Tendonitis

[bambi61]

I have started having problems with my left side. From my shoulder down to my elbow and on to my wrist. Movement hurts and I gasp if I move my arm the wrong way or use it for much. I also get a sharp pain in my arm between my shoulder and my elbow. My husband thinks its tendonitis...but with all my other things, I don't know, does this sound familiar to anyone?

[ellebane]

I have the Exact same thing going on. I was recently diagnosed with Fibro, but seriously don't think I have it. I don't have the "11 pressure points". Which is weird, since they dx'd me, right? EBV, high ANA, etc. Not Lupus. Not RA. Now I'm reading about MS symptoms.

Late last year I woke up itching. Like Crazy! I developed dermographia, but in the 3 weeks that I had the extreme entire-body itching, no Dr could find a reason. No allergies, no skin disorder. NO treatment helped. Until I treated my  H Pylori--which can cause itching. But now I still itch from time to time--nothing like the madness of before (which took me to Urgent Care four times, ER once, and finally put on Valium to decrease the anxiety.)

In any case, I found these exact symptoms of itching, and now my exact symptoms of this arm pain, here in the MS forum. :( My doc think I'm a hypochondriac. She's gonna go through the ceiling when I see her in a week if I mention MS. :(

Thanks for letting me vent...

[jensequitur]

Bambi, are you diagnosed with MS?  If you aren't, then it's quite possible you've just strained a muscle on that side.  If you are, then you're possibly experiencing some spasticity.  It usually feels like a strained or very sore muscle.  

Right now I'm having a lot of trouble with my right elbow - feels like tennis elbow.  My back is also giving me trouble.  The pain is such that I do gasp if I use it the wrong way.

[jensequitur]

Sounds like spasticity to me!

[wadeheather]

Sure does.  I've had cortizone shots and been to physical therapy.  The physical therapist told me tendonitis and then posture. The thing is though is that it comes and goes - it's not constant.

I had surgury for tendonitis in my wrist several years ago and the pain was very different, so I don't think that's what is happening in my shoulder, but what do I know???

Sorry I don't have an answer, but that is my experience.