Mysterious tender pain in random locations

[LoganB_ny]

I've been experiencing tender pains in random locations near joints and muscles throughout my body for roughly two or three years now. These pains can generally be in a lot of places but the most common areas I get them are in a hip joint on the side of my butt that I can touch and it will hurt. If I stand on one leg awkwardly it will hurt. Also get them in my feet. Almost anyway on the foot, balls of my foot, heal just below the skin, arch of my foot, top of my foot. Another common area is at the very top base of my quadricep. So when I lift my knee it will hurt and be very difficult.  This past weekend I got one on the top of my hand. Kinda felt like my point finger tendon that pulls my finger open was a little swollen and hurt to the touch and operate my finger. These are not excruciating, just very annoying. I will limp a little if one is on top of my quad, or my hip, or my foot. Rarely ill get one in my knee an my knee will visually be swollen and very painful to the touch and to walk on.  I'll usually have only one at a time although occasionally two. They will come on slow over the course of a day in which time I'll usually just take some motrin which helps alot. Then this will only last about 2-3 days This indicates to me that it is a type of inflammation. If I don't take any motrin It will last roughly 4-5 days and will be significantly more painful. I've tried to pin point it by doing various things to my diet, excercise, but the only correlation that seems to have any effect on it is drinking beer and this will tend to cause an event 1-2 days after consuming beer. Wine does not do this. But I will get it even when I'm not drinking at all. Ive seen my doctor about it and they've given me blood tests and all seems normal except for one thing. The lymes test tests your blood for 5 indicators. You test positive for all 5 and you have lymes. I tested positive for only one indicator. So he says you probably have a very very very mild case of lymes or it was a false postive. So he put me on antibiotics. Didn't do a thing of course. I still get the pains. Any insight on this would be very helpful because I'm helpless.

[jemma116]

Then you need to ask your doctor to send you for some imaging, whether this is MRI or xrays.  

You certainly do have symptoms that indicate arthritic problems and degeneration of the hips or lower spine.

[LoganB_ny]

Yes, i thought it could be either of those two as well. I thought gout and he said it's usually happens in the toes. Plus my uric acid numbers did not indicate any signs of possible gout. Also my rhematoid factor or whatever he called it was also too low for it to indicate rheumetoid arthritis. So those two were also checked in my blood test. So frustrating.

[jemma116]

The painful area by the side of your hips sounds like it is inflammation of the bursa.

Make another appointment to see your doctor and ask him to send you for xrays or other imaging.  By the symptoms that you describe it sounds very much like osteoarthritis or other joint problem.  With having had the blood tests, it would have shown inflammatory markers that would have indicated rheumatoid arthritis.

With your condition getting worse after beer, would indicate a condition called Gout.

Ask the doctor to refer you for physiotherapy.  They will give you advice on the correct type of exercises to do and also advice on what type of insoles to wear in your shoes for your foot problems.

Steroid injections can be given into the bursa if it is inflamed.  Symptoms can settle and last for around 3 months before you may need anther shot.  Sometimes the one shot is enough.