Confused and not sure what to do next
 

Hi all, I am 32 years old and about three weeks ago I was studing and writing for 1.5 to 2 hours and had really bad pain, swelling, and reddness in my right hand. I told my doctor and he did a hand x-ray and some blood work for polyarthritis. Everything came back negative, they are as followes:

X-ray right hand normal

RF-7
CCP- <16
SED Rate- 1
ANA IFA- neg and neg

Other hisory:

same vist enlarged prostate, difficulty urinating, PSA- 0.4, taking flowmax

chronic fatigue for years

Back problems:


I had x-rays and MRI of the lumbar in 2009 and it said:

X-ray: Minimal anterior marginal osteophyte formation at the superior endplate of L5, other wise negative.

MRI: L4-L5 anular tear with very small central protrusion causing minimal impression on the ventral thecal sac no significant central canal narrowing and no neural foraminal narrowing is seen.

L5-S1 diffuse disk bulge without central canal narrowing or neural foraminal narrowing, it does not touch the exiting S1 nerve roots.

I see my nurologist on monday for back and leg pain, but other than that my primary doc says he has done everthing he knows and that is it. I know something is wrong but I do not know what.

Any ideas?
Thank you Matthew

Hi Matthew,

You might ask/check into the possibility (cuz I really have no idea) of CRPS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex..._pain_syndrome

There's a board here on NT for that condition; they may be able to help you - hopefully to rule it out.

Doc

I will look it to that, thank you