Please share an interesting fact about living with rheumatoid arthritis.

Ignore: Bracing can be very helpful for pain relief and to stop joint disfigurement like "swan necking".

Ignore: Early, aggressive management is key: dmards.

Ignore: The vast majority of patients with rheumatoid arthritis can be remitted! see a rheumatologist early!

Ignore: Disease-modifying agents like Methotrexate are the main stay of treatments in rheumatoid arthritis.

Ignore: Be positive and physically active. Accept it is life long condition but not Crippling condition.

Ignore: RA is not as rare as people think. One percent of the human population is affected.

Ignore: Take your medications as prescribed. Talk to your doctor about fatigue. Pace yourself.

Ignore: Joint pains R symmetric ( both elbows,both shoulders,both wrists,etc).

Ignore: If a knee joint flares, rest the joint/do daily stretching; when better, restart low impact aerobics.

Ignore: With drugs, most patients are living quite normal lives & not requiring surgeries that they used to.

Ignore: Warm water exercise may help with the pain.

Ignore: Staying physically active is important to help keep joints flexible.

Ignore: LOTS of evidence that regular, low-impact exercise helps to preserve joints and reduce pain.

Ignore: Well medications are very important your attitude, your bill you stay active, and exercise are very Well medications are very important your attitude, you stay active, and exercise are very crucial.