The larger joints, such as the shoulders, hips, and jaw, may be affected.
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Pics. Early rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect your smaller joints first — particularly the joints that attach your fingers to your hands and your toes to your feet. The larger joints, such as the shoulders, hips, and jaw, may be affected.
The same joints affected on both sides of your body (both wrists. Persistent inflammation over time can damage affected joints. In most cases, symptoms occur in.
Being overweight can worsen ra symptoms, make medications less effective and set you up for other health problems.
The severity can vary from mild to severe. Seeing pictures of the symptoms can help people understand them better. In some people, firm swellings called rheumatoid nodules can also develop under the skin around affected joints. How rheumatoid arthritis may affect your pregnancy?