Researchers in Sweden have confirmed that ever having smoked is a strong risk factor for the early development of rheumatoid nodules. Their nested, case–control study found that rheumatoid ...

Not all skin manifestations are rashes. Most commonly, skin manifestations will present as rheumatoid nodules. These are not a rash but hard lumps that form directly under the skin. They range ...

I never had this before. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis can develop rheumatoid nodules, and it is a marker, for example, of more aggressive disease. Sometimes they're small, like the size of a ...

It usually lasts at least 1 hour and often up to several hours. Bumps (nodules). Rheumatoid nodules ranging in size from a pea to a mothball form in nearly one-third of people who have RA. Nodules ...

8. Hard Lumps Under the Skin (Rheumatoid Nodules) Some RA patients develop firm lumps under their skin, especially around pressure points like the elbows or fingers. These rheumatoid nodules can ...

You'll have joint swelling and pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis before pulmonary nodules develop. Most SPNs show up when patients need a chest X-ray or CT scan for another condition.

Diagnosis of RA follows the 1987 American Rheumatism Association criteria. Criteria for RA diagnosis are shown in Table 1. Rheumatoid factor is felt to be less useful in diagnosing RA in this ...