#joint damage

I've seen sources ranging between 20 to 40 % of people with RA* are seronegative.

If you have worsening joint pain that is symmetrical (same joints in both hands at once, for example), don't let your doc stop at "Good news, your blood work is normal!"

Ask for imaging of your dominant hand. This is how a lot of us with seronegative arthritis get diagnosed.

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I’ve talked about my FAI (femoroacetabular impingement) and chronic bursitis/joint damage like…a year or two ago and how I was struggling to get my surgery…

I’m seeing a hip specialist at UTMB tomorrow and they’re going in with a scope to look at my joint.

So since I've started lifting weights every other day this past month and I've lost 5lbs.....but this means, according to professional trainer advice, I need to increase my calories by 200 eating a full 2000 healthy calories a day.

I reallly don't want to.

Acid reflux is a bitch and it would much easier if I could have a steak and not vomit from my digestive issues, but, no I need to eat even more tofu and seeds. I really do hate eating.

Sulfatase-2: the TNF-alpha’s goonie paving the ground to antigen presentation and cytokine actions

Extracellular sulfatase-2 (Sulf-2) is an enzyme that influences receptor-ligand binding and subsequent signaling by chemokines and growth factors. The role of Sulf-2 remains unexplored in inflammatory cytokine signaling in the context of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Scientists have now doscovered that sulfatase-2 that plays a critical role in the damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis.…