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Yesterday, quite out of the blue, a pupil told me that my hands looked arthritic (thanks!). I pondered this overnight and I'm left wondering what arthritic hands look like?! I know my joints get red and hot (that, apparently, is the FM), but I've never noticed them actually swell up (i.e. get bigger).
So, without being reduced to Googling pictures, what do people think arthritic hands look like? With AS, or indeed, any inflammatory arthritis, do you think there are visible signs that other people might notice?
David
Suffering back, joint and, heel pain and stiffness; tiredness and lack of energy; red and warm joints; much clicking and cracking of joints etc. for four years. Current DX: fibromyalgia
Sometime music teacher and composer, PhD student
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I'd say knobbly knuckles, and bent finger joints, as well as swollen joints. My DIP joints in several fingers are kind of twisted sideways, so I always thing they look fairly obviously arthritic.
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Most of my stuff is "invisible", but I do have a bit of kyphosis.
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Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)
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My fingers stay mostly bent. My thumbs lay over in the palms of my hands. The tops of my hands are puffy with fluid in the knuckles. My fingers are knobby. The worst thing for me is I can't button or unbutton buttons and I can't pick up small things and bigger things I use both hands. I drop almost everything I pick up. My rheumatologist looked at them last week and asked if I was ready for Biologics again. The PA was standing there shaking her head "No". I didn't do well with them.
My pain was very bad for quite a while but it has let up a lot since most of the damage is done. I still get thumb joint pain.
Take care,
Last edited by Possi; 10/29/13 11:14 PM.
![[Linked Image]](https://www.kickas.org/images/flowers/Smilingsun.gif) Possi ********************************************************* RUN WHEN YOU CAN, WALK IF YOU HAVE TO, CRAWL IF YOU MUST, JUST NEVER EVER GIVE UP! "A FRIEND HEARS THE SONG IN YOUR HEART AND SINGS IT TO YOU WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORDS." "A FRIEND LOOKS THROUGH YOUR BROKEN FENCE TO ADMIRE YOUR FLOWERS."
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Over the last few months, I've developed my first knot (don't know a better word) on the top knuckle of my left index finger. The pain is never severe, but it is constant and there is an unmistakable bump that was not there before. You can see it the most when placed beside the right index finger. Pain moves around to different joints in my hands constantly, so I expect there will be more where that came from.
David
Diagnosed AS August of 2012
Diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis/Colitis or Crohn's August 2013
Currently taking Cimzia, Naproxen, and the occasional Tramadol
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Talk to your Rheumatologist about it. The first thing our dr. does is look at our hands. He has sent me to 3 different hand specialists. We were looking for someone to do surgery on my right hands but none of them would. It was too far advanced.
I wish you well.
Oh, what age do you teach? Wondering about an observant student. Must have family member with RA.
Possi ********************************************************* RUN WHEN YOU CAN, WALK IF YOU HAVE TO, CRAWL IF YOU MUST, JUST NEVER EVER GIVE UP! "A FRIEND HEARS THE SONG IN YOUR HEART AND SINGS IT TO YOU WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORDS." "A FRIEND LOOKS THROUGH YOUR BROKEN FENCE TO ADMIRE YOUR FLOWERS."
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if you are looking for pics google Keith Richards hands for evidence
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google it and the pics drop in
PS click on the B&W pic
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