Rheumatoid Arthritis - People Who Are Caregivers

Jmapril27

Mom to a pre-teen with Juvenile Arthritis

posted 08/14/2008, comments (0)

Juvenile Arthritis and Fibromyalgia

My 11 year old daughter has lived with Juvenile Arthritis (pauciarticular) for 10 years. She is having some sort of a flare, but in a different joint from the original location and now the doc is telling me that it could be turning into more of a Fibro issue rather than JA. Has anyone experienced this with either themselves or their... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/13/2008, comments (6)

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My daughter has been seen for severe fatigue and hair loss. She has had many blood tests. The only positive result was an elevated ANA. She is 16, happy, but has always had irregular periods. Low-dose birth control was prescribed but have not shown significant improvement so we stopped those. Please help!!!!! I can't find any... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/20/2007, comments (3)

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My mother had had RA for 10 years. She was on Celebrex until she developed artial fibrillation. She then went to Remicade for a couple years and then started getting fungal sinus infections. They said this was caused from the Remicade and that class of medications. They said this was a serious infection so she cannot be on... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/26/2007, comments (0)

Prednisone any real alternatives?

Dear Christine, Our specialist doles out drugs like candy; no explanation about the candy, I think they like to push patients out the door a quickly as possible. OK. The person that I am caring for is on prednisone and would like an alternative; we know it works, but hey - the side effects? How are you in sunny USA? Finally in our rural Aust. we... Read more Chevron

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