Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Defining Rheumatoid Arthritis
Part I: Learning about Rheumatoid Arthritis
1. The Joints and Rheumatoid Arthritis
2. The Course and Prognosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
3. Diagnosing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Why So Many Tests?
4. Outside the Joints: Other Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Part II: Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis
5. Lifestyle and Coping Strategies
6. Coping with Pain and Fatigue
7. Coping with Emotions: Yours and Everyone Else's
Part III: Exercise and Rehabilitation
8. Protecting Your Joints
9. Exercise and Rheumatoid Arthritis
10. Specific Exercises
Part IV: Medications
11. Medications Past, Present, Future
12. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
13. Conventional Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (cDMARDs)
14. Biotherapies: The Biologics or bDMARDs
15. Targeted Synthetic DMARDs
16. Corticosteroids
Part V: Beyond Medications: Other Treatments
17. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
18. Nutrition: Diets, Nutrients, and Nutritional Supplements
19. Surgery for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Part VI: Practical Matters
20. Disability Benefits, Insurance, and Other Financial Matters
21. Other Concerns
Closing Thoughts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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