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Subject: Could this be RA?
Hi Everyone, Hope yo don't mind me asking your thoughts and advice. I am currently being tested for MS (due to having several symptoms). Have had MRI's, waiting to see neurologist for second time in July and then to have more tests. One of the main symptoms for MS is fatigue which I also understand is a symptom for RA, this I have been suffering with for just over a year. I am on Amitriptyline which has helped with some numbness I have been having in my hands, but over the last couple of weeks I have become very aware of painful joints on both hands involving the 1st and 2nd knuckles and extending down the four fingers effected. There is also swelling and it is at it's worst in the morning (I cannot make fists without much pain). I have read that RA can sometimes first be felt in both hands, so I am wondering if this could be RA that I may have and not MS which I am being tested for. Just to add, my Father has had RA for 16 years. Should I carry on with the MS tests only, or go along to my GP and tell him about my painful hands that I am also now having? What do you think? What would you do? I thank you in advance, Wilma
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