So i've been obsessing over my wrists, hands, feet, and knee for a year now. I started to notice my hands and feet changing size, shape, and color. I didn't take it serious because i'm 22 years old so of course I never thought about arthritis.
I have an album with 500 photos of my hands, feet, etc. I was amazed at how my own body changed. I became a stranger in my own body. I scheduled an appointment with the rheumatologist because i thought that he would recognize it for sure, and all the symptoms i mentioned....but he told me sorry and that he couldn't help me. I want to know if i'm crazy or the rheumatologist was against a young girl having arthritis.
My Symptoms:
-Joint Pain
-Wrist pain
-Numbness in toes, and fingers at times
-Redness
- Stiffness
-Changing the way i hold things and do things bc of my hands
-Dropping things
-Fingers growing and changing shape
-Inflammation
-Hyperpigmentation
-Feet/toes growing
-knee pain
-thumb and finger would hurt, so i'd have to use my middle finger to type etc.
-Weakness
-muscle weakness,
-Ganglion cyst
-Nerves are off
-Wrist grew, and i cant bend my wrist properly
-Tingling in the feet, hands
-big knuckles
-hand/feet deformity
-shoes would be tight
-Writing became difficult
, I know its crazy bc im only 22, but I need help bc its changing my life.
My fingers are super long now and bony and bigger. My left wrist bone sticks out a lot and is a lot bigger than my right wrist bone. Ganglion cyst on my right wrist that hurts once in a while. My nails are growing different and seem to be slante/sideways.
