I have a few RA nodules on my wrists /hands does anyone here have these ? do they go /shrink ? and what exactly causes them is it the inflamation ?
Gilly, I don't know. I just don't like seeing a zero
Linda
Hi Gilly I had three nodules on the inside of my left elbow. My elbow was swelling and seizing up so bad that my RD drained my elbow and injected some cortisone into the joint. My elbow has done better since then and about 3 weeks after the nodules went away. The RD was pleasantly surprised that happened.Hi Gilly...I've had a few nodules over the years. Some have gone away...even after having them a few years. Those that have gone away were on my wrist and elbow. The ones that have not gone away are on my feet/ankle.
Kelly
I've got nodules just below the elbow on both arms. They just sort of popped up out of nowhere last year, and each eventually grew to about the size of half a golf ball. They were painless, but extremely ugly. Once I began taking Humira, they began to slowly shrink. The one on my left arm is almost gone, and the one on my right arm is about the size of a pea. Hopefully, they'll both be completely gone in a few months. Those are the only nodules I've had in 12 years with RA.[QUOTE=hammerstein1200] Hi Gilly I had three nodules on the inside of my left elbow. My elbow was swelling and seizing up so bad that my RD drained my elbow and injected some cortisone into the joint. My elbow has done better since then and about 3 weeks after the nodules went away. The RD was pleasantly surprised that happened.
I found this site
http://arthritis.about.com/cs/nodules/a/rheumanodules.htm
There's some images of hands on there too. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the link i have looked at the picture gallery
I hope the nodules dissapear they somehow dont look pretty I had one just below each elbow for about a year right after I came down with RA. They gradually faded and are now gone.Gilly I hope that they do too.
Hi Gilly,
I also have them below each elbow. The come and go, but I always seem to have some.
When I was younger I'd get them on my knuckles, all over. They were tiny, almost looked like pimples. I was a naughty kid and played with them, even when they hurt. So now my knuckles are a little scarred. :( Don't mess with 'em.....lolGood Morning Everyone!
I have had RA for about 7 or 8 months now. I am curious what are nodules and what causes some people to get them and not others. So far, I have not experienced this part of RA.
Thanks, Anne
Here's a good linkAnne & Gilly - I first reported a swollen, red elbow, then a series of medium-sized nodules on the bottom side of my left forearm almost three years ago. I also have two confirmed nodules in my right lung field that were first picked up on xray almost 30 years ago, and I was told they were calcified lymph nodes. I have a good sized nodule on my right hip ileum picked up by MRI almost two years ago. That one might have to be removed if the sciatic episodes start up again.
Wow justsaynoemore, I can't even imagine~ This is such a horrible disease!!! thanks for the info. So far I don't have nodules. I'm almost afraid to say it as I will probable wake up with them tomorrow :)
Jasminerain thanks for the link very useful info
I hope when i go on MTX the RA will be more controlled and no more Nodules
Since having steroid shot last thursday i feel so good wish it would last
I've had them too - elbows and wrists. They come and go. I haven't had any now for many years.
Kathy
I have a fluid filled bump that showed up on the top of my ankle about two weeks ago. It has gone done slightly. It is fairly firm but tender to the touch. And, since it is on the top of where my ankle joint bends, it is hurting my joint. Is this a nodule? [QUOTE=ncjen]I have a fluid filled bump that showed up on the top of my ankle about two weeks ago. It has gone done slightly. It is fairly firm but tender to the touch. And, since it is on the top of where my ankle joint bends, it is hurting my joint. Is this a nodule? [/QUOTE] Nodules are supposed to be non tender ( thats what i have read ) it would be worth showing your consultant to see what he/she says I've had nodulars too. I had one taken out of thumb 29+ years ago - I too have had them come and go on my elbows - i Have on on the bottom of my toe right nowI told him that I wasn't ready for surguries fifteen and sixteen.
My first nodules appeared on the knuckles of the middle finger of each hand in 2004. I went off to see a hand doctor and had steriod injections right into the finger.. that smarted a bit
I have had two nodules on my left shoulder since I was pregnant with my almost 15 year old son. When I first showed them to my ob/gyn (cause I had never heard the words RA before), he said that they were blemishes and would go away. After my son was born and I started having what I now know were flare ups (still not knowing that RA was going to be a part of my life), they told me it was a sign of infection. After my PCP finally put all of my symptoms together, he told me what they were. I still have them, they aren't painful, and they have a few 'friends'. All of them around my right shoulder. Which amazingly is probably the only joint in my body that doesn't give me any problem, but does show ugly damage on xray. I am one of the lucky ones in that it has been a very slow progression until lately.