Can someone help me with this please

[abritt121222]

Ok so yeseterday i went to my dr because my shoulder has been bothering me for roughly 3 weeks getting worse by the day to the point now where it hurts really bad if i pick my arm up anything over parallel with the ground and it pops and all of that and is reallly painful and get really bad at night because of the way i sleep so i get up every bout hour and a half because i cant stand the pain and my dr said he ruled out it being a torn rotator cuff and believes i have arthritis in both shoulders my question is what kind of arthritis can sneek up on someone that quick i mean i have never had problems before like this i mean at night my arm has bothered me a little but i always just thought that it was cause of how i sleep because it was like that feeling you get when your foot falls asleep but not anymore now it is just pain i have to get xrays today on my shoulder so he can see more about it but it will be a few days before he can see me again so i am just wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me before then because i have never heard of something like this just coming on so fast cause in three weeks it had gone from a little pain to severe pain and its just weird that it could be arthritis because i am only a 24 year old male any help would be great im just worrying myself to death about this because i just got over back surgery that i had about 7 months ago and now this and i am so tired of all of the pain and not to mention the pain pills that i have finally got off of after being addicted to them for about 3 years since i started having back problems

Thanx
ABritt

[abritt121222]

thanx to you both i am just worrying myself to death about this because this last year has been rough on me i mean im only 24 years old and had back surgery 7 months ago and am jsut getting over that an now this so its been a rough on

Thanx again
ABritt

[TrudieC]

It looks like you got some good advice on the pain forum.  We usually think of arthritis as only happening to the elderly but that is mostly just osteoarthritis.  Osteoarthritis can also happen to people who injure their joints such as in cases of athletic injuries.  There are actually over 100 different kinds of arthritis and most can happen at any age.  A rheumatologist is your best bet for diagnosis and treatment.  Sorry you are going through this and hope you can get some answers and relief.

[namnam46]

Hi,

I posted you an answer on the Pain Forum.  Just wanted you to know.

Good Luck.