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Does rheumatoid arthritis always cause visible swelling in the hands?
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No: While rheumatoid arthritis often affects the hands and feet it is not uniform. So people never get hand disease. For som hand join or tendon swelling is the presenting symptoms.
Answered 7/6/2012
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