I have lumps all over my knees, one on each of my elbows, one in the lower part of my pinky finger closest to my hand and the other is on the middle part of the same finger and it wraps half way around my knuckle and some in my groin area. They re all under the skin. At first my Orthopedic Dr. had said that they were cysts, then he thought Bursitis. He had told me that in order to have Bursitis you have to RA, ANA, or Gout. So, he sent m for blood work. The results came back and were negative for everything. The only thing out of the ordinary was my WBC. Instead of being 0-10,00, it was 13,800. I haven t been sick in months. My knees are very tender to the touch in certain areas and I cannot (I mean CANNOT) put my body weight on them. When I have to at work (I m a Busser/Hostess/Cashier) it s extremely painful. Walking and standing for too long is just as bad. When I accidentally hit them, it hurts really bad too. They looked bruised. I do not hit them often, but when I do it s not very hard and it hurts bad enough to make me stop for a second. They also look rash like and I don t scratch them. My elbows, finger, and groin area are not like this. It is just my knees that are this bad. My Dr. doesn t know what I have. He s has tried me on different meds to see what would work, anti-inflammatories, physical therapy....now I m on a steroidal anti-inflammatory. And if it doesn t work he is going to send me to Rheumatologist. I just want to help him figure out what it is. I don t want to hurt this much anymore because I can t even do my job like I use to 6 months ago and I should be. I m 20 years old and this causes me a lot of pain because I also have chronic headaches/ migraines (that Dr. doesn t know what I have either but we re not getting into that one). I m in a lot of pain because of whatever is going with me. It could be one more thing to cross off the list or that he hasn t thought of. Please help??
DEAR, I am so sorry for you listen, most probably what you have is either SHE (4 signs out of 14 should present) or seronegative rheumatoid disorders(with negative workups)if I can examine you it would be better, but I suggest going for a rheumatologist, a good one and suggest on him to start cytotoxic Chat Doctor. Hope you get better soon, kindly keep me updated