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Withholding treatmen due to a "cost to society"?
Is it appropriate for a doctor to withhold biologics and cite "cost to society" as the reason? I am watching a loved one go downhill (increased number of swollen joints, ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Reduced hormone levels and the onset of RA?
I developed RA seven months ago and am currently taking methotrexate and plaquinil and am relatively under control. My symptoms started after I had a virus with a high temperature ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Should someone on anti-TNF inhibitor avoid contact with individuals with Chicken Pox?
If somebody is on an anti-TNF inhibitor, should they avoid coming into contact with somebody who has had chickenpox and what about flying is it ok to stay on these ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Best tests for diagnosing Rheumatoid Arthritis?
I am 56 years old and suddenly have started to feel pain in the joints of hands and in the feeds. All blood examinations have sent doctors result normal but ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Can people with post traumatic arthritis develop RA? Is there research on this?
I have been reading your FAQ and it seems that alot of people with post traumatic arthritis develop RA. I have post traumatic arthrits from multiple injuries sustained in a ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Why is RA pain felt in pairs on both sides of the body?
Can you explain why RA pain is felt in pairs on both sides of the body? Why does the same two fingers on my left hand mirror the pain and ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Tests negative but pain persisting?
In the year2000 I was told I had RA.All tests done like rafactor 45 sed rate ,proreactive test all showed low readings also got lymerix shot ,after first shot came ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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Is RA communicable disease
April 2004 I gave my uncle mouth to mouth resuscitation in his end stage of Pulmonary Fibrosis-he did not revive. Last month I had a 16.3 RAF Rh/Rheumatoid Factor and ......
Last Update: 2007-07-16
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Minocycline Trials
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Last Update: 2007-07-16
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Neg RA factor Sed rate 10 family history RA HELP!
AFTER PREGNANCY (BIRTH MAY 7) DEVELOPED RASH ON LEGS ARMS STOMACH- TOOK 2 COURSES OF PREDNISONE 60 MIL TAPER.RASH IS GONE 3 DAYS LATER i STARTED TO HAVE JOINT PAIN. ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Can injury or Car accidents bring on RA?
Prior to a car accident in which I was a passenger in March of 2000, I had no symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis, nor does my family have any history of ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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diagnosis of RA
About 10 weeks ago I had a sudden onset of symptoms resembling RA that involve almost all of my joints. My rheumatologist say that the blood work does not show ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Trauma induced rheumatoid arthritis
Can trauma be considered a possible cause of RA? Thanks Although I have had many patients whose RA began after trauma, surgery or stressful event, there is no ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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diet
Is there certain foods that make osteo & rheumatoid arthritis symptoms better & worst? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME Although many patients have told me that certain foods ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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molecular mimicry and therapeutic vaccines
If molecular mimicry is at work in the rheumatoid synovium (assuming the presence of a foreign antigen), can a therapeutic vaccine (or several vaccines) be developed to "retrain" the immune ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Injuries
Being a cancer survivor (GI-FAP) and having a low bone desity due to HRT complications and thrpugh a bone marrow tap done as a youth I was diagnosed with RA. ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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rheumatoid arthritis
what is the common age for the onset of rheumatoid arthritisand is there a genetic component Although RA can start at any age, it most commonly starts in ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Vitimans and Nutrition
I am the middle of 7 siblings. So far 5 of my siblings have been diagnosed with RA. This went further into my family with Aunts and Uncles and grandparents ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Zyban cause of RA
Any info would be great. I was prescribed Zyban for smoking cessation. Approx. 3 weeks later got hives. Per md delayed hypersensitivity reaction. 2 days after that awoke with severe ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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link between mmr vaccine and ra
In August of 2002 I recieved a second mmr vaccine to return to college (this is a requirement). In February 2003 I was diagnosed with RA. This was very sudden, ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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rheumatoid arthriris
what is the etiology of effusion in RA? I assume you mean joint effusions or the fluid flund within the joints in RA. Joint effusions in RA are ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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zero negative rheumatoid arthritis
what is this compared to positive rehumatoid arthritis and can the above mentioned turn into positive arthritis. what is my future prognosis. I am a soon to be 47 yr ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Is It Likely A Trauma Caused RA?
Aloha,I recently went to a (great) hand surgeon in regard to . . . (you guessed it) a hand injury. I fell over a year ago and my left hand ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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RHEUMATOID ARHTRITIS AND GENETICS
I have RA. Can you tell me the likelyhood that my identical twin sister will develope RA in her life time? How much of a role is genes in RA? ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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is R.A. fatal
im a 41yr old female with R.A.its been 7 yrs,i now have it full blown in all joints,feet, ankels,knees,hips,back,shoulders,elbows,neck,wrist,and hands,also in jaw,im on celebrex,shots from my dr,waiting to see a ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Genetic and Rheuatoid Arthritis
I have rheuatoid arthritis and my mohter has it as well. I have an identical twin sister. There is some good and bad medical things that can happen with twins. ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Osteoarthritis and Rheumatiod Arthritis
In 1995 I was hit by a car while crossing the street. I had surgery for a torn cartlidge in my left knee and was told then that I had ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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prevention
how do i prevent rheumatoid athiritis Unfortunately, there is no known prevention....
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
What can someone do to prevent rheumatoid arthritis? Can rheumatoid arthritis be preventable? Nothing we know of and I wish we could....
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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smoking and RA
In your opinion is there compelling evidence that smoking may cause RA in genetically susceptible individuals? No. However, there is very compelling information that RA patients who smoke ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
I have RA for 3 years now. My mother also has RA. I have an identical twin sister who has been complaining that she is stiff and sore lately. What ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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Re: Arthritis induced by taking Levaquin
My doctor prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection I one year ago (March 2006). I was supposed to take it for ten days but after taking day 7 of the ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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RA and normal blood tests
Can blood tests all be normal and still have RA? I was diagnosed two years ago with seronegative RA and Sjogren's Syndrome. I have very obvious swelling in my hand ......
Last Update: 2007-04-26
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