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Yes RA is definitely a crippling disease. In the not so distant past and still in many parts of the world where poverty stops sufferers from getting proper treatment RA puts many people in wheel chairs or disfigured their joint to a point where they are unable to function normally. Today with harm minimising treatments available victims are not guaranteed complete protection and joint replacements and operations are not unusual for RA sufferers.

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