Swollen painful joints
I have been dealing with this for the past 10 years but it’s recently been escalating and I can’t get a diagnosis. I get painful swollen joints. It started as mild swelling in my fingers but more recently has turned into what I would call flares that turn red, warm and wake me up in excruciating pain in the middle of the night. It also has moved to other joints like my feet, ankles, knees and elbows. I once thought my foot was broken because it hurt so bad but they did an xray and nothing was broken. I’ve gone to a rheumatologist who has tested me for RA, gout and seronegative RA but it has all come up negative.
I personally think it is gout because the flares sometimes seem to coincide with periods of eating bad like the photos with green nails were when I was on vacation and eating whatever and drinking a lot of alcohol. The two times I have tested my blood uric acid levels they have both been around 5 mg/dL.
I don’t know what to do now. I’m tired of living in chronic pain. I’d just like for a doctor to give me a chance on allopurinol to see if I can stop having these attacks. Please help me with any suggestion.