FeaturedRA and Cold WeatherHow does the cold weather impact your symptoms? Have you found anything that helps manage pain and stiffness during the winter season?...Reactions0reactionsComments46 repliesFlares & Flare ManagementWeatherTips & Advice
FeaturedStress with RA! What do you do to shake it off? Stress is a killer, everyone knows that but for people like us with RA, stress is even worse. It can trigger our illnesses and make an already bad situation even...Reactions0reactionsComments213 repliesTips & Advice
Active todayBetter sleepHello, Any suggestions for supplements and or meds to help with sleep? Thanks....Reactions0reactionsComments10 repliesSleep
Active yesterdayWorse pain everHaving the worst flare up I have ever had, in so much pain can hardly walk and can’t sleep because of the pain...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesFlares & Flare Management
Active 4 days agoQuestions: LED Light therapyGM. My wife, concerned about my pain. bought me a Red and Infrared light therapy mitt for my hands. she has all good intentions, I used it a couple of...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesTreatmentHealthcare TeamAssistive Devices
Active 7 days agoHusband newly diagnosed and questions about medications?Hello, My husband has just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (Seropositive) and it due to start treatment soon. He is in his late 40's now but has likely had RA...Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
I Feel Like My Throat is Closing UpI'm kinda freaking out a little bit here and U don't know what I should to about this. The night before last my lymph nodes in my neck below and...Reactions0reactionsComments8 replies
I've also had new problems. Lungs:Pulm Fibrosis. But the rheum. here says my blood is fine? Help?Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
How long after stopping prednisone will moon face go away?Hello everyone! I was diagnosed with RA in January after a severe flare-up affecting all of the joints in my hands, shoulders, and big toes. I just finished a 40-day...Reactions0reactionsComments46 repliesSide Effects
Orencia TreatmentI’d appreciate it if I could obtain some information, from this very educated group, regarding the following: I understand that the biological treatment of Orencia can be given to patients...Reactions0reactionsComments9 repliesBiologic Medication
Mouth teeth ulcersHi Guys Been on methotrexate since May24. Low dose then upped to get me off anti inflammatorys and pain killers. After 6 months on 6 x 2.5g a week I...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesTips & AdviceSide EffectsNewly DiagnosedDiagnosisVentingTreatmentSymptoms
Tests for which medication will work.When I took the advice to take the shots for Covid after the first shot I started having more pain in my legs and hands. I took the booster shot...Reactions0reactionsComments44 repliesFlares & Flare ManagementBiologic MedicationTreatment