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I have had random pains as well. I have had PA for 15 years now. I

first noticed my rings wouldn't fit and just thought I had gained

weight. Then I started having pains in my shins. Now I look back and

can remember all the pain I had as a kid. I used to have terrible

shin

pain and everyone would just tell me it was growing pains. Now I am

not so sure. I have also had random pains in about every part of my

body. Nothing that lasts too long. Just a quick shooting pain. But

if you have pains in one area that last I would mention it to

the doctor.

> I'm still waiting for the PA diagnosis but I was diagnosed with P

today

> at my dermatologist. What I thought for years was eczema on my

hands,

> he said is actually more consistent with P. Now I need to go to a

> Rhuemie for an official Diagnosis of PA.

> I have a question that you all could help me with though. Have any

of

> you had bone pain other than in the joints? Sometimes I get

shooting

> pains in shins and wrists and other times I get like a sudden

biting

> pain in a toenail or in my heal that only last a few seconds. I

wonder

> if this could also be a PA symptom. Perhaps they are not related

but

I

> have these kind of things daily so I was just wondering. Any Help

is

> appreciated, thanks,

> Denice

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--- <ndracer@...> wrote:

> I look back and

> can remember all the pain I had as a kid.

Ditto that -- I remember having pain in my shoulder,

elbows, wrists, hands, chest, knees, and ankles -- all

of tendon-related, and all it attributed to either

growing pains or activity like softball, skating,

stumbling, etc.

All these many years later, I understand how the

tendons are involved in PA and that I wasn't

accident-prone -- I HAD PA! Now I just reat my " random

tendonitis " with NSAIDS, ice or heat, and compression,

and wait it out. And frankly, it's been MUCH better

since I started the methotrexate and remicade.

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In a message dated 7/30/05 1:12:37 PM GMT Daylight Time, DeniceP234@...

writes:

I have a question that you all could help me with though. Have any of

you had bone pain other than in the joints? Sometimes I get shooting

pains in shins and wrists and other times I get like a sudden biting

pain in a toenail or in my heal that only last a few seconds. I wonder

if this could also be a PA symptom. Perhaps they are not related but I

have these kind of things daily so I was just wondering. Any Help is

appreciated, thanks,

Hi Denice,

Yes, I tend to have these pains occasionally. I don't know if it will be

related though. I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

Take care,

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I too get sudden sharp pains in odd places--a toe, a finger, a wrist.

I never associated it with PA, but now that you have said it, I

wonder . . .

The pains don't last long, but they do hurt. Especially the ones in

the toes.

Tigre