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why is this?

by myriad, Sep 21, 2007 01:36PM
I have a rheumatoid factor of 59 and have done so for some years...infact in the beginning in 1993 i believe it was 80...this was after an iodine based dye...for kidney stones...since then I have suffered with stages of extreme joint pain and have had also had remissions...i have been given steriods..recently i went to college and was feeling so good I could tap dance! However I did have a further episode of pain and fatigue. Lately things are more difficult...i have pain and swelling and stiffness...rashes on my neck that really itch and get worse when Im hot and after having a very pale skin tone all my life I have recently noticed redness across my cheeks and nose...I lose weight though I eat ok and I feel burning itching under the skin at the moment...but it does go off. I lso have igt and low potassium and vit d.
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