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Shooting Debilitating Knee Pain
My areas of struggle were always my feet and hands but now I’m getting a sharp shooting pain in my knee and it can come on anytime at rest, walking, standing. It is like 10/10 pain. It is now waking me up while I’m sleeping. Then it will go away and then come right back or come back in an hour or whenever. My doctor is away but he texted saying RA doesn’t present itself like that (on and off inconsistent pain). I was wondering if you have expirenced this with your RA? I can’t imagine this being… read more
My knees hurt when I have a flare as well. I also have osteo arthritis in my right knee and the pain is unbearable and I am awaiting a knee replacement but generally when I have a flare like I said my knees hurt as do my elbows 🤷🏼♀️ Strange I know. Hope your ok xx
Could be fibromyalgia. I get that type of pain in the muscles and tendons from fibro. It requires different types of meds.
Yes both my knees hurt especially during flare -ups
I have experienced this exact symptom and I would say it is definitely RA related. It feels like an invisible knife just stabbed you in the knee/thigh. I experience this mostly when I’m sitting and not moving around.
It comes, lasts a few seconds and then goes away.
The torment of RA is never ending, sorry you experience this too
Cherry
RA can present in a lot of ways but what you describe is "atypical." I would probably seek a steroid injection into the knee and see if that helps.
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