Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Rheumatoid arthritis flare (increase in disease activity) usually occurs after delivery. It is pretty common to have joint pain and swelling after delivery. Since you have a two-month-old baby, the first-line medication of RA, Folitrax (Methotrexate), is contraindicated. Please do one marker of inflammation, ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), and CRP (C-reactive protein).
Hi,Welcome to icliniq.com.Her symptoms are not related to gout or it can be due to chronic tophaceous gout. She can also have CTS (carpal tunnel syndrome) or a flare of RA (rheumatoid arthritis). If the symptoms are more in the early morning and then decreases gradually, then it can be due to RA. If the symptoms get aggravated in the night, then it can be more likely due to CTS.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. A diagnosed case of rheumatoid arthritis on a biological agent, still having pain, needs to be evaluated in detail. Pain can originate from muscles, nerves, or joints. The odd point is diarrhea for a month, and it needs to be evaluated. It can be due to drug-related or disease-related diarrhea.
Hi,Welcome to icliniq.com.Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of disorders that predominantly affects (inflammation or arthritis) in the spine and lower limbs. The common diseases which come under SpA are ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, etc. HLA-B27 is a gene that is found more frequently in the SpA group of diseases. You can do all activities like a normal person.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Based on your history, the common rheumatological condition that needs to be ruled out is spondyloarthritis (SPA). It includes many groups of diseases starting from ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, and others. It causes back pain, and lower limb arthritis and it involves knees, ankles, and hips. In your case, you can have reactive arthritis.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Back pain is a very common problem. It can be divided into mechanical pain, inflammatory or infective pain, and other causes. There are some red flag symptoms and signs of back pain like pain at rest or night pain (as in your case), history of trauma, malignancy, unexplained weight loss, immunosuppressive therapy, bladder and bowel problems, and neurological weakness. A detailed evaluation is needed to find out the etiology behind it.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. CPK (creatinine phosphokinase) is a muscle enzyme. It can get increased in many conditions. The normal physiological conditions where CPK has been found to be raised are heavy exertions, sports activity, intramuscular injections, etc. The common diseases associated with high CPK are cardiac and renal, autoimmune diseases, endocrine diseases, vitamin D deficiency-associated myopathy or muscle disorders, or drug-induced myositis.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The symptoms you have may occur due to various reasons commonly fibromyalgia or multivitamin deficiencies. The classical symptoms of lupus are fever, oral ulcers, photosensitivity rash, joint pain, swelling, kidney problems, alopecia, etc. ANA (antinuclear antibodies) can be positive due to various reasons, maybe because of drugs. ANA can also be positive in the normal population.
Hi,Welcome to icliniq.com.Left wrist pain can be due to many reasons at your age.1. Mechanical pain or soft tissue rheumatism, usually occurs around one point of the joint and does not diffuse around joints. It is activity related like it occurs only after activity or in some certain specific work or posture but not at rest.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Lyme disease is generally divided into three phases: early localized, early disseminated, and late phase. Late Lyme disease occurs months to a few years after the onset of infection and may not be preceded by a history of early localized or disseminated Lyme disease. Arthritis, myalgia, and neurological features are usually seen in the late phase. Serologic testing has traditionally been performed using an initial enzyme-linked immunosorbent immunoassay (ELISA) or immunofluorescence assay, followed by a Western blot.
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