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What Were Your First Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis?

I have to see a rheumatologist in the next small while to see if I have RA. How did your RA feel when it first started?
As many specifics as possible would be very much appreciated.


3 Comments to What Were Your First Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  1. Jacob's Gravatar Jacob
    October 15, 2009 at 3:44 am | Permalink

    A lot of times, it is the smaller joints, such as the hands, that start to hurt first. Sometimes, fatigue and tiredness are also common, which can go overlooked, because they are not what many people recognize as symptoms of arthritis.

  2. October 15, 2009 at 6:35 am | Permalink

    there r many symptom like pain , redness , hotness
    but the specific one is morning stiffness for about 1/2 hour
    u should also do serum rheumatoid factor

  3. manda's Gravatar manda
    October 15, 2009 at 8:11 am | Permalink

    My mothers first symptoms where her fingers and knees. It hurt her to grab things and her knees where killing her. It would just ache all day and she would have to take tylenol all day.

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