Early rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect your smaller joints first, particularly the joints that attach your fingers to your hands and your toes to your feet. — AFP
Better medication means that people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to resort to surgery than in the past.
Before effective drugs became available to treat severe joint pain, doctors tended to surgically remove inflammatory tissue.
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