What is your take on getting a tattoo while on Humira, Plaquinel, and Sulfasalazene as a result of RA?
Plaquenil and Sulfasalazine aren't considered 'immuno-suppressants'. They are DMARDs and they slow the disease down, but they don't suppress your immune system. Humira does and that's where your risk is. I have never had a tattoo, but I'm on Plaquenil and Prednisone for my connective tissue diseases (probably Psoriatic Arthritis and Sjogren's). You haven't got any answers, so I hope you can appreciate my attempt to help. If you want to get a tattoo, then go for it. But if you want to then get it. Like you said, make sure you go to somewhere clean. I would also tell them about you having a compromised immune system and see if they can make sure they take extra precautions. I have two friends who have arthritic conditions and have tattoos. One of my friends has RA and is on Remicade (similar to Humira), Methotrexate and Prednisone (all immunosuppressants) and she has a tattoo and never had any problems. My other friend has Lupus and at the time was on Plaquenil and Imuran (immunosuppressant) and has two tattoos. I don't think there's any reason for you not to get a tattoo. You are at higher risk than the average of getting an infection, but if you look after it and go to a decent place, then you should be ok .....
Tattoos while on immunosuppressants?
Has anyone here ever gotten a tattoo while on immunosuppressants? I have rheumatoid arthritis and I'm on Enbrel, methotrexate, and plaquenil. Obviously, I'm at a much higher risk of infection, which is why I'm trying to do some research on getting tattoos. I have had tattoos before but at the time wasn't on RA meds. Anyone who's ever gotten a tattoo while on immune system supressant drugs, please let me know how you did, if your doctor did anything special to help with preventing infection, and anything else that may be helpful. Of course I'm planning on discussing it with my doctor before going near the needle again. Thanks for the help!
Has anyone become pregnant while their partner was taking methotrexate?
you know i have to be honest, i don't know the effects on men BUT i do know the effects on women, i was on methotrexate for a while and i didn't know i was pregnant until i had cramps one night and had to go to the hospital, i found out that my body was pushing the baby out, so i had lost my baby... i know the side effects of mtx so i can just imagine what would happen to a baby... i would not recommend trying to get pregnant while your boyfriend is still taking mtx, if you guys want to have a baby you should see if there are 'healthier' alternatives to mtx... since that time (2004) i've not taken mtx and have given birth to a beautiful baby boy 2005 and am pregnant with my third (due Oct.7)... and i haven't taken anything for the RA... hope things work out for you guys
If a doctor diagnosed you with systemic lupus and said you were dying, what would you do?
I'm 2006 I was diagnosed with lupus nephritis (not SLE) and given an estimated 5 yrs if I was able to find a kidney donor.I went home to an ungrateful Husband who didn't ask how I had got on just was grumbling as his dinner wasn't ready. That night I emailed by Boss to say I would be late into work next day. On the way to work I walked into a solicitors and filed for divorce.If I had 5 years left I sure as hell wasn't going to waste another breath on that sponging, self centred man. He was violent and emotionally abusive and getting him to move out and accept it was over was very hard.My divorce came through in 2007. He is still a leach.But I found happiness in a new relationship and am still together with a 2nd child. On paper I am still very ill but I live my life to the full and put the disease where it belongs which isn't interrupting my life too much.If it happened again I would make sure I was being treated by the best possible medics available. In England that is the Louise Coote Lupus Centre at St Thomas Hospital. Before I was under their care I was seeing 6 separate consultants at 3 different hospitals. I have moved country since and the specialist knowledge does not exist in Scotland but the condition is well managed (thankfully).
An ecoptic pregnancy is a pregnancy that happens somewhere other then the uterus, my question is what happens next?
It usually can’t be carried to term, since most sites aren’t suitable for the placenta to attach to, without a functioning placenta the fetus wouldn’t get fed, so dies off. If located e.g. in the Fallopian tube it will after growing rupture the tube, causing a serious potentially fatal intra-abdominal bleed.From Medscape Practice Essentials (after registration freely accessible to medical and nursing professionals and students): a pregnancy in the muscular wall of the womb where the tube enters the womb (intersitial, location D on the sketch) ) at 12 weeksUnder exceptional circumstances the tubal rupture isn’t doesn’t cause a bleeding, and a placenta is formed besides the womb using the nearby ovary’s blood supply, making it possible for the baby to grow to term, needing an operation to be born (taken out of the belly, and then removing the placenta causing awound, risking a bleed, this risk is a lot lower if the fetus as usual, nestles in the womb, since the womb can contract, and thus stop the large wound - that is formed after the placenta is removed- from bleeding) see [Ectopic pregnancy carried to full term with a living infant].