Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis: How to protect your joints, reduce pain, and improve mobility
You can end the pain and stop the damage of rheumatoid arthritis
Discover the breakthroughs, strategies, and common-sense solutions that are redefining RA treatment!
Rheumatoid arthritis can be debilitating and disabling. It can cause you constant pain and loss of joint function, and even rob you of your independence.
Fortunately, advances in diagnosis and treatment have made it possible to halt RA鈥檚 progress and let men and women with this all-too-common condition enjoy pain-free living with healthier joints, increased mobility, and lasting peace of mind.
Rheumatoid Arthritis, a Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School, will help empower you to work with your physician to create and implement a treatment strategy that can help you manage your rheumatoid arthritis effectively 鈥� and successfully.
You鈥檒l find the keys to an accurate diagnosis: What you need to tell your doctor, the safest imaging tests, the 10 classic symptoms, and more.
You鈥檒l learn about the drugs that are changing outcomes and brightening futures: How new antirheumatic drugs are revolutionizing treatment, the pain relievers with fewest side effects, and the one drug against which all others are measured.
You鈥檒l gain the ability to actively participate in managing your condition: How to get the most from exercise and complementary treatments, the most helpful tools and gadgets, and eight 鈥渏oint resolutions鈥� you鈥檒l want to adopt.
Don鈥檛 let rheumatoid arthritis control you. You can control it!