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I’m a Union Ironworker by Trade. I’ve been diagnosed with RA. I’m having a hard time managing the pain in my knuckles and doing my job safely looking for any...

How to deal with swelling in the Hands How to handle performing at a high level in the Construction Industry with painful joints...

If Someone Told Me __ About My RA, I Would Not Have Believed It.

We posed this question to our community earlier this year. Some responses were: *"The amount of medication and how often I would go to a doctor appointment." *How bad finding...

RA, Graves Disease, heart valve issues

After being diagnosed with RA about 15 years ago, the “hits just keep on coming “. Next it was Fibromyalgia, then started losing teeth. Following that, I was diagnosed with...

Behavioral Responses & RA

A few years ago, I began to recognize, what I viewed as an irrational, pre-flare event. I would have a burst of anger…typically evidenced by a dramatic overstatement of my...

Will you take our In America survey & help others understand life with RA?

Take survery: https://bit.ly/3Xs1bda *Update* The survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest. What makes RA so difficult, amongst other reasons, is the lack of awareness and growing misinformation...

Mental Health and RA

I want to start a discussion about mental health and RA. It is so important for us to be mentally healthy. I would like to know how some of the...

Effects of Covid vaccines on our RA ...

Hi, New tho this site because looking for feedback from fellow RA sufferers with regards to after effects of Covid vaccine on your RA. I have had three vaccines and...

arthritic fingers

I am seventy and for a couple of years experienced sharp pains lasting a second in my finger joints, they come on from nowhere some times and other times when...

Neurological Flare?

I am sero positive RA, undifferentiated connective tissue dz, trigeminal neuralgia, small fiber neuropathy are my main diagnosis. Two weeks ago, after a weekend of gardening, I went to bed...

What treatment do you recommend for facial rashes?

I always know when I’m about to experience a severe flare up with my RA because I get a red butterfly rash on my face. It itches, burns and occasionally...

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