Medical Advice on "Rheumatology"

I have left-sided hip pain that aggravates on doing exercise. Why?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. There seems to be arthritis going on. The MRI report shows (attachment removed to protect patient identity) an effusion of the hip joint, and as you explain, the ankle also swelled up once. The blood reports seem nor...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Divya Agarwal

I have been diagnosed with early-stage lupus. What can I expect in the future?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Do not worry; we are here to help you. The large joint pains are not significant for autoimmune (abnormal immune response) diseases. I need to know if you have: Any specific small joint pains. Any eye problems like u...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Anshul Varshney

Is curling of fingers at joints with fibromyalgia a sign of Lyme disease?

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 o...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

The biopsy of my skin rash showed interface dermatitis with mucin. Do I have lupus?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The rashes that you are describing along with the biopsy findings can go in favor of a connective tissue disease. Although, I would like to see the reports in detail, but as you mentioned interface dermatitis, it goes m...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Naval Mendiratta

My CPK value is high with weakness, headache, and dizziness. Kindly help.

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 ...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

My joint pain is excruciating during the night, and I get very little sleep. Please help.

Hi Welcome to icliniq There are two types of arthritis one is osteoarthritis which is more common. And other one is rheumatoid arthritis. And there is one more disease called gout’s disease. Sometimes it’s hard to diagnose them but if g...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Sugreev Singh

I have numbness, fatigue, and random body pain with positive ANA. Is this lupus?

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 pro...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

I have rheumatoid arthritis with severe pain in joints. Kindly help.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. A diagnosed case of rheumatoid arthritis on biological agent, still having pain needs to evaluated in detail. Pain can originate from muscle, nerves, or joints. The odd point is diarrhea for a month and it needs to be ev...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

My grandmother has hand and shoulder pain. Is it because of taking two medications for gout?

Hi, The symptoms you are describing is not usually seen or not usually related to gout unless it is chronic tophaceous gout. This may be the symptoms of : 1. CTS 2. Flare of RA If the symptoms are more in early morning and gradually decreases t...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

Small patch of psoriasis in ankle has flareups with joint pain and stiffness. Is this psoriatic arthritis?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your symptoms include swelling of joint as well as morning stiffness and it looks associated with psoriatic arthritis. I would rather say it is seronegative rheumatoid arthritis associated with psoriasis also known as mix...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Anshul Varshney