Im having swelling above my knees, retaining water, swelling on ankles and fingers, also getting numbness and aching pain my my left palm, have been to physician - she thought it was arthiritis or auto immune.bloods are clear. but give 5mg prednison?

Continue followup: As you have mentioned, it sounds like for some reason you are retaining fluid. There are multiple potential causes including cardiac, renal causes. Need to find underlying cause and correct diagnosis before appropriate treatment begun. Numbness in palm possibly carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition that can be aggravated by fluid retention. Don’t hesitate to see specialist if not making progress.