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Lisa Emrich

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posted 11/23/2009, comments (0)

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Congestive Heart Failure

As mentioned in a previous post, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease, patients with RA have a significantly increased risk of heart attack and stroke and a shorter life expectancy as compared to the general population. Rheumatoid arthritis may cause the the outer lining of the heart to swell (pericarditis) and cause heart complications.... Read more Chevron

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Lorrie B. Smith

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posted 01/17/2009, comments (21)

Need to know about the RA Factor blood test. Normal is 0-20 and I scored a 72. Is this super-high?

Hello, my name is Lorrie and I desperately need some answers. A little background: Healthy as a horse and a gym-rat until age 38. At 39, I got stage 2 invasive breast cancer, due to having the BRCA 1 gene. (No lymph node involvement!!) Subsequently, I had a double mastectomy and a total hysterectomy. The cancer was a breeze, except... Read more Chevron

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