My hubby recently got diagnosed with RA. His dominant (right) hand was very swollen and after being told by several different doctors that he had tendonitis or carpal tunnel he was finally sent to a RA specialist and got relief! He recently started getting steroid shots in his hip as the RA is migrating. Ironically, I don't have RA but am taking Rituxin (an RA infusion med) as an immune therapy.