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Does anyone have Swelling and painful hands and was told it was due to osteoarthritis and not lupus?
I have had swelling of hands and pain that cannot make a fist or barely bend. Rheumatologist says it is not due to lupus so he will not adjust or change my medication.
Thank you Angela. That helps me to understand this. I appreciate you taking the time to explain.You take care. Something I can do to help thank you for the exercise 🙂
Hello Fancy2, I have had lupus since 1987, but a swelling of the hands and fingers began much later. I had an increase in the deformity of both hands and fingers. When I opened the hand, the fingers drifted to ulnar. I discussed this with my rheumatology and they told me that it is an osteoarthritis of the fingers and not related to the lupus. I didn't want to believe this and did more research but she's actually right.
So I have to my friend the lupus also an osteoarthritis of the hands resp. Finger joints. I had both hands operated on by an experienced hand surgeon and now I have straight and functional hands again and almost no complaints.
Before the operation, the grasping for, for example, balls, which I put in a bowl filled with rapeseed helped me. The movements and grasping relieves the discomfort and at the same time is a good exercise to maintain the mobility of the hands and fingers.
Lg Angela
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Are swollen, painful hands that prevent you from making a fist related to lupus or osteoarthritis?
Many MyLupusTeam members experience painful swollen hands with lupus. One member shared, "When I first got sick, every joint hurt so bad, and my hands and feet were so swollen that I couldn't wear shoes or walk. My hands were Show Full Answer
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