Guest guest Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 In a message dated 11/28/2004 6:42:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, mlw402@... writes: bone behind my ear hurts so much sometimes it keeps me up at night. I aked my rheum and she said there was no joint and it was impossible to have inflammation there Hi Marti, I have been having some ear trouble as well as a sore throat, and just recently discovered it is all related to my thyroid being enlarged...can't remember if you have thyroid stuff, but if you do it may be worth a trip to your endocrinologist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 In a message dated 11/28/2004 11:56:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, catwright@... writes: .. At that point, I went to the ophthamologist and the condition was diagnosed as, " occular migraines. " Was told that the cause was the same mechanism responsible for migraine headaches only in my case, I only experienced the visual disturbances, sans headache (thank goodness!). Hi Cat, I also had this trouble you are describing. The first time was so weird because I started having partial vision in eyes and that shimmery vision like you described. It was scary but it was also diagnosed as ocular migraines. I also got up one morning with a great deal of pain in one of my eyes and in the white part there was red inflamation that looked like scrapes in my eyes. I went to the eye doctor and he said it was associated with inflammatory disease. This was before I had been diagnosed with PA. It was iritis. I also have dry eyes as well Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 Dear , I have a really bad TMJ problem and lots of time that spot behind my hear hurts. Arthritis can attack any joint and my jaw was the first to show the real damage. If you have trouble with grinding your teeth at night, or if you notice your jaw pops or makes noises when you eat, you might want to get it checked out by a dentist. Hopefully, you just have a swollen gland or something that is bothering you from PA. I get those from time to time too and they do hurt like crazy. I always hate it when the doctor tells me it's impossible for something to be inflamed in a spot that is killing me. I usually just say, then what is causing the pain? And of course they never know. If you need to know anything else about TMJ unfortunately happen to know a lot on the subject. Take care and I hope you feel better soon. Love, Fran Re: [ ] TO RJ Re: Eye Troubles In a message dated 11/28/2004 6:42:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, mlw402@... writes: bone behind my ear hurts so much sometimes it keeps me up at night. I aked my rheum and she said there was no joint and it was impossible to have inflammation there Hi Marti, I have been having some ear trouble as well as a sore throat, and just recently discovered it is all related to my thyroid being enlarged...can't remember if you have thyroid stuff, but if you do it may be worth a trip to your endocrinologist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Hi Janet: OMG, iritis is a nightmare, isn't it? Oddly enough, I, too, just " woke up " one morning with it. My husband flipped on the light in the bathroom and, even though my eyes were closed, that little bit of light going through closed eyelids was enough to provoke a SCREAM (seriously). Didn't make matters any better that it was a bright, sunshiny, Texas day that day. Man, was I ever thankful to be placed in a pitch black room at the ophthamologist's office ... and I felt like licking the man's feet in gratitude once he dilated my pupil and that pain stopped. UGH! I only had it once more after that -- and it's been years & years now. Again, I'm just learning about this disease but it sounds as if in some people is may have periods of flare ups and then remission. I think that must be the pattern in my case. Certainly hope this doesn't happen to me -- or YOU! -- again (or anyone else, for that matter). Hopefully the anti-inflammatory treatments for PA are enough to keep that at bay, you think?? Blessings, Cat > > > In a message dated 11/28/2004 11:56:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, > catwright@y... writes: > > . At that point, I went to the ophthamologist and the condition > was diagnosed as, " occular migraines. " Was told that the cause was > the same mechanism responsible for migraine headaches only in my > case, I only experienced the visual disturbances, sans headache > (thank goodness!). > > > Hi Cat, > > I also had this trouble you are describing. The first time was so weird > because I started having partial vision in eyes and that shimmery vision like > you described. It was scary but it was also diagnosed as ocular migraines. I > also got up one morning with a great deal of pain in one of my eyes and in > the white part there was red inflamation that looked like scrapes in my eyes. > I went to the eye doctor and he said it was associated with inflammatory > disease. This was before I had been diagnosed with PA. It was iritis. I also > have dry eyes as well > Janet > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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