Hello. I'm a 26 yr old girl, who's at her wits end with the pain. Hopefully someone can realte to my symptoms and be able to help me.
I've been suffering with dry eyes for sometime now since i was 16, it got worse as i got older. I paid to see and optamologist and he said my eyes weren't dry as he did a strip test and the paper was extremely wet, but it could be caused by lack of oil/mucin, which are the other components that make up the tears. So i'm using drops to ease them.
Also for the last 6 months i have been suffering with pain in my hands and feet. In the mornings i feel alittle stiff, but throughout the day i get exteme pain in them, they dont swell but my veins pop to the surface, sometimes feels as though i'm contsantly strining them. Recently i was in so much pain with my foot they gave me a scan, which showed i had fractured it, but i dont recall hurtig myself, it was really bizzare! My joints are constantly clicking! I have been to see a rheumatologist (sorry if spelling is wrong) and they did blood test which showed the the rheumatoid factor was above normal, but he said this can be normal in most people from time to time, and because there was no swelling he ruled it out for the time being.
Sorry i've gone on abit, i just wanted to say as much as i can so that you can understand what i'm going through and hopefully can help me. I really am getting so depressed, i think if i knew what i was dealing with i would feel so much better with.
Thanks for reading :-)
Take care