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Hello lovely people I am newly under rheumatology for what my GP thinks is Rheumatoid arthritis , I have been suffering from severe neck , hand and wrist pain with stiffness and swelling since being unwell in May of this year . My Rheumatoid factor is high in my blood tests but my real problem is with the pain and stiffness in my hands and wonder if anyone has any suggestions as especially in the morning I have trouble grasping anything including a pen or cup of tea it’s like my hand and fingers cannot work it’s so painful so any good would be great it almost feels like my hand on top is full of fluid is this normal with arthritis?
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I understand that your GP thinks that you have Rheumatoid Arthritis and you are experiencing several issues which may be as a result of this and looking for other peoples' comments and experiences. I am sure that others will connect with you to provide their thoughts, but in the meantime I've put a couple of links in below from our website which I hope you might find useful.
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Hi and welcome to our wonderful community, I am going through a similar problem at the moment and I have found everyone on here very helpful. I hope you get sorted soon xxx
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Hi @Jennymanley
have you seen a hand therapist or occupational therapist? Maybe you could ask for some 'working splints'
they can enable you to pick things up (a bit) when you are flaring as you sound to be ATM.
I hope you get on some meds soon to help you ((()))
Toni x
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