Guest guest Posted June 27, 2002 Report Share Posted June 27, 2002 Although I have had RA for 15 years I am not sure what everyone considers a flare. I have had two bad ones, the first one lasted for two days and the second for 4 days. I couldn't move my fingers, I couldn't get out of bed by my self, was hard to put my foot on the ground to walk to the bathroom, that was all I could do. My joints were really swollen and red. When I had surgery for my carpel tunnel on my left hand the doctor referred to my joints as being in a flare and they weren't near as bad as the bad flares. My joints are always swollen and sore but I have never considered that a flare, I'm I wrong? After reading some of the messages I have a lot of questions for my rheumatologist on the 8th. Can some of you give me your oppinions on flares? in WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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