in 55 years as GP never ever seen viral fevers with huge joint swellin severe pain. explain? treatment please?

Question

# i am 80, 165 cm/69kg, male, dark, india,have periarthritis of rt knee for 6 months controlled by natural self treatment w/o steroids/NSAIDS.no BP nor diabetes nor obese. 5july i had sever viral fever that is sweeping the country/world ,no joint involv. #now suddenly 16july the rt knee hurt and threw me on to bed. each and evry major and minor joint mucle ligament hurt and body literally stiff. some fever.. cos of the throbbing pain and local swelling more than other swellings i diag as septic arthritis with toxemia, and put my self on heavy amoxy 4000 mg/day, andjust 2 darvon proxyvon/d. 21 mornig i am limping out of bed, excruciating pain better.i never evr believced in NSAID except strong Aspririn and weak Paracetamol# i did not go visit my doctor friends cos of the endless tests they rightly need, coundnt get out of bed, their doses are too low, they will ask for admission. # any medical or non med person actually suffered from this pl reply .

Answer 1

Get the tests run. Medical professionals are the worst at seeking medical attention because they feel they can treat themselves, or know what to do when a crisis arrives. Suck up your pride and do what it takes to find out what's wrong.

Answer 2

Aside from the obvious GO SEE A DOCTOR, it sounds like you may have Rhuematoid arthritis. If that's so, you will need a DMARD, Disease modifying anti rhuematic drug to stop the damage. A NSAID will only help with minor inflammation and the pain, but once it progresses past a certain point those drugs are ineffective. See a doctor, RA is a process in getting it diagnosed and it sounds like you've suffered enough.

Answer 3

You have NOT be diagnosed???? What makes you so sure that you have viral fever and NOT strep??? just becasue everyone else has one thing does not mean that you do. What you describe sounds very much like strep left untreated...r. Arthritis. !! And, I would not rule out parasites. You should be spanked...you know better, and yet you are self medicating and getting no better. You need serious tests before you go any further, and you know it. The fluid in your knees needs to be examined, your blood needs to be tested for parasites and strep. Your lymph nodes should be looked at.

Answer 4

it might not be viral. check for parasites. trichino worms might be causing the movement problems. the fever could be a result of vast trichinoworm infestation. usually viruses that reside in the brain do not cause severe swelling of the knee. but if it is viral- i cannot think of anything other than meningitis that could cause this, but it might be too late if it is this bad. note: there are different type of meningitis: amoebic, viral, and bacterial.

Answer 5

You have Chikungunya arthritis. It is the only severe complication of Chikungunya. You should NOT take aspirin (by now you may have a hemarthrosis thanks to that) but should get the joint aspirated to make sure it is not a hemarthrosis and start taking chloroquine.

Answer 6

Stop the medication.
You are poisoning yourself.
Drugs are not food.
Find out what macro nutrients, minerals, vitamins are lacking in your diet.