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Can you help me find a good rheumatologist?

I have recently been diagnosed with Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. I am uncomfortable with the Rheumatologist. Can anyone recommend a good rheumatologist in the Longview-Ryler Texas area? I am scared and...

Sulfasalazine Side Effects

What side effects have you experienced while on Sulfasalazine? I've been on 500mg 2x daily for nearly 4 weeks now(had to switch to delayed release tab- stomach side effects were...

Pain like shinsplints, not in joint. Could my RA flaring?

Are stress fractures in the feet common with RA?

I was diagnosed with RA earlier this year and have now had 2 bouts with stress fractures in my foot. Is this common with RA?...

New and Lost

Hi I'm hoping to find some guidance or at least direction as to what I'm looking at. Yesterday I found out through a blood panel that I had drawn (for...

25, freshly diagnosed abroad

Hello everyone. Call my Tay. I've been diagnosed for just over a month. I currently live in Japan and as kind and awesome as my doctor is, she cannot quite...

Electrotherapy to treat RA

Who has tried this? Interested in any experiences, positive or negative. Thank you! https://electromedtech.com/blog/electrotherapy-for-rheumatoid-arthritis/...

Breathing problems anyone? DLCO 56%

Hi. I am new to the forum. I have had RA for about 8 years, serum positive, and was (past tense) positive for lupus as well (10 years ago). I...

What is the Rheumatoid factor?

Does it ever change with flare ups? And, I understand the normal Rheumatoid factor is 14. My Rheumatoid factor reads 31, but I'm reading that some people have a factor...

Tingling in Legs and Feet

Hi! I was diagnoised with PMR in Nov. of 2014. Then in March 2015 my rheumatologist said it had moved into RA. I am currently on methotrexate - 7.5 mg...

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