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Hi, I'm writing about my hubby. About 6 months ago his ankles

swelled up so bad, I mean unrecognizable, they were red and hot to

the touch, he felt ill all over. Took him to the ER and the doc

after testing his heart etc. did the sed rate test ( I think thats

right) and said its RA. We then went to his doc who said that he

didn't think it was that that the sed rate could mean any kind of

infection, they put him on meds etc and swelling went down. I don't

think the doc wanted to even consider that. I spoke with his family

and theres a family history of RA. Thinking back for years now he has

always had pain in his hands/joints. He always after sitting for a

while has a hard time getting up and walking on his ankles and legs

and especially in the morning he can hardly get out of bed.

My question is with RA, do you get malaised feeling alot. He seems

to run low grade fevers, and feel achy in his joints. This may last

a few days to a week or so. Is this part of RA? What tests should

we have his doctor run.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you all.