Autoimmune Diseases Support Group

What are the standard tests for RA?My 84 yr-old husband's new (and younger) Rheumatologist (since old one retired) just gave him 2 new tests that...

I've recently been told by my rheumy that she now believes that I have RA with a PsA overlap. The RA was definitively dx'd back...

My mother had RA and prescribed prednisone. She developed Feltys. She was hospitalized with pneumonia twice, her spleen was swollen at times. Her immune system...

I have tried Methotrexate, Actemra and Humira. Out of these three medications, Humira worked the best, and it was well tolerated. Methotrexate did not do...

This happened to my wife Wednesday a week ago. She became disoriented, slurred speech, could not remember her birth date correctly, finally stopped talking with...

I have been diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis and have been treated for 2 yrs with Humira, Plaquenil, and NSAIDs. I have hip and thigh, bone...

I am now not on meds due to issues , seeing the rheumatologist next week after I took myself off the meds. See what she...

Ive been prescribed Simponi for Rheumatoid arthritis. I tried enbrel but had a reaction on skin site that lasted for 5 days or so before...

My RA is affecting every part of my body. I now am having advanced periodontal disease and wonder if the meds I take, Orencia, rounds...

I'm a 46 year old female with mixed connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, diabetes and latent tb. My symptoms off all of those things...