Hello and welcome to the arthritis forum.
The symptoms you describe are indeed troubling. You say that you test negative for the RA test?
Today's serological diagnostic testing for an autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis is very sophisticated, and involve two widely used methods for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis.
Let me share a few facts about RA -- it occurs mainly in a small population of women 50 years and older. Its prevalence is between 1/2% to 1%. RA causes systemic destruction and deformity of joints, and in severe cases can affect the skin, blood vessels, and other connective tissue.
Early detection and treatment of RA is essential to maintaining an acceptable quality of life.
Diagnosis of the disease requires an investigation of medical history, including genetic disposition, clinical findings and imaging techniques, and serological laboratory tests.
So, diagnosis of RA should not be based solely on determination of the rheumatoid factors, but requires a collection of findings that sum to an RA "score".
I hope that you understand the implication that simply having a negative RA test, what ever that means, rules out a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
However, if two rheumatologists cannot diagnose your condition, you may seek other opinions. The fact that both of these physicians seem to ignore your hereditary disposition to the disease is disturbing.
It is important, especially now when you "look so healthy" that you stay healthy. Early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is essential to maintaining joint health.
Your symptoms also range beyond those typical of RA, and I would suggest that you consult a board certified pain specialist (not simply an interventional pain doctor), to rule out another autoimmune condition known as fibromyalgia.
Board certified pain specialists are allopathic or osteopathic physicians (MD or DO), that also have the credentials DABPM (diplomate American Board of Pain Management).
If pain management fails to make a proper diagnosis, another second good source of medical expertise may be found in the specialty of immunology.
Auto immune diseases are complex and difficult to diagnose. Your demonstration of courage, confidence, and perseverance are essential for finding the cause of your chronic pain condition. I encourage you to continue to seek specialists who have the skills to make a correct differential diagnosis of your condition.
Please visit us at the Pain forum, where you may find other people's stories that are similar to your own.
Best wishes.
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