Can you still function normally with rheumatoid arthritis?

Under normal circumstances, rheumatoid arthritis can be normal activities, but patients in the active phase of the disease should not be normal activities, should be bed rest, to be fully relieved of the active state of the disease, and then appropriate activities.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease, its pathogenesis is not clear, is the genetic, infection, environmental and other factors together.
Under normal circumstances, patients with rheumatoid arthritis can have normal activities to help restore the local function of the body, but if the patient in the active phase of the disease, there will be joint pain, swelling, deformity and other phenomena, at this time the patient should not have normal activities, so as not to aggravate the discomfort. Patients should rest in bed, and then carry out activities appropriately after the active state of the disease is fully relieved.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology department of regular hospitals and other related departments for detailed consultation.