Weird, Undiagnosed Swelling In the Arms And Legs - Help Pls Posted: 06-26-06 20:20pm
I am a 31 year old male who has some odd
symptoms that cannot be identified. The
symptoms started with a sore forearm last
tuesday. I went to sleep and wok at 2am
with a 102 fever. The aches and swelling
were in both my forearms and my biceps.
After two days I went to my gp and she
said it was bacterial and gave me amox
clav. By then, my fever had reduced to
99.1 and aches continued and spread to my
calves and my hips. I called my gp again
on saturday and he sent me to the er.
They ran a blood test to show I had a ck
level in my blood 3x normal. They told
me to drink plenty of water and to come
back if my urine turned "tea like".
Well, I did as they said and I never had
tea like urine, but the aches have
continued to spread.
The doctor ruled out rhabdomyolysis
because my urine did not contain any
blood. I am waiting on the blood tests
back, but frankly this worries me. My
sister said a friend at work had something
similiar, but she didn't know what it was.
Anyone heard of anything like this?
Any cures?
The pain and swelling in my arm are
visible from across the room. My arms
are rigid, swollen and very weak. It
feels like I have been lifting weights too
much and my arms are full of lactic acid.
It is very bizarre. Any thoughts would
be helpful.
