Joint pain and not walking or bending well on Prednisone

[emilymarie19]

I am having a hard time walking/ bending down and cracking my ankles since i have been on pred I am on humira also. When I walk i get sharp shooting pain in my legs
Why does this happen
Do I need pt or tell my docs
How do I make this go away

 

[mickey]

tell doc and see what they say. it could be as simple as incorrect dosage. important to check right away!

 

[Dukeis]

Prednisone can cause low potassium which can cause symptoms that you are having. You need to let your doctor know as soon as you can. If you have low potassium it can be dangerous.

 

[emilymarie19]

Ok doctor told me to go er

 

[Dukeis]

Ok doctor told me to go er

Good luck! Hope they get you taken care of and feeling better soon.

 

[emilymarie19]

Thanks

 

[emilymarie19]

They think I might have low thyroid or ra got blood work done this morning in the hospital

 

[Dukeis]

They think I might have low thyroid or ra got blood work done this morning in the hospital

Hope they get it all figured out for you. I would think RA would be helped by the Prednisone.

 

[emilymarie19]

Yeah I am not sure

 

[emilymarie19]

Blood work came good!

 

[Dukeis]

Are you still having problems?

 

[emilymarie19]

Joint pain yes

 

[Dukeis]

They haven't said what they think maybe the problem? Are you aware of this with Humira, this is from there website:

Immune reactions including a lupus-like syndrome. Symptoms include chest discomfort or pain that does not go away, shortness of breath, joint pain, or rash on your cheeks or arms that gets worse in the sun.

From what I understand you don't have to have all these symptoms for this to be the problem. Just and idea I thought you may want to know.

 

[emilymarie19]

I will ask my doctor