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Originally Posted by Mutt
Like many diseases the diagnosis is made from symptoms/observations. And I bet there is no known cause for RA, just a bunch of theories that haven't been confirmed.
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Pretty much, that's it, unfortunately. In my wife's case, her symptoms are quite obvious (these days) with the fluid buildup and joint inflammation and degeneration. To watch the pain she's in when she walks just breaks my heart. But her determination to not let it get the best of her just blows my mind and leaves me in awe of her on a daily basis. Lesser people would've thrown in the towel and ended up bed-ridden.
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My dad died of colon cancer, all they had for him after surgery didn't stop it is a drug that is from the 1950's or 60's that can add a little time to somebody's life, at most 2 years. Occassionally I google to see if there have been advancements since he died and there's nothing really, same dismal prognosis for people. Their big advancement is early detection by getting people screened and scoped regularly - which is smart but come on, that's no advancement.
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I read and hear stories like that all the time - and can't help but give thought to the theory that cures aren't profitable so why bother researching advancements. The medical community would vehemently deny that, of course.
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If the world of technology moved at the same pace medical science does we'd be lucky to be online with IBM286 computers and 24 baud modems and cellphones the size of shoeboxes.
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Fully agreed.