He's definitely wrong. I have RA deformities in all knuckles

voltaren cream massaged all over hands and wrists helps. why do we all have this pain if the meds are supposed to be sooooo important? all these drugs are dangerous to our bodies, but it seems they do no good? so frustrating! yet we are told without them, we will be worse. REALLY? sometimes it seems like a racquet to me, making many people wealthy at my expense!!!!!!

I really don’t know why but there’s not one RA Dr out there that doesn’t say the first knuckles of your fingers isn’t RA but osteo. I wonder where the get their information from. How can they actually prove it’s not RA. Anyway I have something I want to tell every person out there including everyone here on this site about something I got a long time ago. It is called a Paraffin bath. I got mine after iI had a trigger thumb release release. It is a small round kind of rectangle shape and you buy paraffin and let it melt in the bath and put your hands in it. Talk about an awesome release of pain. You can keep your hands in it for a while it never gets to hot to burn you but be careful anyway. Make sure your hands are clean so you can use it over and over. When you take your hands out of the bath leave the Paraffin on and it keeps the heat in for a while longer. You can use it as many times or as long as you want. It’s big enough for your foot also one at a time. You can use it on your elbows also. I love this bath. I got my quite a while ago and I’m sure they still sell them. The relief is awesome. You can probable use it as an ice bath too but check first. Obviously you don’t want to plug it in for the ice bath. Good luck. Hugs and 🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️ to all. Lindy.

Barbara you need to desperately need to find a good hand surgeon right away. Please don’t leave your hand like that. It will cause more problems in the future. It looks so horrible. My Mom’s hand’s did that to but she did have surgery and even tho they fuse bones my mom was still able to paint and write. Find a good Orthopedic Hand Surgeon. Hugs to you I hope you feel better soon. I think you need a new RA Dr too if he or she left you like this. If you’ve ever been to an Orthopedic Dr they might be able to give you the name of a good hand Surgeon. 🌸🩵🌸🩵🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Nonsense, all finger joints can (and have in my case) be affected by RA, joint damage may occur after a time, nodules on either side of the joints can appear, ulnar drift ( where your fingers slope away from your thumb) and various other named conditions (Boutonnieres etc).

Keep up your hand exercise, wear fingerless gloves outside and in the house when it is cold and get your nails done now and then.

Doesn't help the RA, but makes you feel better!