Archive for the ‘For the newly diagnosed’ Category
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Diet, Part 2: Ten Easy Tips
What would a diet for RA look like? Is there a diet healthy for Rheumatoid Arthritis? Diet seems to be one way we can impact our health for the good. If you read the last blog post with the crazy medicine cabinet, you know that there is not a Rheumatoid Arthritis diet cure. However, we [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Diet: 3 Key Questions
There are dozens of books & hundreds of websites for RA diet cures, so one of them must be true… One of the most bewildering topics in the ocean of RA information is nutrition. There are so many selling their cure for RA that the water is muddied between myth and fact. Search online for [...]
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20 Tips for Managing Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis as a partner with a Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist I’ve answered so many questions from RA’ers who are unsure why their rheumatologist makes certain decisions. Why does she/he prescribe a certain Rheumatoid Arthritis medicine? When do I need that test? Should RA’ers cooperate blindly with the doctor? Or discretely refuse to comply? [...]
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21 Things to Know About Finding a New Rheumatologist / Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist
What to look for in a rheumatologist: Asks questions, listens for answers. Makes eye contact. Shakes hands gently. Education is recent or up to date. Attends American College of Rheumatology (ACR) meetings every year or so. Encourages patients to become informed, educated about RA. Welcomes friend or family member as an appointment companion. Views you [...]
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Is there a blood test for Rheumatoid Arthritis? Part 1
Yes and no. There are at least four. But, actually, there is none. Allow me to explain… Do the Rheumatoid Arthritis tests pass the tests? What are the tests? 1) Rheumatoid Factor For the last few decades, Rheumatologists have relied heavily enough upon the Rheumatoid factor test that it is part of the American College [...]
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Can I Delay Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis? part 2
Is it safe to delay Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment? If you re-phrase this question six different ways, and search using Google, you will get a lot of good information about why Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment should NOT be delayed. So, I guess that’s the Google-vote. But most of us do not make decisions based upon a Google-vote. [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Requires Disease Treatment and Symptom Treatment
There is a difference between disease control and symptom control for Rheumatoid Arthritis. There is no Rheumatoid Arthritis cure. You probably gathered that from yesterday’s funny blog. However, there are medications which can curb many of the effects of RA by actually cutting back the activity of the immune cells. These are the medicines referred to as [...]
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What Causes the Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue?
What Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue? The fatigue of Rheumatoid Arthritis is a weariness that rest cannot cure. It is tiredness without the benefit of the pleasure of activity. Over 90% of RA patients report fatigue as a clinical symptom. It is counted second only to pain as the greatest difficulty of living with RA. [...]
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