No. The infection is almost always gone, or at least almost total remission by the time RA developes. RA devlopes at a later time, sometimes decades after the infection. RA is actually an autoimmune disease where the body's own immune system is doing the attack and damage. It's usually controlled by reducing the immune response with corticosteroids and anti-inflamatories.
Where do you get YOUR information? I will not use corticosteroids.....I WILL get to the bottom of the problem....likely mycoplasma within cells (strep gone hiding?)....