbated everything.
Please comment if you have that "throat thing." I know I'm not crazy (yet) but the doctor's says that there's "nothing there," but I've experienced it for multiple decades!
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@racors nothing there as is not from an infection in your throat? Or nothing in the possibility that whatever feeling you get in your throat before a flare? I guess what you feel before a flare could be like an aura before a migraine…
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@racors I too have RA & OA, but haven't experienced what you describe. However, I also have periodic vertigo, and have noticed if my tinnitus begins to sound like bells instead of buzzing in different tones, I am about tom get hit with a bout of vertigo. Most docs I told that to just look at me like I'm crazy, but my current ENT nodded and smiled when I described it. She said "more people should listen to their bodies."