One patient's experience with Calvinism, and how the phrase "better than I deserve" made them take a hard look at their ...

Hand-pain, reading, & RA There are times when reading a good book is the only way I can distract myself from the joint pain my rheumatoid disease so frequently causes. I depend on reading in the same ...

Of all the things about rheumatoid arthritis I hate (and there are too many to list here), fatigue has to be one of the worst. RA-related fatigue is not being tired. You can relieve “tired” with ...

Rheumatoid arthritis and comorbidities It’s hard to believe sometimes (because everything is always connected to my autoimmune condition) but I did have health concerns prior to it! Around the age of ...

Health benefits of the infrared sauna Far infrared saunas are used around the world, and especially in the East, for conditions like cardiac disease and failure, type 2 diabetes, chronic pain, and ...

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 keep a job. The inflammation of RA can lead to other conditions such as: 1 ...

The progression of RA is not the same for everyone. The overall course of the disease can vary from person to person, depending on several factors: 1 Genes Number and severity of symptoms Presence of ...

Addressing my RA foot pain It wasn’t until December 2018 when I switched rheumatologists that any of my concerns about my feet were addressed. That is when my rheumatologist sent me to a podiatrist. A ...

Truthfully, hair loss was the big one for me. Although admittedly a bit vain, I was really worried my already thin hair would become even thinner. As a young mom in her 30s, that felt a little scary ...

Everyday activities In addition to the outpouring of comments on shoe changes, tips, and tricks, we also received a lot of feedback on how RA foot pain can affect daily living and mobility. “I feel ...

About 50 percent of people with RA have wrist involvement when they are first diagnosed with the disease, and this increases to almost 90 percent of people with RA having wrist pain and loss of ...

Those of us who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tend to be quite familiar with the standard laundry list of symptoms associated with this condition, like pain, joint swelling, and fatigue. Living with ...