Helping all Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus and JIA sufferers, and their carers, improve the quality of their lives through a better understanding of how to manage their condition.

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The site you are currently looking at is the public site but if you register as a member you’ll have access to even more invaluable resources that include

Video Library

Over 60 short videos across a whole range of topics including exercise advice, interviews with sufferers and diet and nutrition information

Members Forum

Where you’ll be able to discuss and learn more about your disease with other sufferers and carers. Over 30 topics have been covered already

Literature Central

Packed with the latest research and information.

Dragon Claw is not just for sufferers. If you care for someone with rheumatoid disease or lupus then you're most welcome. Or perhaps you are a clinician then Dragon Claw can help you to support your patients.

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Crippling RA is rampant amongst First Australians

On a recent visit to remote indigenous communities Dragon Claw saw that there was an urgent need to help local first Australian suffers of these diseases as many did not fully appreciate the importance of taking their medication on a regular basis.

Dragon Claw was determined to address this issue and decided to launch the world’s first educational pilot program to remote first nations peoples anywhere in the world specifically on RA.
This video gives you an insight into some of the issues associated RA and Lupus for First Australian and how these videos were developed.

RA and Lupus Amongst Australian Indigenous Populations

Member Suggestions for Managing Wellness

We all have observable disease cycles which, once detailed, may help manage the condition. The following are suggestions:

The medications you take introduce weekly or monthly variations in energy, wellness and fatigue levels. Changing drug administration over a twenty-four hour period can iron out the ups and downs. For example, splitting the daily dose of Prednisolone between morning and evening instead of loading it all in at the one time. Over time the typical major cycles are:

a. Crisis stage where you are

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Does emotional health impact pain in rheumatoid arthritis?

Quoted from Medivizor

In a nutshell

This study investigated if emotional health affects pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They found that emotional health, along with physical state can have an effect on pain in RA.

Some background

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term condition. It leads to painful swelling and inflammation in the joints. As RA progresses, tissue in the joints will get damaged. This leads to persistent pain.

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World Lupus Day

A global health problem, lupus affects people of all nationalities, races, ethnicities, genders and ages. Lupus can affect any part of the body in any way at any time, often with unpredictable and

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A Letter to the Normal’s from a Person With Severe Chronic Pain

Having chronic pain means many things change, and a lot of them are invisible. Unlike having cancer or being hurt in an accident, most people do not understand even a little about chronic pain and its effects, and of those that think they know, many are actually misinformed.   In the spirit of informing those who wish to understand: These are the things that I would like you to understand about me before you judge me.  

Please understand that being sick doesn't mean I'm not still a human being. I have to

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