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Covid Vaccine And RA Flare???

I am sixty-six and have had severe JRA for over sixty years. My disease was 'burned out' according to my Dr's and I have not had inflamed joints since my...

Thumb locks up

A few days ago my thumb started locking up. Its quite painful. I massage the base of my thumb and after a while it releases. Some of my other fingers...

Pins needles and numbness

Hello, I was diagnosed in 2015 with RA. I'm currently taking 2 x 200mg of hydroxychloroquine. My RA has been decently controlled with this med. Recently I started to get...

Weak hands and self injection issues

I’m wondering if anyone has thoughts regarding problems with weak hands making self injections difficult? I’m taking Actemra every 7 days, but my hands start losing strength and becoming painful...

Earliest symptoms vs diagnosis

The more I learn about RA the more I wonder when it really started to affect me. I had a complete hysterectomy at age 41 and only did HRT for...

Is enough fatigue to diagnosis RA?

Hi, I have been passing really bad times during years with severe fatigue. The problem is that I dont have joints problems, Just severe fatigue and body pain. 2 years...

Or maybe not..?

Had my first appointment with my GP to discuss joint pain/symptoms. Now I’m questioning everything including my sanity. Significant Labs from two weeks ago - CBC: HGB 10.0, WBC 14.7...

Odd symptom without explanation

Showing results for 'Nobody can figure out what is causing it (not yet), but at random times I get strong,painful itching on the top of my hands mainly. Other times...

More fatigue

On top of the over all fatigue that seems to worsen with increased joint pain, I’m also having leg fatigue? Back in the spring I noticed I can no longer...

Muscle weakness

Up until recently, my symptoms have primarily been joint pain/swelling/stiffness and fatigue in what I would describe as intermittent flares. Today my pain has been about the worst it’s ever...

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