5 Tips for Coping with RA Flare-ups

Get tips on how to control rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare-ups—when your RA symptoms temporarily intensify. This slideshow provides you with 5 ways to help you cope with RA flare-ups.

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Coping with RA Flare-ups

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If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you know that all too-familiar feeling: extremely stiff, swollen joints, tremendous fatigue—basically a time when your symptoms get temporarily worse. This magnification of symptoms is called a flare-up, or flare.

These flares can happen to anyone with RA—even when your RA is well-controlled. In this slideshow, we show you what to do to deal with RA flare-ups.

By Julie M. Gentile

Reviewed By Gary W. Jay, MD

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Woods T. Foods that cause arthritis flare-ups. Livestrong Web site. http://www.livestrong.com/article/24938-foods-cause-arthritis-flareups. Updated March 28, 2011. Accessed January 16, 2012.

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McBrair W. Managing RA flare-ups. Arthritis Self-management Web site. http://www.arthritisselfmanagement.com/newsletter/05-20-2010/managing-ra-flare-ups/?page=all. Updated May 19, 2010. Accessed November 17, 2011.
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Rheumatoid arthritis and CAM. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Web site. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/RA/getthefacts.htm. Updated October 2010. Accessed November 17, 2011.
What can you do about it? Arthritis Foundation Web site. http://www.arthritis.org/what-can-you-do-about-it.php. Accessed November 17, 2011.

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