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Hi Every one,

Been diagnosed with RA last month, I am from the Philippines, 33 yrs old and a

mom to a 5 yr old girl. According to my rheumatologist, my blood test show's I

am RA factor negative. She gave me prednisone to be taken for 1 month. Since I

ve taken this my headache never went away.

Anyway, just want to know the ff:

1. Do patients with RA die of arthritis?

2. My test's show I have very high uric acid, though my rheumatologist said it

has nothing to do with my RA but is it really?

3. What foods should I avoid and what foods should i start eating?

4. Again my rheumatologist said our goal is for me to go into remission, but she

never mentioned how long will that take? a year? 2 years? 5 yrs?

Pls help me educate myself on this since everything is so new to me and im a

little bit scared for worst things to come.

Appreciate all your help.

thanks,

Mau

ps

thanks a lot to the moderator.