We had Miles and Charlotte overnight.
On Sunday evening Jenny started getting terrible pain in her left knee, yesterday she stayed upstairs because she could't walk, last night Andy rang, for advice, i told him to put her on Nurofen and massage into her knee some cream, if no better this morning she needs to go to the doctor.
She went to the doctor this morning and they took a blood test and told her she had Inflammatory Arthritis, she should keep trying to move it and if the pain gets too bad keep it raised.
The inflammatory arthritis pathway
Inflammatory arthritis is a term used to describe a group of conditions which affect your immune system. This means that your body’s defence system starts attacking your own tissues instead of germs, viruses and other foreign substances, which can cause pain, stiffness and joint damage. They’re also known as autoimmune diseases. The three most common forms of inflammatory arthritis are:
These conditions are also called systemic diseases because they can affect your whole body. They can happen at any age.
There’s no cure for these diseases at the moment, but the outlook for those diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis is significantly better than it was 20–30 years ago. Effective treatment begins much earlier and new drugs are available, which means less joint damage, less need for surgery and fewer complications.
Inflammatory arthritis isn’t the same as osteoarthritis, which happens when the cartilage in your joint wears away.
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