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Can stills disease or perhaps the auto-immune repressive medications, cause nerve damage to the fingers (numbness and pain)?

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Dr. John Goldman answered

Suspect illness : Suspect that this may be related more to Still or an overlap. We might consider associated carpal tunnel or neuropathy or vasculitis and less likely the medications

Answered 10/19/2015

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A member asked:

Can stills disease or perhaps the auto-immune repressive medications, cause nerve damage to the fingers (numbness and pain)?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. John Goldman answered

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