Submit A Photo To The Arthritis Gallery

You can send in a photo of your hands, feet, knees, rheumatoid nodules or other visible attributes of arthritis.  You must have doctor-diagnosed arthritis.  Do not submit pictures and request a diagnosis. 

Here's how you should submit your photo:

1.  Use a digital camera to take a close-up picture of your arthritic joints, nodules, or other attributes of arthritis.  The picture should be in JPG or GIF format, with a maximum size of 500 x 500 pixels.   Send the photo as an email attachment.  

2. Open an Email window by clicking on arthritis.guide@about.com. 

3. Copy and paste the following, including your information, into the body of the Email:

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I certify that I am the author or sole owner of the material I am submitting to About.com. About.com and its licensees may reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any media. I agree to indemnify About.com for all damages and expenses that may be incurred in connection with the material. For more information, please see our user agreement.

Name to be displayed (i.e. first name, first name and last initial, screen name, or no name).  We will not be using full names.

Age

Type of arthritis (your diagnosis given to you by a medical doctor)

How many years have you had the specified type of arthritis?

Have you had surgery on the joint(s) in the photo?

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4.  Send the email which includes the copy/pasted user agreement, your information filled in, and photo attachment to arthritis.guide@about.com.

5.  You will be notified when your photo is added or if it cannot be used.