JAK Inhibitors for Rheumatoid Arthritis
If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), your doctor may suggest Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors to help ease your joint pain and swelling. In one stud...
Read moreIf you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), your doctor may suggest Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors to help ease your joint pain and swelling. In one stud...
Read moreRheumatoid nodules are firm lumps under the skin. Some nodules can move. But if they hurt or make it harder to do daily activities because they put...
Read moreIf you have the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, such as pain, swelling, and stiff joints, your doctor may use the rheumatoid factor blood test to...
Read moreSymptoms of hip arthritis may occur later than those from RA affecting smaller joints. Learn how to find out if your RA is active and how you can p...
Read moreBut you don’t feel sick or have the fatigue that comes with some other types of arthritis. That means the immune system attacks parts of the body, ...
Read moreAlthough stiff joints are a classic symptom of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you can also get them for other reasons. Others ease symptoms of joint st...
Read moreThen you’ll bend your fingers down over your thumb to make a fist. If it hurts on the thumb side of your wrist, you probably have de Quervain's ten...
Read moreWhen you have an autoimmune disease a similar thing happens. As with other life-long conditions like heart disease, it’s probably not just one thin...
Read morePhysical exam: The doctor will check your joints for swelling, tenderness, and range of motion. RA tends to strike several joints. Antibody blood t...
Read moreRheumatic diseases affect your joints tendons, ligaments, bones, and muscles. Depending on what parts of the body it affects, OA can make it hard t...
Read moreSjögren's syndrome occurs in two basic forms: primary Sjögren's syndrome -- the disease by itself and not associated with any other illness; and se...
Read moreSome people may have rheumatoid arthritis for a short time and then go into remission, which means they don’t have symptoms. Something seems to tri...
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