Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
I'm interested to hear others' views on this.
My first RA symptoms appeared just 4 days after I had a Swine Flu Vaccination.It started as a sore shoulder on the day we were flying from here to Greece and a holiday trip of seven weeks, covering several different countries.
My Rheumatologist says it probably stirred up RA but would not have caused it.I still haven't quite got my head around the fact that it hit so suddenly without any prior problems, although that may well be how it can affect people.
My first RA symptoms appeared just 4 days after I had a Swine Flu Vaccination.It started as a sore shoulder on the day we were flying from here to Greece and a holiday trip of seven weeks, covering several different countries.
My Rheumatologist says it probably stirred up RA but would not have caused it.I still haven't quite got my head around the fact that it hit so suddenly without any prior problems, although that may well be how it can affect people.
The docs say all this is coincidence, but I'm not so sure about that. I do believe vaccines played a role in our development of autoimmune diseases. Neither my father or I will ever have another vaccine.