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Whether you're a parent living with Rheumatoid Arthritis, or you're parenting a child with Juvenile Arthritis, you may be faced with new challenges. Open and careful communication is a must to help children understand the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and what they mean, whether it is the parent or the child who has the disease.
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Being single and sick has its challenges- there isn’t always someone around who can help you open bottles, zip up zippers or carry your groceries up a flight of stairs. On the other hand, dealing with being sick on your own allows you to put off worrying about some of RA’s future implications until some undetermined date in the…
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