The first thing to do when you have early signs of rheumatoid arthritis in your hands (or elsewhere) is to see your ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes a number of painful symptoms, including stiffness, visible swelling, and deformation of the joints in the fingers and hands. Managing inflammation can help reduce ...

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Factors that may play a role include: One of the first symptoms of RA is inflammation of the smaller joints in the hands and feet. Most of the time, symptoms affect both sides of the body at once.

This last stage of RA is characterized by pain, swelling, stiffness, and mobility loss though your joints no longer show ...

Hand strengthening and stretching exercises have been shown to improve RA symptoms. Spread your fingers as wide as they can go, then make a fist. Repeat that stretching and squeezing motion.