Keep the Right Attitude About Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition that causes swelling in the lining of the joints. Because rheumatoid arthritis attacks the smallest joints first, rheumatoid arthritis at its early stage is one of the causes of wrist pain.

Your hand and wrist pain might be associated with rheumatoid arthritis if some of these other symptoms apply:

 

• You are a woman between 40 and 65 years old
• Other people in your family have rheumatoid arthritis
• You smoke

But a clinician can perform tests on joint fluid to rule out other problems, and he or she may take x-rays at an initial visit to follow the condition of the joint over time.

 

Rheumatoid arthritis can’t be completely cured, but a specialist can help control this condition and manage the side effects that may occur from rheumatoid arthritis medications.

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