Information and opinions on health from felice001 at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/194242/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/194242/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/194242/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/194242/134672/35 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:33:14 -0400 felice001 Hello. I am a 35 year old mother of 2 and just found out that I have an elevated RA factor of 49.5. I was hospitalized a couple months ago or so for severe burning in my chest, arms, and stomch with total loss of stregth in my muscles. My muscles also burned. I lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks due to thess episodes. They came and went for a month. When in the hospital they couldnt find anything other than high white blood counts. So I was diagnosed... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/194242/134672/35