Suggest treatment for severe hip pain
Patient: I have had extreme pain in both hips for several months now.  The onset of this pain was sort of sudden. Now I am having some pains shooting in my shoulder joints and in my knees.  i can tell that this is progressing rather quickly.  My doctor is treating me for bursitis.  I was on naproxin for a couple of weeks. It helped a little. I had to stop taking it due to side effects.  The pain was back immediately.  My question is "Do you think that I might need to seek out a specialist?" "Is this something attacking my skeletal system?" i am a white 69 year old female.  My fear is winding up in a wheelchair. Doctor: Dear Madam, I value your concern, and the symptoms you describe with involvement of both hips knees shoulders, cannot be just bursitis, My main concern in your case would be to rule out inflammatory arthritis, and that can be done by few blood tests, for that you will have to consult an Rheumatologist. Do not worry, as your pains could be functional, but to be sure we need investigations, hope you value my concern, and get investigated.All the best, let god heal you.