Our Symptoms

    Initial symptoms
  • Difficulty walking
  • Extremely cold for days
  • Frequent nocturnal urinating
  • Headache
  • Raised temperature
  • Severe involuntary shaking
  • Sore hips
  • Sore limbs
  • Sore shoulders
  • Stiffness
  • Weight loss
  • Nocturnal sweats
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Ongoing symptoms

  • Abdomen/trunk like concrete
  • Abdominal pain
  • Bloodshot eyes
  • Bruising
  • Chest pain
  • Cough
  • Cramp (fingers, toes, legs)
  • Despondency
  • Deteriorating handwriting
  • Difficulty walking
  • Disturbed sleep pattern
  • Dry eyes
  • Dry mouth and bad taste
  • Earache
  • Feeling unwell
  • Flatulence
  • Fleeting discomfort in head
  • Fleeting pain all over
  • Frequent nocturnal urinating
  • Hair growth (face etc)
  • Hair loss
  • Hair thickening
  • Headache
  • Hot flushes
  • Increasing clumsiness
  • Itching
  • Jaw pain
  • Lethargy
  • Loss of appetite
  • Loss of balance
  • Loss of taste
  • Mental fog
  • Migraine aura
  • Mood swings
  • Mouth/tongue ulcers
  • No energy
  • Numbness
  • Pain in lower arms and legs
  • Peach fluff on skin
  • Pelvic pain
  • Perspiration
  • Pins and needles
  • Pulse erratic
  • Pulse racing
  • Raised Blood Pressure
  • Severe involuntary shaking
  • Shallow breathing
  • Short tempered
  • Sore arms
  • Sore glands in neck
  • Sore hands
  • Sore hips
  • Sore shoulders
  • Sore thighs
  • Stiff/sore back
  • Stiff/sore neck
  • Stiffness
  • Swollen feet/ankles
  • Teeth sensitivity
  • Trembling
  • Unreasonable fatigue
  • Watery eyes/blurred vision
  • Weight gain
  • Treatment

  • Prednisolone
  • Alendronic acid (fosamax)
  • Calcium
  • Omeprazole
  • Other drugs

  • Alendronic acid (fosamax)
  • Ranitidine
  • Methotrexate
  • Leflunomide
  • Azathioprine
  • Arthrotec 50
  • Other complications

  • Cataracts
  • Diabetes
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Oesophagitis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Sacroiliitis
  • Parkinsons
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis