Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The headache is likely to have been caused by a combination of the Arava (Leflunomide) and your raised blood pressure and inflammation in the blood. Although we cannot know how much each of these contributed? Anyway, if your blood pressure rose a lot on Arava, it is probably best not to have this again. Perhaps Methotrexate would be better for you. Has this drug been mentioned to you? Alternatives would be Hydroxychloroquine or Sulphasalazine.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It probably comes from your ligaments becoming looser, getting ready for birth. It is very common in pregnancy. I suggest you take Paracetamol 1 g up to four times a day (safe in pregnancy). Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and start taking the medicines with their consent.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You would not have done any damage to your toe or made gout worse by running on it. The pain and tenderness are likely to last for a few more weeks but should gradually resolve completely. The attack was probably brought on by the beer and the dehydration. If you avoid those precipitants, it may never happen again.
Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.To answer your questions in turn, yes, that will be fine to see a rheumatologist, they should be able to help you. It is hard to say how pregnancy will affect sacroiliitis. Some people improve during pregnancy and some people worsen but there are things that can be done even whilst you are pregnant. The rheumatologist can help you with this.
Hello doctor,Sorry to hear that you have pain for such a long time. I am sure you understand that I cannot fully answer your queries without seeing you and examining you. But it sounds as though you have joint hypermobility with scoliosis. This can cause severe pain because your muscles have to work much harder than people without hypermobility to keep your joints in the correct position. So your muscles become tired much more quickly than other people. You have probably already researched hypermobility but a good source of information is the Arthritis Research UK website.
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