I have had RA for a lot of years but have never found any relationship between the weather and the onset of symptoms. Osteoarthritis sufferers do claim to have this problem however an RA can bring about osteoarthritis, so there may be some possibility there.
No
They can do. Rheumatoid arthritis can effect all the joints in the body and one of the peculiarity of it is that often it will effect the opposing joint in the body at the same time.
gold is given as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
NOAA has no effect on weather. It is a division of NOAA which predicts the weather.
People that have rheumatoid arthritis often also have a high RF However not always. There are also many people with a high rheumatoid factor that never develop rheumatoid arthritis, so unless the person is showing the symptoms of RA it should have no effect.
No not directly. however as part of the disease rheumatoid arthritis a person with this condition can expect a shorter life as a result of the side effects of treatments and the effect of the disease on the body's organs
No one has been able to come up with an answer to that question yet. The effect of climtic condition seems to vary widely to different people however. For example, I my particular case (Rheumatoid arthritis) I would say that the weather, humidity , changes in the weather, or temperature makes no difference whatsoever to the symptoms of my disease. However I have a brother that has a problem with osteoarthritis and he claims that the weather has a definite effect especially when there is a change fro clear to stormy. so it seems to be a personal thing,
Juvenile RA can have an effect on any of the joints in the body.
question should be: how does virginia's weather affect its wildlife? ....not effect.
Weather is a short term change to the climate, but not to the greenhouse effect. Climate is a long term change to the weather (but not to the greenhouse effect).
No although some of the drugs used to treat it may have that effect.
None unless you are taking a drug like methotrexate to treat the symptoms.