Symptoms of Rheumatoid arthritis

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Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis can include: -

Loss of appetite and generally feeling unwell (early symptoms);
Aching/ throbbing pain in the affected joints, which may come and go. This is often worse after a nightsâ€™ sleep and after sitting for a while. Exercise usually helps to reduce the pain;
The joints affected often feel stiff. Again this often improves once you start moving around; early morning stiffness is a characteristic of joint inflammation;
The lining of the affected joints becomes inflamed which makes them feel warm, look red and swell up;
Some people with RA get lumps under their skin (rheumatoid nodules). These commonly occur on the skin over the elbows and forearms;
Inflammation around tendons may occur; and
Anaemia and tiredness are common.

Any joint may later become affected, including your knees. Less commonly your hips, shoulders, elbows, and neck may be affected. RA tends to affect the same joint on both sides of your body, in a symmetrical pattern.

RA is unpredictable. For many people, symptoms tend to come and go. In others, they slowly worsen.