RA...Myths and Realities | Arthritis Information

Introduction: The Need for Up-to-date Information When Living with RA

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex, systemic inflammatory illness. Quite often,  there is confusion about the disease process, its symptoms, and how it is best treated. As research and new medications have completely changed the way we currently think about and treat this illness, it is very important to have reliable, up-to-date information.

Hospital for Special Surgery Physician-in-Chief Dr. Paget recently visited the RA Workshop Support Program to dispel some myths and discuss the current realities about RA treatment and living with RA.

“You have your own concepts of the reality of the illness to you, and the personality of the illness in you,” said Dr. Paget in his introduction of the presentation, “but I’m going to provide you with some generalities in terms of the facts of the condition itself.”