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No RA until 4th Covid-19 vaccination

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 19, 2023 | Replies (19)

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@patrick80132

My see my RA doc again June 1. Mostly now it’s just my hands and wrist that are still tight but slowly getting better at 20 mg Methotrexate and 5 mg steroid. More tests prior to meeting. Last C-reactive was 1.8 but still can’t make a fist. Frustrating. Occasionally jaw issues and shoulder but more rare. I guess I don’t know what adequate is or what I should expect.

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I wonder if you have tinnitus too. I have and my ent doc says no cure. Have you heard of any cures or is my doc correct that there are none. I have this and swollen hands and wrists. I am taking 5mg prednezone, 2,5 mg times 4 once a wk of methotrexate, 400mg Plaquenil. 1mg folic acid and a low dose heart pill because my BP is high. My hands are swollen in am still and swelling subsides into evening. My docs want me to have surgery for carpal tunnel but I think if swelling goes down I won't need surgery. I have developed tendon swelling and tears. There are also lumps on top of my hands over tendon based because of tears to tendon covers not tendons. Docs want me to get bilateral carpal tunnel surgery and cut out bumps that are spongy. I am wearing braces which help. I was unable to hold a fork before braces. Docs do not wante to wait to long for carpal tunnel surgery because I may get irreversable damage to median nerve and bumps may eat into tendons and I will not be able to move fingers.

I've heard countless stories of pain and inflammation after covid infections and shots. There is definitely truth to it. Even though I have dish, It was obviously there along before covid. But I never experienced pain and tinnitus Until my first suspected infection october of 20. I feel there's truth to it. Who knows if will ever get answers. I definitely feel sorry for people that got shots.