The length of time a patient with rheumatoid arthritis can live cannot be generalized, but depends on the severity of the patient’s condition and whether he or she is treated actively and effectively. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that often affects joints, bones, muscles and other parts of the body, and can also cause damage to organs. The survival time of patients with this disease is related to the severity of the disease and treatment. If the patient’s symptoms are mild and the disease is well controlled after reasonable treatment, his survival time will not be affected and is no different from normal people. If the treatment is not timely, the symptoms worsen, or involve the lungs, or even more serious complications such as pulmonary fibrosis, cardiovascular damage, gastrointestinal damage, kidney damage, etc., the specific survival time of patients will be more greatly affected and can be lower than normal. In addition to actively treating the primary disease, patients need to strengthen nutrition and perform appropriate exercise to improve their immunity in their normal life, which will help in recovery.