Guest guest Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Right now my RA is quiet (yay!). But my left ring finger is terribly painful at the last joint. It also bends forward maybe 30 degrees off straight up. There are no signs of redness or swelling. The same joint on my right hand is also slightly tender. I have no trouble straightening my right ring finger, so it is much better than the left. The rheumatology people said this is not RA. So I asked my regular doctor and he agrees - he said it is probably OA. But I have never injured this finger on either hand and it certainly is not damaged from weight-bearing. They did x-rays but I haven't heard the results, yet. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It's not gout - my hubby had that and this is nothing like that. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Hi, Nina. It sounds very familiar to me. In my DIP joints and some PIP joints this has been going on since my middle 30s. I was told it was probably osteoarthritis or inflammatory osteoarthritis. My right little finger has a nodule there. Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] My Question Is... > Right now my RA is quiet (yay!). But my left ring finger is terribly > painful at the last joint. It also bends forward maybe 30 degrees off > straight up. There are no signs of redness or swelling. The same joint > on my right hand is also slightly tender. I have no trouble > straightening my right ring finger, so it is much better than the > left. The rheumatology people said this is not RA. So I asked my > regular doctor and he agrees - he said it is probably OA. But I have > never injured this finger on either hand and it certainly is not > damaged from weight-bearing. They did x-rays but I haven't heard the > results, yet. > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? It's not gout - my hubby had that > and this is nothing like that. > > Nina > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Hi, Nina. It sounds very familiar to me. In my DIP joints and some PIP joints this has been going on since my middle 30s. I was told it was probably osteoarthritis or inflammatory osteoarthritis. My right little finger has a nodule there. Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] My Question Is... > Right now my RA is quiet (yay!). But my left ring finger is terribly > painful at the last joint. It also bends forward maybe 30 degrees off > straight up. There are no signs of redness or swelling. The same joint > on my right hand is also slightly tender. I have no trouble > straightening my right ring finger, so it is much better than the > left. The rheumatology people said this is not RA. So I asked my > regular doctor and he agrees - he said it is probably OA. But I have > never injured this finger on either hand and it certainly is not > damaged from weight-bearing. They did x-rays but I haven't heard the > results, yet. > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? It's not gout - my hubby had that > and this is nothing like that. > > Nina > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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