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Test Predicts Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression

Can an arthritis prognosis brighten your future?

By Donna Rae Siegfried

4/1/06 If you had a way of knowing your rheumatoid arthritis would affect function sooner rather than later, you could opt for more aggressive treatment now, with hopes of preventing future decline. Tests for rheumatoid arthritis couldn’t previously supply....

melissa parker

18 Jan 2011, 14:03

my mom was diagnosed with ra at around 50 and she was doing great not sure what meds she was on though. 2 years ago at 61 they found a mass in her chest and within 2 weeks she was so sick they admitted her in chapel hill where she was going to start out patient kemo.within 4 days it spread to her liver and spine and on the 6th day she died. how do i get my dr to test me for ra??thank you...

Jackie Cooper

07 Jan 2011, 13:23

I have just had a blood test result of 12 CCP the receptionist at the doctors said this was abnormal and that it was being recorded. My mother had rhumatoid arthritus does this mean that I have it.

Thank you

jackie Cooper

laura higgs

01 Apr 2010, 02:35

LAURA APRIL 1ST 2010
I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH UNDIFFERENTIATED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER AND WAS PRESCRIBED NEURINTIN AND PLAQUENIL. WHAT IS THIS?

tammy

16 Nov 2009, 14:54

If you really want to know about RA and how to get well go here: http://www.rbfbb.org

debra

18 Sep 2009, 21:17

any RA drug out there that won't jack you up with cancer, TB or liver damage?

Shellie

19 Apr 2009, 19:26

I've just been diagnosed with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disorder. My Rheumatologist has prescribed Methotrexate. Is this the most common drug therapy used today? Any other options?

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Test Predicts Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression

Can an arthritis prognosis brighten your future?

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