Resource Hub Try searching our resource hub to find the articles, videos, tools and publications most helpful for you. I am... Employer Health Professional Someone with RASelect topic... About NRAS Apni Jung info for South Asian community Community COVID-19 Diagnosis and Monitoring Diet and Exercise Events Family Planning Fundraising Healthcare professionals Other Conditions Research Self-management Symptoms and Causes Treatment Work and BenefitsSelect resource type... Article Blog Facebook Live NRAS Live Publication Video Clear All Article The DAS28 score DAS stands for Disease Activity Score. It assesses your joints, blood test results – C-reactive protein (CRP) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) – and also your own view of how you have been feeling over the past week. The reason it’s called DAS 28 is because it assesses 28 specific joints for tenderness and/or swelling. […] Article Rheumatoid arthritis & pregnancy PLEASE NOTE: This article is currently in review. The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) have produced guidelines on pregnancy and RA and these guidelines, last updated in 2022 can be found here. Article Planning a family when you have RA Article Pregnancy, birth & caring for a small baby whilst coping with RA Taken from NRAS magazine, Autumn 2006 The steroids worked well at controlling my arthritis and my partner, and I threw precaution to the wind and hoped that nature would take its course! It didn’t. One year later and starting to get worried, I visited my GP, who immediately referred me to the local Assisted Conception Unit at […] Article Coping with your baby when you have RA 21/02/07: NRAS Member Helen Arnold gives some handy tips based on personal experience as a mother with RA. For mothers and fathers with bad hands, my top tips would be: • Once babies can hold their heads up, it gets a bit easier (you don’t need to constantly put your hand under their head). • Once babies can be carried […] Article Tips for parents 14/05/09: Julie Taylor & mums with RA Sometimes your rheumatoid arthritis can remain quiet or inactive when you are pregnant. However, after the baby is born, the arthritis occasionally may then go into a flare, this could be within a couple of weeks or may be longer. This leaflet aims to give you a few suggestions on how […] Article Depression and rheumatoid arthritis “Depressed……. me?” What do J.K.Rowling, Agatha Christie, Dame Kelly Holmes, Fearne Cotton,, , ”Captain America” actor Chris Evans, Winston Churchill, Angelina Jolie, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Ruby Wax have in common? Well the eagle-eyed among you will have spotted that they are all noted in their field, but did you know that they have all spoken about their experiences of depression? Depression can […] Article Useful tips There are many products available to help people with rheumatoid arthritis to go about normal day-to-day activities with less pain, exertion or strain on joints. We asked some of our Members to talk about useful products (either bought or homemade) and other innovations that they had found helpful, and a number of their suggestions are listed below. In the […] Article Rheumatoid arthritis & computing Many people with RA find it painful to use a standard keyboard and mouse, so the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society has teamed up with AbilityNet to produce this factsheet. It describes the steps and some of the options that can help make computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones easier to use. What is rheumatoid arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can occur at […] Load more ↓
Article The DAS28 score DAS stands for Disease Activity Score. It assesses your joints, blood test results – C-reactive protein (CRP) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) – and also your own view of how you have been feeling over the past week. The reason it’s called DAS 28 is because it assesses 28 specific joints for tenderness and/or swelling. […]
Article Rheumatoid arthritis & pregnancy PLEASE NOTE: This article is currently in review. The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) have produced guidelines on pregnancy and RA and these guidelines, last updated in 2022 can be found here.
Article Pregnancy, birth & caring for a small baby whilst coping with RA Taken from NRAS magazine, Autumn 2006 The steroids worked well at controlling my arthritis and my partner, and I threw precaution to the wind and hoped that nature would take its course! It didn’t. One year later and starting to get worried, I visited my GP, who immediately referred me to the local Assisted Conception Unit at […]
Article Coping with your baby when you have RA 21/02/07: NRAS Member Helen Arnold gives some handy tips based on personal experience as a mother with RA. For mothers and fathers with bad hands, my top tips would be: • Once babies can hold their heads up, it gets a bit easier (you don’t need to constantly put your hand under their head). • Once babies can be carried […]
Article Tips for parents 14/05/09: Julie Taylor & mums with RA Sometimes your rheumatoid arthritis can remain quiet or inactive when you are pregnant. However, after the baby is born, the arthritis occasionally may then go into a flare, this could be within a couple of weeks or may be longer. This leaflet aims to give you a few suggestions on how […]
Article Depression and rheumatoid arthritis “Depressed……. me?” What do J.K.Rowling, Agatha Christie, Dame Kelly Holmes, Fearne Cotton,, , ”Captain America” actor Chris Evans, Winston Churchill, Angelina Jolie, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Ruby Wax have in common? Well the eagle-eyed among you will have spotted that they are all noted in their field, but did you know that they have all spoken about their experiences of depression? Depression can […]
Article Useful tips There are many products available to help people with rheumatoid arthritis to go about normal day-to-day activities with less pain, exertion or strain on joints. We asked some of our Members to talk about useful products (either bought or homemade) and other innovations that they had found helpful, and a number of their suggestions are listed below. In the […]
Article Rheumatoid arthritis & computing Many people with RA find it painful to use a standard keyboard and mouse, so the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society has teamed up with AbilityNet to produce this factsheet. It describes the steps and some of the options that can help make computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones easier to use. What is rheumatoid arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can occur at […]