Re: Side effects of prednisone

[Guest guest]

Bug your doc! If you have acute edema, it's worthy of calling a doc

or advice nurse.

>

> Hello!

> I have been on prednisone on and off (mostly on) since mid

September

> (Lungs keep closing up, sound like crap). Then yesterday, I

noticed my

> knee was stiff and sore...felt swollen. Oh well, Christmas

eve...too

> bad! So, I finished shopping and when I got home, and wrapped, and

> finally went to bed (by now it was REALLY uncomfortable) my husband

> took one look and just said... " WHAT DID YOU DO??? " My entire leg

was

> swollen and shiney, thigh to ankle! Honestly...NOTHING! My knee

> hurts, but it feels like fluid in there...and a LOT of that!

> I have a good friend who has lymphodema....and my leg resembled

> hers...the tissue was hard and ugly feeling, and it just ACHED (Not

a

> pitting, doughy feeling edema)

> Today...I can't bend the knee well, and it is still swollen, but

not

> hard feeling (I have stayed off of it today). I have NEVER had any

> circulatory issues...

> Anybody have any idea if this could be the prednisone?

> I really don't want to bug my doc on Christmas!!

>

[Guest guest]

With it being on just the one leg it sounds like it is possible it is a blood

clot. Make sure to get into your dr as soon as possible to rule that out!

K. Port wrote:

> Hello!

> I have been on prednisone on and off (mostly on) since mid September

> (Lungs keep closing up, sound like crap). Then yesterday, I noticed my

> knee was stiff and sore...felt swollen. Oh well, Christmas eve...too

> bad! So, I finished shopping and when I got home, and wrapped, and

> finally went to bed (by now it was REALLY uncomfortable) my husband

> took one look and just said... " WHAT DID YOU DO??? " My entire leg was

> swollen and shiney, thigh to ankle! Honestly...NOTHING! My knee

> hurts, but it feels like fluid in there...and a LOT of that!

> I have a good friend who has lymphodema.. ..and my leg resembled

> hers...the tissue was hard and ugly feeling, and it just ACHED (Not a

> pitting, doughy feeling edema)

> Today...I can't bend the knee well, and it is still swollen, but not

> hard feeling (I have stayed off of it today). I have NEVER had any

> circulatory issues...

> Anybody have any idea if this could be the prednisone?

> I really don't want to bug my doc on Christmas!!

>

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