With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Thinking Outside the Box Means Looking Beyond The Joints

By Mark Borigini, M.D., Health Pro Friday, January 11, 2008

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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

1/15/08 4:49pm

I 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.

denise

1/15/08 5:13pm

Just 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!

Tresa

1/22/08 6:01pm

Soooo 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.

lynyeap

2/ 3/08 12:04am

I 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.

With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Thinking Outside the Box Means Looking Beyond The Joints

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