One important aspect of living with rheumatoid arthritis is to understand your symptoms. Become aware of your body. Although most people living with rheumatoid arthritis will have aches, stiffness, pain, or some kind of general discomfort, you should learn to distinguish between your arthritis-related symptoms and other symptoms. Being attentive to your body will allow you to become familiar with how your arthritis affects certain joints in your body. By paying attention, you'll learn how to tell if a flare up is on its way, or if you are over using a particular muscle in your body. One general rule of thumb is that if pain persists in a particular joint for more than one hour after you completing some kind of activity, chances are you over-exerted the joint. Learning to predict the difference between just enough activity and overexertion is a difficult but crucial part of dealing with rheumatoid arthritis.

Perhaps the most important thing to do after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis is to follow through with treatment, and to take good care of your body. Do some form of physical activity at least three or four times a week to keep your body strong and in shape, but take care not overexert yourself. Eating a healthy diet is also important to reduce the inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Various physicians have recommended all sorts of specific diets for arthritis.  In general, rheumatoid arthritis is not found in societies that eat a more "basic" diet but found at a relative high rate in societies

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