What causes pruiny finger pads? | Arthritis Information

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    Is it from the prednisone or from RA or what. I had one finger particually worse then the others today. It is more swollen in the finger pad. Plus winkled like it was in water. Guess the water is in the finger pad.  But in general there is numbness going on in my finger tips. Did a lot of sweating today. Massive sweating. I know the Sjorgrens is in high gear. eye glands and saliva glands are swelling.

 
    I think my skin is sensitive. Thought I had scleroderma on my foot. Decided it was a calus. Well it was on the top of my foot and I do not ware shoes. Well if I go out maybe a pair of loose hightop tennisshoes for my walks. Or loose flip flops other wise. Guess i have been out more than ususal. I really do not go out alot. Except for my walks.
 
    Guess my fingers could be pruiney from the sweating. LOL No they have swelling in them. So I do not think they are numb from Raynauds I only get that from cold and that hurts more as I remember. Hmm Well maybe they give me more pain pills then they used to so could be. Anyway I think I had this stuff before but it has been along time in general my skin is more sensitive the past few days.
 
     I am really tired slept till 7pm yesterday. I would be asleep now except my ligaments under my knees hurt bylaterally. I have scars I guess that is why they have been sewn back together. Feels like swelling under them. Not like muscle stiffness or tendonitis. Just like swelling pressure under them. I just feel like I have evolved to some different sort of flare than the usual ones. So I am not in screaming kind of pain. Just generally uncomfortable.
 
   I get why I am tired. All of the swollen glands it is obvious that there are antibodies in my face I think this would make someone tired.
milly2009-08-10 14:51:28Hmmm... never had my fingers prune up unless they were soaking in non-saline water.  You might try soaking them in a saltwater/epsom salt soak to draw out the excess water and bring the swelling down.     Alright so I googled not sure exactly. Except so strange. Have been having alot of the red face lately. I always have an excuse for it. Like in the winter I say oh the air must be dry. In the summer I think well strange I have been inside all day.
 
   But I think maybe surely I was out in the sun the day earlier or maybe I am over heated. But today just at this very moment I had to anwser yes to every question of the lupus symtoms. Just wierd but it said swollen eyes , swollen glands red face , pain in chest while breathing, I thought that was my sisters lung virus, probably is,  does not mean anything but will mention it to the RD tomorrow.
 
   There was other stuff to tired to remember I think that was one of them. Sort of just fit my face to well. Anyway still I would have to have the rupus kind cause of my joints I think. Well I am back to bed.
 
    I am just super dehydrated feelling my eyes lids are dark brown and my skin is all dry and itchy. I some how feel better than I look today. One just would not look this awful for no reason. Hope everyone feels better tomorrow. Goodnight.
milly2009-08-10 14:53:28pruning of the fingers is often a sign of dehydration as is the red face.  Stay in air conditioning and drink lots of water...    Well that very well could be what my problem was. I ran a few errands yesterday. Nothing out of the ordinary. It was a hot day.
 
   It was probably easy for me to dehydrate with the Sjorgrens in high gear. I just worked up a big sweating problem yesterday. Once I got started sweating I could not stop. Was in the cable office talking to the lady and had to appologise for the big puddle of sweat I had left on the counter. I am just guessing I am not healthy enough to over do at the moment.
  
   I actually kept turning the air off yesterday. When my muscles are stiff I hate to get a chill, it hurts me to shiver.
 
  So I did do better today. Fingers are not numb and pruiny any more. Breathing is better. I will try to take better care of myself. The weather had been cooler so the weather caught me off guard.
milly2009-08-10 15:00:35   I wanted to say thanks to Buckeye. Sometimes we are to close to the situation to know what is going on. Little indicators of dehydration that I myself would never notice like extreem thirst because I have that every day. Fatigue and weakness.
 
   Just thought it was part of it. Well for one the darkbrown eyelids are several shades lighter. My mental fog of being lost while the world confusingly goes on around me with out me being a part of it. Well I am a bit more with it. I am currently taking it easy today.
 
   I have an appointment to get some more testing done. Sure I was out in the heat and I did a bit of sweating. Well as much as I drink each day there should be no reason for me to get dehydrated even from a bit of excessive sweating.
 
   I am editing and must add rereading this there are alot reasons why I can get dehydrated easily. I was upset when I wrote this. I am calmer more rational and in less pain at the moment. Our health can effect every aspect of our lives.
   
   Just wanted to remind people to ask for help when you need it. We tend to ignore things we should not sometimes. Especially I think when we are tired and foggy we can not always think clearly.
 
    So I am glad I asked this question and I am glad Buckeye answered it.
 
     My potasium was really low also.
 
     Seriously I just yawned and a few tears went down my face. That is always a cherished moment for me. Real tears.
 
    I am feeling sort of extra fragile. So I am resting more and eating healthier. I must admit the potasium has really lowered my pain level. That is I did not run for the pill bottle the minute I woke up. LOL Instead I took my other meds ate breakfast and went back to bed.  
 
    It took me a few days to go to the doctor. Glad I did. Will do better next time. The doctors scolded me for waiting so long. Well I deserved it this time.
milly2009-08-10 14:50:53Milly my hands have gone completely pruney., There was a discussion about this a while back and it also seems to be to do with RA. I spoke to my RD and he sees it a lot. With me I think its where my hands are bent and not straight, the loose skin has now wrinkled...just my thought on it.Well that is why I ignored it at first. I thought I had seen it discussed but did not remember the cause. But mine plumped back up after fluids. I mean it lasted for several hours. I ran my errands early in the day. It was super hot. I still had pruiny finger tips at night and they had alot of pain and numbness blistered almost as well as pruiny. Drank alot of water and went to sleep I was super tired.
 
    So I guess that might be the difference. If it was just RA I do not think it would have been that easy. I also googled dehydration and then went to the doctor. My potasium is never above borderline low. Usually it below the standard guidlines. Add fluid loss and I am in trouble.
 
     I am more alert. Still I am sleeping more. My guess is that the lack of pain is letting me get some much needed rest. Still I have some pain but the pain medicine is controlling that better now. I had calf cramps and planters cramps. The padding on my feet was swollen and fragile feelling also.
     Now there are some other problems. I had low magnesium and I take Mylanta so that makes no scense. I had low urin out put. Normally I am in awe of the fact that with Sjorgrens I feel dehydrated but can still pee alot. I have had low Magnesium before no one even said anything. I just read it on a lab report from the eroom. So maybe more than one thing can cause pruiny finger tips.
 
    So I am getting some gut testing and kidney testing. I got sent to the hospital for an IV of fluids and vitamins and I feel more alert and less tired. Still a little tired but some what functional. I was scary out of it mentally. My sister thought it was the most confused she had ever seen me. Like at the store I had my cart at the counter and a big sign that said use other isle was in my face I just stayed there. She had to coax me to the other isle. I would probably still be there waiting. She said I was bumping in to everything I do not remember I was unaware of that. Not much short term or long term memory going on at all for a few days.
 
     Anyway I did not have loose skin that was wrinkled. It was sort of like bathtub fingers only it was blistered and wrinkled and numb with pins and needles feelling on all of my fingers and my foot pads. I did certainly need to go to the doctor.
 
     Now I am thinking how long has this been going on? Not that I am saying I get dehydrated eveyday. But I know a few times I would pinch the skin on the top of my hands and it just stayed pinched. I remembered it meant something but what? Maybe dehydration I thought it was a sign that my swelling was down and just had loose wrinkled skin. So next time that happens I am going to get some bloodwork done.
 
     Anyway I switched from ice tea to water and did not have pruiny finger tips by the time I went to the doctor. I was still out of it and had low urin out put. I had not been able to get my potasium and magnesium built back up on my own. It is dangerous for us to always think things are AI related. Sometimes I think I know when my potasium is low. I go get my bloodwork done and they grimis and say it is in normal levels but that I am probably flaring because I have an elevated esr. So it is hard for me to tell. So just when I stop being paranoid about it and shrug it off it becomes a problem.
 
    So this is strange or just a fluke. My glands in my face are going down now. I was ignoring things thinking it was Sjorgrens related. Even the first time I went to the doctors they said so. I am sure it was Sjorgrens but my Sjorgrens is happier because of the vitamins and fluids I think or just a fluke? Anyway I feel much better. I look twenty years younger. LOL I was a sight. I am going to take it easy until I get all of my testing done.
 
     I did not start peeing good till yesterday. It seems to be a slow process of getting back to my normal crappy RA feelling. LOL Still have cramps in my calfs and achillies area which is often normal for me. It is difficult to know which doctor to complain to sometimes.
 
     I think bad flares leave us in a fragile state to begin with. I had to get my gallbladder taken out after a flare one time. I almost always think it effects my gut and my kidneys to some extent. Well fifteen years ago I was sent to the kidney specialist. My kidney was swollen and pounding even after I had finished antibiotics for a kidney infection. He yelled at the doctors and told them it was there fault because of the medicine they had given me. Said it scared up my tube and caused inflamation. So I sometimes question that dx.
 
     I know my gut is a source of problems. I have been avoiding that one. Well I think the Remicade will help that also. I do not want surgery until after I give the Remicade a try. That is I have not been putting off emergency surgery. I was told I would need surgery in the future. I have just been avoiding the fact that it is the future. I am a bit past do on my routine scopes and prodding. Well that is a scary thought to me and I am afraid of that. Not a good enough excuse but it is the truth. So now they are making me do the scopes and colon oscopy. I guess but I am still thinking the Remicade will help me with all of my problems.
 
     I live in this body and nothing much that happened this week has not happened before and my magnesium and potasium have straightened out before. I even had the pruiney fingers tips a few years ago once during a bad flare. But I had the low potasium and that is when I saw the note on the bottom of the page the first time low Magnesium and strange but true I had low bloodsugar even. They sent me back to get the test redone and I had popped out of it and was on the mend. So if I have some malabsorption problems they appear to be sparatic and flare related. I do have to admit I thought they should have been a bit more concerned two years ago. I guess I could have a problem that is getting worse. Hopfully not.
milly2009-08-10 14:26:33I drink a lot of water and juices as I also have sjogrens so I know mines not from dehydration, the rest of my skin is fine, just my fingers..it has got worse over the last 6months

I am sure yours is different.

  Just I think going out in the morning for one was part of it because I did not get enough fluids in me before I went out. The weather was part of it. It was hot and I was walking. I do not like gaining wieght on the pred. I really did over do it this time.
  
 Also no RA meds and full blown Sjorgrens probably had my body in a fragile state. I would have thought it impossible for someone with Sjorgrens to get dehydration.
 
   Seriously after I got dehydrated I could not pee much for days after words. If the glands in my eyes were swelled and the glands in my face who knows what else was swelled.
 
    I like to forget I have problems somedays. Sometimes I can not ignore it because I can not walk. So when I can you just can not stop me. Just get out of my way here I come. Well not all day or anything I usually come back home and collapse. I was pushing myself and I should not have.
 
    My pruiney finger pads only lasted all day. By the time I woke up they were back to normal. I know I drink tons of water tea and juice also.
 
    LOL It will be a few days before I want to here the word juice again. I would have been fine except my sister came by and said we had been invited out for dinner. I had just finished a big glass of apple juice and was going to go to bed. I will never be polite again, I will never eat steak and fried mushrooms after a big glass of applejuice again. I went to bed praying that I would feel better in the morning. I think there are many ways to become dehydrated and to much greese is one of them.
milly2009-08-10 14:50:10yes there are mny reasons for dehydration. I hope you feel better soon.xx [QUOTE=milly]I would have thought it impossible for someone with Sjorgrens to get dehydration. [/QUOTE]
Why?

glad i could help...this sounds weird but keep an eye on your pee.  It should be clear or very light yellow ( unless you are sulfasalazine).  When it is dark that is a sign of dehydration.

Milly- do you mind doing me a favor.  Can you please break up your long posts into paragraphs.  When you write in one big block I (and I suspect others) have a difficult time reading them and as a result often don't.   It is really hard to keep track of where you are when reading off a monitor
Yes Buckeye I will try to do better and break things up into paragraphs.
 
 I am just wierd. I get alot of allergies and just eating somewhere different or at someones house can be potentially dangerous for me. I many times even develope new allergies to something I have been eating my entire life. I tell people but they do not always listen. So if that happens I will not eat there anymore. Something as simple as Garlic, paprika, or nutra sweet can send my body into a tizzy. A new asthma medication or something for reflux, or high cholesterol ect. My insides swell and then even become infected by the time I recover. That is how I aquired my last infection. This also leaves me with a great deal of untreatable health problems. Rather I may find something sometimes but it is not always the best course of action. Certainly not what the doctors would prefer me to take.
 
    That is how I have the ability to wake up with an ear sinus bladder lung and kidney infection in one day. Weird is the word of the day. I am a frustating patient for any doctor. It is a long process and often a scary one to find a medication rutine that works for me.
 
    Then I have to take Cipro. Usually I do alright on that one. Avelox totally depletes my low potasium store. In the past I have done alright with Cipro and pred at the same time. I was however leary.
 
    The wierd things about me I could be here all day and still not be done writing. It just is what it is. I can get elevated liver ensymes that mysteriously self correct as quickly as they came. That started when I was on no medication. Of course they put me threw a lot of test and even did some test they repeated just to make sure. My mences left at an early age. Many years ago. Maybe sometimes once a year I may get one. Maybe once every two years. No explaination. These can be caused by certain AI conditions. No real explanation other wise the doctors can give.
   
    At any given day something new could happen and no real explanation could be given except that it happens with RA and AI. It could also be a side effect of medication sometimes. Just a complication of some other health problem I have that is not properly treated for one reason or another.
 
    I have things that the medications just are contradictions to some of my other problems. Asthma medication can cause one to dehydrate easily, deplete vitamin stores, makes my muscles stiffer. Muscle relaxers and antihystamines cause my already dryness to become more dry leading to fugal infections ect.
 
Shug  I guess because we drink so much we are so very thirsty and dry one would think we are extra hydrated. I always feel dehydrated but can tell I am not because of my urin out put. At first when my Sjorgrens became really bad i was in awe that I was not dehydrated because I certainly felt that way.
milly2009-08-10 14:12:31 [QUOTE=milly]
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