Severe lung pain
Diagnosed in December '25 with seropositive ra. Back in March i had severe pain in my chest and lungs. I had an xray n was told there was some scarring in my lungs, that wasnt there in December, treated with pain meds, end of story. Now mid May im having the same god awful pain in my lungs, I had an xray done Friday and was told it was unremarkable. The scarring doesn't appear to have gotten any worse and there's no indication of pleurlisy. What in the holy heck is going on then and should I ask for a ct scan??? The pain is really only bad when I try to lay down and sleep, but it is unbearable. Ive been taking pain meds for 5 days and it hasn't gotten better at all.
Ive been on methotrexate since December, we recently maxed out my dose. I started at 15, went to 20, im now on 25mg weekly. We added plaquenil 2wks ago 200mg twice a day. Im also taking folic acid daily and 50,000 units of vitamin d once a week. And lately toredol for pain. Not sure if any of that is relevant but thats all the meds im taking.