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NAD.OP, Is the rash painful and burning? Do they resemble hives?I ask because two of my neighbors and three other friends, ages ranging from 16-65 have something very similar. Doctors can't explain it. The 16 year old has been at Stanford Children's for almost a year, and the 65 year old had success being treated with steroids after only a month. Same affliction.They look like hives yes but they come and go on multiple parts of her body within minutes. She says it hurts where the spots are as well
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, also known as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, is different from old peoples arthritis. This is an autoimmune problem that needs to be followed with a rheumatologist. The questions and confusion you and your mother are having are both very common and understandable.This is a complicated condition - you and your mother should both go to the next appointment to ask all these questions and more. If you have doubts about her diagnosis or want the test results or discharge summary explained better, talk to her rheumatologist ASAP.Keep taking the NSAID she was prescribed as directed - this is a safe long-term treatment to reduce inflammation (you said Indomethacin in another post). Dont stop her treatment on your own without talking with her doctor.Read more here:https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/arthritis/juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis
Of course. I will share the labs and info I have. My thyroid was the first thing I requested to have looked at when I saw my PCP. Initially, I was diagnosed after I had my first child in 2008 and my thyroid was overactive and I had thyroid antibodies that were really high. (I was put on medication.) After seeing an endocrinologist, he essentially said that I had both issues and it was rare but not unheard of. During my second pregnancy, my levels stabilized and remained stable until a couple years back when they were slightly low, but after an adjustment to some medications I was on (seroquel for sleep) they went back to stable so I wasnt medicated. The one thing that has remained high is the antibody levels. For now, my PCP has monitored them.Here is a link to the labsI added the historical and current thyroid labs, as well as the most recent labs that have been run, and a few imaging reports. If you want to see anything else, or if I didnt quite fit something on a page as well as I think I did, just let me know.Sorry it took me a while to get that up, I appreciate you taking the time to look over it.
Well, I doubt it's related to the thyroid. Your free T4 is normal, and it's free T4 that causes the symptoms of hyper or hypothyroidism.