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I recently started waking up with painful stiff fingers. i was tested for ra and my blood was all normal. they loosen up but the index finger remains sore all day ideas?
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Consider this: You may have osteoarthritis. Blood tests do now show anything. You may want to try to eliminate all dairy, red meat and sugar from your diet for 1 week and see if this improves. I have seen many cases of osteoarthritis mistaken for chronic inflammation due to dietary causes.
Answered 9/11/2016
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Inflammatory arthrit: Stiff hands first thing in the am usually suggests an inflammatory arthritis. There are other types of arthritis than can cause this other than ra. You should see your doc and make sure to get xrays, esr, CBC among other things. Anti-inflammatories work well for these.
Answered 6/10/2014
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