Any one with bursitis? I think my right hip is inflamed. I am calling for a appointment Monday to see the ortho. My knees are all red and swollen, my feet hurt like hell, fingers have become more inflamed over night, I am desperately trying NOT to take prednisone.
I wonder, does anyone else seem to turn worse overnight?...I am going to have hip looked at, knees drained and cortisone shots ( I hope). I had shots in both my knees, it has wore off, I hope it has been enough time to get it again.
Oh yeah......It has snowed snowed snowed... It's all part of having Ra. It's a day by day thing. I can be fine one day and then
3 minutes or less!.....my neck is hurting from sleeping on my left side...I'm calling him first thing in morning. Another long night. So tired, it has been troubling me for months but, the past few weeks it has intensified, I thought the pain was coming from my lower back, but it never has resolved, and I would bet my bottom dollar it is bursitis. Hurts to sit, especially in bed, terrible to lay on the hip, only relief, standing or laying on left side with pillow between the legs. 3 minutes or less!.....my neck is hurting from sleeping on my left side...I'm calling him first thing in morning. Another long night. So tired, it has been troubling me for months but, the past few weeks it has intensified, I thought the pain was coming from my lower back, but it never has resolved, and I would bet my bottom dollar it is bursitis. Hurts to sit, especially in bed, terrible to lay on the hip, only relief, standing or laying on left side with pillow between the legs. 3 minutes or less!.....my neck is hurting from sleeping on my left side...I'm calling him first thing in morning. Another long night. So tired, it has been troubling me for months but, the past few weeks it has intensified, I thought the pain was coming from my lower back, but it never has resolved, and I would bet my bottom dollar it is bursitis. Hurts to sit, especially in bed, terrible to lay on the hip, only relief, standing or laying on left side with pillow between the legs. I read that bursitis is felt in the hip area, and joint problems are felt in the groin. I also read that the symptoms I have like laying on the affected side causes more pain. I also read that Bursitis is common in people with RA. So I feel it could possibly be bursitis. When I had my shoulder surgery for torn rotator cuff he removed the bursa , he said it was inflamed. I am in alot of pain everywhere...but the hip is causing me alot of problems. I will find out when I go to ortho The most prominent symptom of hip arthritis is pain. Most patients think that their hip is in the region of the buttocks and are surprised to learn that true hip pain is most commonly experienced in the groin. The pain can radiate down the front of the thigh for a few inches as well. Occasionally it goes all the way down the thigh to the knee (“referred pain”). This is because the hip and knee have an overlapping nerve supply. In fact, in some patients with hip disease, knee pain may be the only symptom! Back pain is even more frequently confused with hip pain. Pain in the buttocks, across the low back and down the back of the thigh usually comes from the spine. It usually indicates a pinched nerve in the lower spine. Patients with a pinched nerve will also often have numbness or tingling in the leg. To complicate matters, some patients with an arthritic hip may also have a pinched nerve from a back disorder. It is important in such cases to determine which problem is causing most of the pain: the hip or the back. If your problem is mainly in your back, you may still be left with most of your pain after going through a hip replacement, and you will not be very happy with the result! If most of your pain is from the hip, a hip replacement may have the added benefit of improving your back condition as well, since the stiffness of an arthritic hip can aggravate a back problem. Most patients with significant hip disease have a limp and one leg may feel shorter than the other (see true and false leg lengths). Bone-on-bone contact occasionally causes the patient to feel or hear the hip creaking during walking. As the disease progresses, the hip becomes stiff and less movement is possible. This may make it difficult for you to clip your toe nails or to tie your shoe laces, and may also limit your ability to spread your legs. Quite often the first step or two after prolonged sitting may be especially painful. Eventually you may have to “take a break” to ease the pain after walking only short distances. The distance you can walk will gradually decrease until you can only take one or two steps at a time. The three common causes of pain around the hip are arthritis, bursitis, or a pinched nerve in the lower back (the commonest cause). The groin pain of hip arthritis is sometimes misdiagnosed at first as a hernia. There are two major bursae of the hip, inflammation of which can both be associated with stiffness and pain around the hip joint. The trochanteric bursa is located on the side of the hip. It is separated significantly from the actual hip joint by tissue and bone. Trochanteric bursitis frequently causes tenderness of the outer hip, making it difficult for patients to lie on the involved side, frequently making sleep difficult. It also causes a dull, burning pain on the outer hip that is often made worse with excessive walking or stair climbing. The ischial bursa is located in the upper buttock area. Ischial bursitis can cause dull pain in this area that is most noticeable when climbing uphill. The pain sometimes occurs after prolonged sitting on hard surfaces, hence the names "weaver's bottom" and "tailor's bottom."
Bursitis of the hip is the most common cause of hip pain. An abnormal or poorly placed bone or joint (such as length differences in your legs or arthritis in a joint) can put added stress on a bursa sac, causing bursitis. Stress or inflammation from other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, thyroid disorders, or unusual medication reactions may also increase a person's risk. In addition, an infection can occasionally lead to inflammation of a bursa. Bursitis is more common in adults, especially in those over 40 years of age.What is hip bursitis, and what symptoms does it cause?
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