Rheumatoid Arthritis Medical Reference

An overview of the options for treating rheumatoid arthritis.

If your child's joints ache from juvenile idiopathic arthritis, which used to be called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, there are many ways to get relief. Learn how NSAIDs, physical therapy, splints, and heat or ice packs can help.

If medicine and other treatments aren't working well for your child's juvenile idiopathic arthritis, joint replacement surgery may be an option. Learn about the pros and cons.

If your child has a joint that can’t flex as far as it should, your doctor might put a series of casts on it. Each one would turn the joint a little farther in the direction it needs to go. This is called serial casting.

If your muscles or other soft tissues harden or stiffen around a joint, you might have trouble flexing it. Surgery can help.

Researchers are studying different types of vaccines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), along with other immune treatments. Could these drugs provide a better way to treat the disease?

When you have rheumatoid arthritis, even the simple tasks can be hard to do. But a few clever hacks, from gadgets to lifestyle changes, can make things easier.

Learn about why rheumatoid arthritis causes fatigue and how you can manage it.

Joint pain isn’t the only thing that comes with rheumatoid arthritis. Other symptoms include numbness, tingling, nerve pain, muscle spasms, constipation and other serious complications that might require medical attention.

People with rheumatoid arthritis often get depression. Learn how the two conditions are linked and how to treat it.

Learn the reasons that your biologic drug may not be improving your rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms as well you'd hoped.

On a biologic to tame your RA symptoms? Here’s what to ask your doctor.

If you have rheumatoid arthritis, it is important to understand the similarities and differences of seropositive and seronegative types. Learn more.

Find out what symptoms to watch for to see if you and your doctor should think about changing the type of biologic drug you take to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Learn about common triggers that can bring on a flare-up of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms.

Rheumatoid arthritis can have an impact on your relationships and social life. But you can do things to manage those issues so you feel good.

When you have rheumatoid arthritis, your symptoms can come and go. What causes remission and relapse, and is there anything you can do to keep symptoms away?

When rheumatoid arthritis (RA) begins between ages 60-65, it’s called elderly-onset RA or late-onset RA. Here’s how it’s different from RA in younger people.

Being overweight changes how RA affects you, but not in some of the ways you might think.

If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you may wonder if RA drugs cause cancer. Here’s some mostly good news, based on the latest research.

Having rheumatoid arthritis may make you more likely to develop diabetes and vice versa. Learn how the two diseases are connected and what you can do to protect yourself.

Both rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis are autoimmune diseases that affect your joints. WebMD explains how to tell which one you have.

If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you're more likely to develop fibromyalgia, and vice versa. WebMD describes how they're connected and how you can keep them under control.

Rheumatoid arthritis and lupus share lots of similarities. But they also differ in many ways. WebMD explains how to tell them apart.

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