Bear with me on this one as I know a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. My DD (age 11) has always been very healthy. Had tonsilitis in May and developed a swollen, painful knee shortly afterwards. Saw an orthopaedic surgeon who discharged her as it wasn't swollen by the time she got seen. Knee has swollen on and off all summer so she was referred back to orthopaedics (I suggested to GP that rheumatology might be more appropriate but was overruled). She's had blood tests and is waiting for an MRI scan (another 6 weeks to wait). She's now had another bout of tonsilitis and both knees, an ankle and some joints in her hand have become swollen and painful and she just doesn't feel right. Her bloods are okay but (for those in the know) her alk phos is raised and she has a weakly positive ANA. I know that it's perfectly possible to have normal bloods and still have inflammatory arthritis. I want to insist that she's referred promptly to a paediatric rheumatologist as I don't think a 6 week wait for a scan which might not show anything is reasonable but I work as a rheumatology nurse and don't want to overstep the mark or look for problems which aren't there. As a mum, my gut tells me that she needs to see a rheumatologist pronto!
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Is this really arthritis or just a reaction to infection?
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choirmum · 14/11/2013 22:24
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