INFO - RA: myths and realities

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Myths and Realities

Adapted from a presentation to the Living With RA Workshop at HSS

A. Paget, MD, FACP, FACR

Physician-in-Chief and Chairman of the Division of Rheumatology,

Hospital for Special Surgery

The ph P. Routh Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of

Cornell University

Posted 16 Jan 2008

Introduction

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex, systemic inflammatory illness.

Quite often, there is confusion about the disease process, it's

symptoms, and how it's 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. "

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