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There is no single blood test that without fail proves the existence of RA. In fact, this is one of the areas of research needed in order to help identify and treat patients early in the disease ...

Editor's note: This article was first published in May 2015. Since then, more research has been conducted to understand the role of genetics in rheumatoid arthritis. Read this recent study on genetic ...

RA symptoms tend to occur in joints evenly on both sides of the body. 1 If left untreated, RA will destroy the joints. This can make it hard for a person with RA to carry out normal daily tasks and ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term (chronic) autoimmune disease. Autoimmune means that your immune system begins to attack and damage healthy cells. Damage from RA can continue over time and ...

There are a lot of strange aspects of rheumatoid arthritis, and when I look back at my childhood, there were several health issues that seemed unusual and out of place at the time, but that make more ...

Consuming omega-3 fatty acids, a type of polyunsaturated fat, may help reduce symptoms in people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis because of their ability to modulate the inflammatory process. 1 ...

While an office job may seem better suited for a person with rheumatoid arthritis than manual labor, the repetitive tasks and long periods of sitting involved in most office jobs can take a toll as ...

From learning how to pick comfortable shoes to dealing with unpredictable RA symptoms, managing RA means finding new ways to make life work for you. Read the following articles with tips and tricks ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease. If you’re one of the 1.5 million American adults with RA, you know that what you eat might affect how often or how extreme flare-ups are. Try ...

I wake up with yellow crusties on my eyelids and a sticky residue. It’s not too different from pink eye, but less severe and harder to treat. Other than regularly washing the eyelids with warm water ...

Fatigue is a symptom of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that affects various aspects of life. RA fatigue is more than “just tired.” Fatigue brings not only severe exhaustion but also decreased mental ...