In September of this year my knees and ankles started to swell up and were very painful. After living with the pain for a week I was checked into a hospital, diagnosed with shingles, and left after 4 days. I went to a follow up afterwards and got no answers for why the pain is still here. I have been to many different doctors, no one has a clue. I still have swelling in the joints (gets worse as day progresses), fever at night every once in a while, and red dots (broken capillaries). Does this sound familiar to anyone? I'm really desperate to find something. Some more extraneous info that might be helpful:
-Arthritis & lupus have been ruled out.
-I'm 19 years old/female/asian
-i did get "better" for a week or so then symptoms came back.
2007-11-23 14:05:39 · 2 answers · asked by Amy Y 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
I would recommend seeing a rheumatologist (a doctor that diagnoses and treats diseases of the bones and joints) if you haven't already. They may be able to help you figure out what could be causing this.
Also, would you please e-mail or IM me off site? I have some other questions for you.
2007-11-23 21:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greetings, I see this question is a few days ago, how did you make out? My first thought would be cellulitis which is a staph or strep infection in the soft tissues. Many people with lymphedema or CVI get this infection, it does come back and can come back stronger each time if proper medication is not given in the first round.
2007-11-26 23:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋