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joint pain for about 4 years

I have almost every day muscle and joint pain, and I get red spots on my handpalm and under my feet. I get pain on my foot joint, knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, fingers and jaw. The pain change every day, one day I have pain only on my knee and the other day I have pain on my jaw and  wrist.

Five years ago I went to the Netherlands to study. In 2004 is when it started, I went to two rheumatologist, but the results show that I don’t have Rheumatoid arthritis.
The doctor give me Meloxicam, sometimes it helps relieve the pain.
I have to say that in 2004 I had a jaw surgery that was for a dental tooth crown and I had also dental braces for three years.

My questions:
1) how do I find out what this is.
2) what can I do to relive the pain.
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387767 tn?1345872027
Just to let you know, you're not alone.  Many people with joint/muscle pain have trouble getting doctors to listen and take them seriously.  I'm kind of having that problem myself.  Sometimes you have to keep going to different doctors until you find the right one to help.  It gets tiring and frustrating.  
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469901 tn?1276563623
Hello.  I am sorry to read you have been suffering for 4 years and have no diagnosis!  Are there any other symptoms?  Even that seem unrelated?  How often do you go into "flare"?  Are there any triggering events?  
You need to see a rheumatologist who will check you for more than just RA.  Because of the rash, psoriatic arthritis could be a possibility, but so could numerous other conditions.  
You have suffered too long with this and Meloxicam does not seem to be helping.  I hope you will get to a rheumatologist who is interested in your case and willing to dig deeper than excluding RA.  When you find that doctor you will get the help you need.
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