Fever, Joint Pain

Hello guys,

i just wanted to ask if someone here has experienced similar symptoms or knows what this might be

I am 25 y old male who has had joint pains for the last 2 months.

It all started one evening after going back from work - i found a thing on my wrist which later was diagnosed as a ganglion. The same evening i got high fever 39 degrees Celsius and the joints on my ankles and wrists have began to hurt. The fever lasted only two days and has been normal since then. On the third week after the symptoms began i went to my GP, who ran blood tests and found elevated ALT - 70 and elevated Cholesterol levels. Everything else was normal. He thought it might be hepatitis - but the tests(A,B,C) were negative. Two weeks later he repeated the liver enzymes test and this time everything was normal - ALT has decreased to 38.

What i'am worried about is that the joint pains are still there after two months. Some days i don't have the pains at all but sometimes they are coming back.

Before having the joint pains i had sore throat for about two weeks.

Has anyone experienced something like that?

Thank you for your inputs

[geminigirl1963]

Have you been tested for Lyme's?

[RainyDay75]

Hi Dan, I am sorry you are experiencing pain.Here are a couple of suggestions for you.

1. Did you have any injury to your wrists that may have precipitated this pain?
2. How are your wrists feeling and looking at this time?

The reason for asking this is obvious: I would be worried about a joint injury and a subsequent infection. It does not seem very likely though from what you are describing, but is still worth investigating.

Next:
1. Are both of your wrists involved? Any other joints that are bothering you?

If that is a yes, I would be looking into an autoimmune process, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  In fact, I would encourage you to bee seen by a competent rheumatologist, as treating RA  early and aggressively is imperative to prevent joint damage, which is usually irreversible. The current guideline is to be seen and evaluated by a rheumatologist within 2 months of the onset of symptoms.

Finally, sore throat could be a coincidence or related. If it is related, I would recommend being tested for certain infections, among which is syphilis.

These are just a few things to investigate. Hope you find some answers. Let me know how it goes.