Rheumatoid Arthritis

[peggy_lee]

Hi everyone

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia early this year, But I have horrible join pain so bad that I puke, It's worse at night when I go to bed. Some nights its so bad I want to go to the ER but I dont have insurance. I was wondering if blood work for RA came back ok at one time can it still show up later. My mother had RA. or if your in early stages of it can it maybe not show up. I dont know but I dont think fibromyaglia could hurt this bad. I am just suffering so BAD.

[peggy_lee]

thanks I will check them all out!

[PlateletGal]

Hi peggy_lee,

I am so sorry to hear what you are going through. I was just reading the Mayo Clinic's page on fibromyalgia and they say that "if you have a rheumatic disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus, you may be more likely to develop fibromyalgia." Of course I believe that it is also the other way around. I know I've had CFS for many years and within the last decade (?), started having a positive ANA titer, which is indicative of an autoimmune disease.

I hope that you will check out the information below. Also, I don't know who your physician is and how they are treating you, but if you google "Co Cure's Good Doctor List", you can find a physician in your area who frequently diagnoses and treats fibromyalgia. Many of these physicians are interested in fibromyalgia and were treating the condition long before Lyrica was available.

Some links and information on both RA and fibro:


http://www.immed.org/illness/autoimmune_illness_research.html --- Bacterial Infections in Autoimmune Diseases

http://www.immed.org/illness/fatigue_illness_research.html ---  Bacterial Infections in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

http://arthritis.about.com/cs/antibiotic/a/antibiotictreat.htm --- Antibiotic Treatment for RA

Rheumatoid Factor ---  21.5% of fibromyalgia patients' have a positive rheumatoid factor.  --- source: http://www.myalgia.com/refs%2081%20to%200302.htm