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Thursday, May 10th, 2018 12:15 am[personal profile] darkoshi
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If I'm sometimes having trouble bending my fingers far inwards enough to make a fist, is there anything *else* it could be, besides arthritis?

Date: 2018-05-10 05:39 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] andrewducker
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What is it that happens? Very occasionally my hands will feel "weak", and I won't be able to close them hard.

And this is different from when my joints need to be cracked, and I'll need to force my hands closed, making them pop, and then everything works fine.

Date: 2018-05-10 09:44 am (UTC)From: (Anonymous)
Yeah, it can sort of come out of nowhere (my mom had it. I don't seem to but... *knocks wood* they say it can be heredity so I never take not having it for granted).

My first guess before seeing you suspecting RA was "inflammation" but in a long story short sort of way, it's almost the same thing (wherein the immune system simply goes off the wall attacking itself via RA).

My mom took no meds ever for RA (they didn't really have them when she got it; by the time they did she really didn't want them, despite how bad it was; she'd adjusted, I guess) so if it ever gets that far with you (hope not) I have no idea on that.

Date: 2018-05-10 09:45 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] marahmarie
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That was me, btw (working over CSS in other browser while logged-out).
Edited Date: 2018-05-10 09:46 am (UTC)

Date: 2018-05-11 04:58 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] marahmarie
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Does that match with what you know?

Not really but with that said, it's a very complicated subject, so you may want to start here: https://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/rheumatoid-arthritis-medications#1

I was surprised to learn on that page that RA can sometimes spontaneously go into remission. My mom's didn't; it was lifelong for her once she got it (early 40s onset, if I recall correctly) and the kind that eventually twists the joints, but just in her hands, as far as I know or that we knew.

As far as food goes, I blame sugar for everything, so that would be my first cut if I was looking to improve literally anything that felt wrong - but that's just me.

Date: 2018-05-13 06:38 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] andrewducker
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I'd definitely see a doctor about this myself, and see if it's something Known. If so, there may be a simple treatment!

Date: 2018-05-10 02:24 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] redsixwing
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Tendinitis is a possibility (and one that runs in my family, so I have some experience of it). The good news being, if it's infrequent, it can be handled with things like icing and stretching the affected bits.

Date: 2018-05-14 03:25 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] lhexa
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Oh no. :(

For what it's worth, as a scientist but non-doctor, the answer to "does this one symptom have multiple etiologies" is always yes. -_-

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