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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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The Four Courses of Rheumatoid Arthritis, part 1
All Rheumatoid Arthritis disease is not the same. What are the four courses of RA? I had hoped that they would be appetizer, salad, entrée, and desert. But turns out they’re not… The names which I made up for them are Cyclone, Roller Coaster, Avalanche, and Tower of Terror. Maybe I live too close to [...]
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Pyramid Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis Trashed
RA treatment: Pyramid v. Surge OOPS! If you’ve read many books or articles on the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, you may have heard of the treatment pyramid. During past decades, this was the general treatment plan for all RA patients (regardless of disease course type). Here’s a brief summary of what is was like to [...]
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Preventative First Aid for Rheumatoid Arthritis / Autoimmune Disease
Many Rheumatoid Arthritis /Autoimmune disease medicines are immuno-suppressant That means that Rheumatoid Arthritis medicines work by reducing immune cells or impairing the function of certain types to immune cells. While this usually helps to reduce RA symptoms, it leaves the RA patient with lowered ability to combat invading bacteria. There are several steps that can be taken [...]
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Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Leave You Stuck in Orbit
Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis can get you stuck. We who live on the Space Coast follow the Space Shuttle like most towns follow their local high school football team. When there’s a launch, people run out into the yard, climb up on their roofs, and cheer like it’s July 4th. What are fireworks compared to a [...]
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