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Video Blog: Two Essentials with a Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis

Kelly O'Neill 24 Comments , ,
What do you say to someone diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis? If I could meet to every person diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I’d encourage them to Expect the best from treatments; Read all of their medical records; Keep up on research. I’d also wish for them that they find doctors who listen well! What else is indispensible with a Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis? Watch...Continue reading      24 Comments » Read more

Recognizing the Anguish of Depression in Time for Help

Kelly O'Neill 13 Comments , ,
Negative spaces are only part of the picture I was stirring early in the morning when everything was still gray. Something I saw looked like a fish for a moment. There’s no pet fish here, especially in my room. “Negative spaces,” I heard myself whisper. That’s what is in between the shapes of what is really there....Continue reading      13 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hair Loss

Kelly O'Neill 84 Comments , ,
Does RA Disease cause hair loss? Hair loss is one of the things you frequently hear about in the RA community. Patients have two questions: What’s causing my hair loss? What can I do about it? Hair loss can be a side effect of Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment Some DMARDs (disease modifying antirheumatic drugs) list hair loss as a possible side...Continue reading      84 Comments » Read more

Rheum Blog Carnival: Pain Relief in Rheumatology

Kelly O'Neill 16 Comments , ,
Hey all! I’m truly amazed and humbled by the blogs about pain relief that I’ve read over the last few days. I hope you’ll read them all. Here’s the original post with describing today’s topic about how to treat pain relief in Rheumatology. We asked about who should treat the pain and when, whether patients...Continue reading      16 Comments » Read more

Do you have a Rheumatology Care Team?

Kelly O'Neill 40 Comments , ,
What’s a rheumatology care team? When I wrote the About pages for this site, I discussed the team of doctors and medical professionals that a person fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis might gather around him. Like Diabetes, I realized that people with RA could need plenty of monitoring and advice. The other day, I read an article in The...Continue reading      40 Comments » Read more

When You Can’t Get Off Prednisone

Kelly O'Neill 126 Comments ,
We often hear people talk about how hard it is for them to stop taking prednisone. As a matter of fact, many comments come from people with a new prescription saying how quickly they hope to get off. Others say they’ve taken it for years and they’d like to stop if only they could. Prednisone can...Continue reading      126 Comments » Read more
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