Guest guest Posted January 3, 2000 Report Share Posted January 3, 2000 From: MHOLMES@... (HOLMES, MARK T.) I'm suprised the rheumy was surprised at your symptoms Bev. I thought it was a pretty common symptom of RA to have fever like feeling, flu symptoms, be fatigued,etc. (although strangely enough, I have never had any of those symptoms - just stiffness and pain). I still think there is a connection somewhere with the stuffy nose symptoms and this disease. I first had this stuffy congested thing happen to me back in '95 and it never left. . I will bet you anything it was the precursor to my RA which surfaced about 2 years later. Yet every doc I mention this to just looks at me like I'm nuts. Well if that's the case, how come so many of us suffer from this problem? Did anyone else out here have these congested symptoms prior to getting the standard RA symptoms? Curious. Mark Hi Mark.....it seems like I've always had problems with congestion/sinus infections, which has affected my inner ear (vertigo-like stuff) - my mom suffers from chronic inner-ear stuff.........I say " stuff " because the old brain fog is in high gear today and I can't think of words that are on the tip of my tongue! However, I find I can control this when I avoid " bad " foods, like refined wheat products, for instance................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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