See below Please: Tender, warm, swollen joints morning stiffness that may last for hours. Firm bumps of tissue under the skin on your arms (rheumatoid nodules) fatigue, fever and weight loss early rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect your smaller joints first — particularly the joints that attach your fingers to your hands and your toes to your feet. As the disease progresses, symptoms often spread to the big joint.
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