Question for all of you out there.
Recently (while trying to taper my prednisone), I've started having problems with tendons. I've had the roaming joint pain, but this is different. About 6 weeks ago, a tendon in my foot started hurting and was inflamed (per my primary care doc). No injury, just woke up one morning with it. It's a tendon that runs from the top of the arch on the inside and snakes up the inside of your ankle. I've been wearing an ankle brace since - and it's been helping.
Well, Thursday, I woke up and the middle knuckle of my right hand was stiff and painful. Not "regular" joint pain, because the pain is around the knuckle as well as inside it. When I try to grip things or make a fist, pain radiates down the back of my hand and up the finger. I keep feeling if I could just crack my knuckle in the right way, it would feel better.
So, any idea if it might be WG related? I've let my rheumy know, but she's not very concerned about it at this point. I've been suspecting that we barely have a semblance of control over the WG or whatever I have, and now I'm wondering if trying to taper on the prednisone sparked it again. (I started to flare when I got to 7mg, was bumped back to 10mg two weeks ago.)
Thoughts?
Jen
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