Active todayNatural remedies ...Anyone come off medication for rheumatoid arthritis and used natural methods that have worked...Reactions0reactionsComments0 replies
Active todayI Feel Like My Throat is Closing Up...I'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...Reactions0reactionsComments7 replies
Active todayvagus nerve stimulation for treatment of RA...Article in NPR. Did anyone see this? (let’s hope research like this isn’t put on hold for the next four years) https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5272748/vagus-nerve-stimulation-may-tame-autoimmune-diseases...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesTreatmentResearch & Clinical Trials
Active yesterdayRA and face numbing ...Anyone else experience face numbness?? This has been happening to me going on 3 years. My RA dr sent me to a neurologist to rule out MS and he said...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Is Hot Yoga for You and Your RA?...Last September, I woke up one day and sat in the terrifying sense of feeling wildly out of control. It was a feeling quite unlike any emotional state I had...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Active 7 days agoRA and Prostate Cancer...New research has found that genetically predicted rheumatoid arthritis is causally associated with prostate cancer (see: https://www.healthday.com/healthpro-news/hcp-rheumatology/rheumatoid-arthritis-causally-linked-to-prostate-cancer). Men with RA, does your doctor regularly screen for prostate cancer...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesComorbiditiesAwareness
Active 5 days agoPains all over...Hi everyone I have just been diagnosed with RA but i'm just not 100% convinced. I have no swelling in joints and no pain in joints. I feel pain in...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesTreatment
Active 8 days agoRelive pain at home....Hi I’m waiting on my diagnosis from specialist but doctor is saying he’s confident it’s rheumatoid arthritis that I have I’m 34 and how it started hurt my wrist so...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesCopingFlares & Flare ManagementTips & Advice
Active yesterdayhas anyone with RA and MTHFR gene mutation had problems with medicines...I've recently been diagnosed with RA, and I know I have the MTHFR gene mutation. I am having trouble with medications and was wondering if anyone else is experiencing same...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesSide EffectsDiagnosisSymptoms
Does anyone else get tingling sensation on your thumbs/hand...Recently I have been getting tingling sensation on my hand/thumb and arm. I have been back on hydroxychloroquine since last year and was wondering if anyone experienced the same...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Orencia Treatment...I’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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesBiologic Medication
Active 7 days agoTreatment plan ...My consultant thinks I have been taking my methotrexate but I haven’t been taking it in 2 years so she thinks I have to take rituximab on top to control...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesAwarenessTips & AdviceTreatment
Active 8 days agoNew member here...GM All, New member here, looking for support and discussion of issues. I am 59yr old male that was diagnosed with RA on January 3rd 2025. My RA is primarily...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesFriends & FamilyNewly Diagnosed
Active 8 days agoRA, Sex, and An Unsympathetic Partner Is a Recipe for Disaster...My boyfriend and I live together and have been together for 10 years. Around 2020, before I was diagnosed, I noticed that my libido had become practically nonexistent. It was...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Active 8 days agoHas anyone else seen Medicare coverage of biologics go through the roof in 2025?...I am a mostly healthy 77 year old female diagnosed with RA at age 58. I was doing well with Orencia and Plaquenil in the last 2 years. I have...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesBiologic Medication
A Profound Thought: Finding Our 'Why'...Why me? That is the biggest question I thought of when I was first diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. It is a common and, sadly, usually unresolved question. I know...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Methotrexate injection ...I’ve been on Methotrexate now for 1 year , I inject on a Sunday, I feel so tired and low for three days after ,also a wave of sickness comes...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCoping
Active 5 days agoAnyone have experience dealing with Vocal Cord Nodules / Bamboo Nodules?...I was officially diagnosed about 1 year ago. I'm still having issues finding a medication that really works (thanks, insurance, for those flaming hoops you're making me jump through). I...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesDiagnosisFlares & Flare ManagementSymptoms
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Intimacy...Hi Everyone! I've recently been thinking about how RA has impacted intimacy with my partner, and I was wondering if is something any of you have experienced as well? I...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesIntimacy & Relationships
Can i collect disability having severe RA...Can i collect disability i have RA for 35 years...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesInsurance & Disability
