The elevated sed rate and the all over body pains suggest a rheumatic or autoimmune illness. Of course, we can not diagnose you, but my suggestion would be to see a rheumatologist. Rather than treating each joint separately, the rheumatologist will take a thorough history, look at the whole picture with all the symptoms and rule out things such as lyme disease, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.
Because the treatment you have had does not seem to be controlling the symptoms let alone finding a diagnosis, a rheumatology consult seems like a good idea. Two heads are better than one, as they say. If nothing else this will rule out a host of illnesses and narrow things down for you.
If we can help further, please let us know. Good luck and keep in touch. Your experience will help others.
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Hi MDR
The elevated sed rate and the all over body pains suggest a rheumatic or autoimmune illness. Of course, we can not diagnose you, but my suggestion would be to see a rheumatologist. Rather than treating each joint separately, the rheumatologist will take a thorough history, look at the whole picture with all the symptoms and rule out things such as lyme disease, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.
Because the treatment you have had does not seem to be controlling the symptoms let alone finding a diagnosis, a rheumatology consult seems like a good idea. Two heads are better than one, as they say. If nothing else this will rule out a host of illnesses and narrow things down for you.
If we can help further, please let us know. Good luck and keep in touch. Your experience will help others.
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