It is so easy to forget that arthritis is not the only problem we see with rheumatoid arthritis, particularly when the disease is labeled and named an ARTHRITIS. However, the so-called extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis can cause significant disability, even death. It mu...
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Michael Ribolla
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 04:49 PMI wanted to tell you that your article is well timed. The Doctors are searching for the etiology of a small lung nodule, and they are unable to figure out what it is. I told them when they discovered it on a routine chest x-ray that it was an arthritis nodule. Their answer was, it is highly unlikely. Whatever it is, I feel better after reading your article. Thank you.
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Oh,no!!!
denise
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 05:13 PMJust returned from a fairly good appointment with my rheumatologist, felt pretty good about things, read this, now am ready to crawl back in a shell and wait to die from things I didn't even know about until now! -
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Tresa
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 06:01 PMSoooo much misconception over the disease due to the name. I must admit I didnt know the extent of it until I started living with RA.
Sometimes when I tell family members or friends about what I have been going through they are totally taken by surprise.
Nice article, Thank-you.
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RA beyond the joints
lynyeap
Sunday, February 03, 2008 at 12:04 AMI was really taken aback by the many listed manifestations of RA beyond joints. Thanks so much for the info.
Would like to ask about the degree of probability that having heart rythm irregularities will lead to heart problem.
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