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"Don't miss this diagnosis" Check THIS out. Most of us should figure it out by end of 1st page...a lot of doctors don't, right?
DX: Psoriatic Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis
Meds: MTX since Oct 2009, 15mg/week. Cimzia-restarted after 2 yrs away.
Epidural Steroid Injections x8; Lumbar Radiofreq Ablation x2
SIJ Steroid Injection x3; Bilateral Radiofreq Ablation SIJ x9
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Sorry about that....you'd have to get a Medscape ID. (since I can't copy it here, here it is in a nutshell)
Short version....25yo male, back pain, treated with NSAIDS to the point that he has blood in stool. He had seen a chiro, too.
Went to ER, labs were a bit flaky. Rehydrated, told him to stop naproxen and start omeprazole. 2 days in hospital. Bleeding stopped, but abdominal pain continued. So the doctor writing this gets the consult after a colonoscopy is abnormal.
Goes through a standard rheumy workup. THEN tells us that father has AS. Duh! And also Crohns. Now you know the end and it wouldn't be as fun to read.
Medscape has lots of cool things...and it's free. You can check off all the topics you'd like to learn about and get those articles in your mailbox.
DX: Psoriatic Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis
Meds: MTX since Oct 2009, 15mg/week. Cimzia-restarted after 2 yrs away.
Epidural Steroid Injections x8; Lumbar Radiofreq Ablation x2
SIJ Steroid Injection x3; Bilateral Radiofreq Ablation SIJ x9
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Third_Degree_AS_Kicker
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neat. thanks for sharing.
Family history is sooo important..
Why do doctors not ask family history anymore???
Diagnosed Fibromyalgia 2004
Diagnosed Ankylosing Spodylitis Sept 2011.
Vertigo Since October 21 2012
Humira June 2012
Spending Each day using it to the full to help people in my community have hope, the only hope that keeps me going despite pain and fatigue every day most of the day.
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We told EVERY doctor that my older brother has A.S. . . . it took them 11 years and 31 docs to dx me with A.S. I'm not surprised it took that poor guy so long.
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