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It's completely understandable to have hesitations about starting medication — many people with RA feel the same way. That said, it's worth knowing that leaving flare-ups untreated can increase the risk of long-term joint damage and worse health outcomes over time.
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Thank you for your answer I have had issues for ups with my left hand. I’ve had I bought a handful of flareups hadn’t had one in over a year and then when I messed up, went off my healthy diet and was eating cakes and ice creams and sugar back to back. It triggered a flareup on top of being so sore, they did an MRI and saw I had a triangular fibrocartilage tear going to PT since I have difficulty turning extending it back and forth I’d like to try and eliminate the sweets again and see if I can maintain it on my own, but so far it’s only been in my left hand. I have some stiffness when I wake up in my right thumb, but nothing major at all once I wake up it’s gone pretty much overall fairly healthy. I exercise every day mostly maintaining my weight. I just do not see the benefit of putting drugs into my body that aren’t going to fix the problem from what I understand is to help with the progression.
But with that comes along with many other issues between side effects and then long-term effects being a past Birth Doula, I’ve always seen the domino effect to medication’s. I’m just not sure if it’s worth it especially once the ball gets rolling then you have other issues with any medication gotta watch the issues with kidneys and liver, etc. I don’t know we’ll see.
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