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Are surges of arthritic pain indicators of worsening of liver dammage?
Hi everyone - my aches and pains in my joints seem to have gone worse during the past week (especially in fingers, wrists elbows, knees, ankles and toes...) - ( for memory : I relapsed after 18months of treatment, which I stopped in January and I am scheduled for a biopsy in June) now I'd like to know:
1) if this is a sign that my liver damage is growing....
2) if I ought to do another blood test just in case
3) what medications do you take to deal with those pains (I am taking an anti-inflammatory, anti- rheumatoid without steroids - but it does not seem to be good for the liver)
I feel awful - I wake up at night with burning sensations and in the morning it takes me about 10 minutes before I can walk normally - my joints in my knees feel as if they were made of sand... not very pleasant
I am really looking forward to your input/ sharing of experiences - loads of thanks in advance Béatrice
1) if this is a sign that my liver damage is growing....
2) if I ought to do another blood test just in case
3) what medications do you take to deal with those pains (I am taking an anti-inflammatory, anti- rheumatoid without steroids - but it does not seem to be good for the liver)
I feel awful - I wake up at night with burning sensations and in the morning it takes me about 10 minutes before I can walk normally - my joints in my knees feel as if they were made of sand... not very pleasant
I am really looking forward to your input/ sharing of experiences - loads of thanks in advance Béatrice
I can only tell you what happened to me...I have no clue what it means...
I had no clue there was a thing wrong with my liver. I went to the dr. because of pain and stiffness in my joints...mainly my thumbs and wrists. I thought I had RA. Blood test showed my liver was out of sorts. ( I did take Celebrex for a month or so...no help. I also got a shot of steriods in one of my wrists...that did some good.) Meanwhile they were doing some testing and long story short that is how I found out about the HepC and that I had cirrhosis. The doctors told me to get off of the Celebrex but I could get the steriod shots if I needed to. Once I started the tx for HCV the joint pain has not bothered me. I have no clue what that all means, that is just my story.
I had no clue there was a thing wrong with my liver. I went to the dr. because of pain and stiffness in my joints...mainly my thumbs and wrists. I thought I had RA. Blood test showed my liver was out of sorts. ( I did take Celebrex for a month or so...no help. I also got a shot of steriods in one of my wrists...that did some good.) Meanwhile they were doing some testing and long story short that is how I found out about the HepC and that I had cirrhosis. The doctors told me to get off of the Celebrex but I could get the steriod shots if I needed to. Once I started the tx for HCV the joint pain has not bothered me. I have no clue what that all means, that is just my story.
Hi Izzy, thanks for sharing - I am actually taking voltaren ( I just didn't know whether it would be the same name in the US...) which doesn't seem to be the best idea- well actually my pains made me go to a rheumatologist, who actually was the one to look into my liver ... but unfortunately I do have a fibrosis (2-3) and was on tx and relapsed ...
oh well I guess I'll hobble in thought with you - and hope for the best , take care
Béatrice
oh well I guess I'll hobble in thought with you - and hope for the best , take care
Béatrice
Hi Beatrice,
For me the worsening of arthritis symptoms was not indicative of liver damage, but my joint pain was what led to my diagnosis-based on (mildly) elevated ALT/AST levels.
Biopsy showed no liver damage.
But still the joint pain gets worse. I am in week 5 of hobbling around because of foot pain. Like the kind that used to be only in the morning-only now won't go away. I am doing physical therapy only because my primary doc says that the generic voltaren that I had been takng prior to diagnosis is notorious for raising liver enzymes. The arthritis doctor suggested that my body is having a sustained inflammatory response to the chronic infection of the hcv.
Maybe try some good stretches before getting out of bed?? I am definatey asking the hep doctor about meds this friday when I see her.
That would be the "sharing of experiences" as I have no great advice to give-just to know you're not alone! :-)
Wish ya the best-keep us posted,
Izzy
For me the worsening of arthritis symptoms was not indicative of liver damage, but my joint pain was what led to my diagnosis-based on (mildly) elevated ALT/AST levels.
Biopsy showed no liver damage.
But still the joint pain gets worse. I am in week 5 of hobbling around because of foot pain. Like the kind that used to be only in the morning-only now won't go away. I am doing physical therapy only because my primary doc says that the generic voltaren that I had been takng prior to diagnosis is notorious for raising liver enzymes. The arthritis doctor suggested that my body is having a sustained inflammatory response to the chronic infection of the hcv.
Maybe try some good stretches before getting out of bed?? I am definatey asking the hep doctor about meds this friday when I see her.
That would be the "sharing of experiences" as I have no great advice to give-just to know you're not alone! :-)
Wish ya the best-keep us posted,
Izzy
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