Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone has been through this as well. Our fifteen year-old daughter has been suffering daily with pain in multiple joints (shoulders, knees, hips). The list now includes her back, ankles, and elbows. She has had just a couple of times where two of her toes and once when her hand has been the problem. The intensity ranges from a 4 to a 6. Her highest number has been an 8, which thankfully, only occurred once. The pain may last 10 minutes to 24 hours for any given area. It also migrates all over her body. She wakes up stiff and the pain is worse in the afternoon/evening. The pain comes on suddenly and can be quite severe from the start. More often than not, three or more areas are hurting her at any given time throughout the day.
She has now been dealing with this for over three months. She has twice been tested for ANA, CRP, Sed Rate, Arthritis, Vitamin D, Celiac, Thyroid, and Lyme. All have been negative, other than showing she has inflammation in the body.
She is presently gluten-free for three weeks and on an strict elimination diet for 10 days. We have seen no improvement in her levels of pain due to these attempts on our part. She takes Celebrex once a day and uses Tylenol (with her rheumatologist's permission) 4 times a day but only one pill at a time. These medications tend to just take the edge off, and that is all.
Our family physician, in reviewing her blood work, said there are no tests we haven't done yet. I am at a loss as to what we should do next. She has an appointment to go back to the rheumatologist in a few weeks. As of now, she has been given no diagnosis.
Thanks for your time and input!