Red light therapy is thought to work by going beyond the surface of the skin and helping to stimulate cells in our body, ...
I wake up with yellow crusties on my eyelids and a sticky residue. It’s not too different from pink eye, but less severe and harder to treat. Other than regularly washing the eyelids with warm water ...
As many as a third of people with rheumatoid arthritis/rheumatoid disease (RA/RD) are diagnosed with what is called seronegative rheumatoid arthritis. 1 This means that rheumatoid factor is not ...
Luckily, the Americans with Disabilities Act (or ADA for short) requires most employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to qualified disabled individuals. Reasonable accommodations are ...
Lately, people have been asking a lot how I cope with RA and the host of adorable secondary conditions that come with it. Well, here’s my answer: I just do! Awesome! Talk soon. Hmmm, you’re still here ...
On the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation website, Ailsa Bosworth wrote: “Something like 90 percent of people with rheumatoid arthritis experience pain and problems with their feet and footwear ...
As many of our community members know, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects everyone differently. The feet are one of the most common places where RA causes pain. When RA affects the joints of the foot, ...
RA causes chronic inflammation in the joints, and the hands and wrists are commonly affected. The joints in the wrist may be one of the first symptoms of RA. About 50 percent of people with RA have ...
Check out the latest updates from our community of members living with rheumatoid arthritis. I am on Orencia biologic for my RA. I just wanted to check with our community about the following since I ...
It’s been a rough few months with an increase in fatigue, a noticeable lack of energy, difficulty sleeping soundly, and low motivation levels. It just feels like I’m sick all the time. This recent ...
If you have recently been referred to a rheumatologist, or if you have been reading up on rheumatoid arthritis and it seems that your symptoms fit with this diagnosis, you likely have a lot of ...