Rheumatoid arthritis is a multi-systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease that involves the peripheral joints and belongs to the category of 'stubborn paralysis' and 'calendar disease' in Chinese medicine.

Clinical manifestations include pain, swelling, and decreased function of the affected joints, characterized by symmetrical, chronic inflammatory lesions in multiple peripheral joints. The course of the disease is often recurrent and prolonged.

Chinese medicine believes that rheumatoid arthritis occurs due to the dampness of living, wading in water and rain, sudden changes in climate, and the interplay of cold and warmth, resulting in wind, cold, and dampness taking advantage of the weakness to invade the human body, injecting into the meridians and channels, and staying in the joints, which paralyzes and blocks blood and qi. Because of the different cold evil, its clinical manifestations are different.

To feel the wind evil mainly: because the wind is good at traveling and several changes, so the pain wanders.

The feeling of cold evil is the main cause:Because of the cold evil stagnation, so its pain is intense.

Feeling dampness is the main thing: because of the sticky and heavy dampness, the skin and joints are numb and heavy, and the pain has a fixed place.

When I went to university in Chengdu for community clinics, there were many elderly people with the third condition. Chengdu is in the basin, the air is humid and it is difficult to see the sun, so many elderly people have rheumatoid arthritis.

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The first thing to do is to start from the psychological aspect, so that the patient to maintain a healthy state of mind is a guarantee of the success of the treatment of rheumatoid diseases. Because of the prolonged and recurrent nature of the disease, some patients will lose confidence in the treatment process, and often have low mood, depression, and even the idea of lightening their lives, so it is important to enlighten and persuade. Encourage patients to maintain a calm mind and optimistic spirit.

It can be used in Chinese medicine therapy, remission of paralysis soup to treat wind-cold-damp obstruction type, which can dispel wind and cold and remove dampness. Bai Hu Tang treats wind-dampness-heat-exhaustion type, which can clear away heat, remove wind and dampness. Tao Hong Drink treats phlegm and stagnant phlegm, which can dissolve phlegm and expel stagnant phlegm. The specific medication should be recognized and treated, after all, each person's situation is different.

Can also be used externally hot compresses, with silkworm sand fried hot, add appropriate amount of white wine, put into a cloth bag, hot compresses on the affected area. You can also use calamus, fennel, salt, with fried hot, cloth bag external compress.

Of course, acupuncture and massage can also be used as an adjunctive treatment. It is also necessary to insist on taijiquan, five bird play and other exercises every day.

The last is the diet, Sichuan can eat spicy as we all know, this geographic location is related to help you warm the menstruation and remove dampness. Prevention and treatment of arthritis, which is also very good method.

Spa baths are now also being used in conjunction with massage, steam, and magnetic therapy treatments.

I believe that good posture and moderate exercise and maintenance of optimal functional position are prerequisites and foundations of quality of life for rheumatoid arthritis patients.

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Rheumatoid arthritis, also known as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease with an unknown etiology, and is currently recognized as an autoimmune disease. Rheumatoid arthritis is recognized as an autoimmune disease. It may be related to endocrine, metabolic, nutritional, geographic, occupational, psychological and social environmental differences, bacterial and viral infections, and genetic factors, etc. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease with chronic, symmetrical, multi-synovial arthritis and extra-articular lesions as the main clinical manifestations.

In terms of current treatments and therapeutic options, rheumatoid arthritis can achieve clinical remission. However, even with the use of medication, after treatment, the patient is completely free of any clinical symptoms and can carry on normal daily life, but still need to use medication to control, and can not stop the medication, so at present, rheumatoid arthritis is not yet to the extent of a cure.

Rheumatoid arthritis, treatment options are currently available:

1、Physical therapy of Chinese medicine, external medicine compresses and other auxiliary treatment to quickly relieve joint symptoms.

2, drug therapy, drug therapy mainly includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs, immunosuppressants, immune and biological agents and botanicals.

3. Functional exercise, in general, in the acute stage of obvious joint swelling and pain, joint activities should be appropriately restricted. However, once the swelling and pain improve, functional activities should be carried out without increasing the patient's pain. For those without obvious joint swelling and pain, but with reversible joint activity limitation, they should be encouraged to carry out regular functional exercises. In hospitals where available, they should be carried out under the guidance of physicians specializing in rheumatology and rehabilitation.

4. Surgical treatment, rheumatoid arthritis patients who cannot be controlled by various treatments and who have severe joint dysfunction, surgery is an effective means of treatment. The scope of surgical treatment ranges from carpal tunnel syndrome release, tendon tear repair to synovectomy and arthroplasty.

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease, the main part of the disease is the joints, and the main symptoms are swollen joints, pain, and in severe cases, it can lead to joint deformity, stiffness, etc. Rheumatoid arthritis is also a common disease. Rheumatoid arthritis is also a common disease, there is no complete cure. What can be done for rheumatoid arthritis is to slow down the progression of the disease, reduce joint swelling and pain, and protect the joints at the same time.

Therefore, although rheumatoid arthritis is not yet curable, it is possible for patients to return to normal life with reasonable treatment. The more effective treatment methods are as follows:

1. Pay attention to rest.When the joints begin to show symptoms such as swelling and pain, it is recommended that the patient should allow the affected area to rest more, preferably in bed for a period of time.

2. Eat a light diet.It is also necessary to eat less spicy and stimulating food, and patients are advised to eat more high protein food, which can make the condition recover faster.

3. Move joints appropriately.To prevent muscle atrophy and joint stiffness, patients should move their joints appropriately. When joint pain starts to appear, the patient should reduce the joint activity and wait until the joint pain stops before performing proper activities.

4. Help relieve joint pain.There are two ways to relieve joint pain, one is the use of medication and the other is surgical treatment. It is recommended that patients with milder conditions use medication to relieve pain, while patients with more severe conditions may undergo surgery.

Rheumatoid arthritis can have a major impact on the patient's life, but if the patient is actively treated, the disease can be better controlled.

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What kind of disease is rheumatoid arthritis?

The clinical etiology of rheumatoid arthritis is currently unknown, but many believe it is related to autoimmune mechanisms. It is a systemic disease characterized by inflammatory synovitis. It is highly prevalent between the ages of 40 and 60 and occurs more often in women.

The main manifestation is the inflexibility of the joints when you wake up in the morning, which is proportional to the severity of the inflammation. There are some cases of arthritis where there is joint swelling and joint deformity.

In addition to manifestations in the joints, a number of other organs or systems may also show associated lesions. For example, the heart, kidneys, respiratory system and nervous system are involved.

What can I do if I have rheumatoid arthritis?

Usually patients with generalized swelling and pain should rest in bed until the symptoms are hours old. If there is a lesion, it should be removed by surgery in time. If it is not very serious, it can be treated by external application, applying drugs locally or at acupuncture points to promote blood circulation, which can reduce swelling and relieve pain.

What do patients with rheumatoid arthritis need to be aware of in general?

Reduce the consumption of fatty meats, animal fats and products high in cholesterol, as these produce metabolites and mediators that inhibit the production of lymphocytes, aggravating the pain and swelling. Reduce the consumption of foods rich in lysine, phenylalanine and tryptophan, as these produce substances that can aggravate, worsen or even recur arthritis. Eat less tea, coffee, and alcohol, as these can aggravate arthritis and cause its condition to worsen.

Usually can eat some rich collagen and histidine, arginine nucleic acid and other products. At the same time should strengthen physical exercise, improve the body's immunity, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, to avoid physical exertion caused by the body's immunity decline.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that cannot be cured at this time, and chronic diseases generally require a long period of treatment, and there is no "special drug" that can cure it.

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What is rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, immune system abnormality characterized by joint pathology.

Rheumatoid arthritis has two stages:

1: Early on there is wandering joint pain, swelling and dysfunction.

2: In the later stages, joint stiffness, deformity, muscle atrophy and loss of function occur.

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis:

The disease is most common in young adults and will be more common in women than men. The first symptoms will be a history of recurrent respiratory infections followed by a succession of single joint pains.

When friends encounter this disease, there is no need to be discouraged, this disease is treatable.

Here are the TCM treatment suggestions:

In Chinese medicine, this disease belongs to the category of "paralysis" and can be treated by cupping.

Because cupping can make the wind, cold and dampness around the joints leak out through the surface of the body, improve blood circulation, eliminate inflammation-causing substances and strengthen metabolism, thus reducing symptoms and promoting recovery.

Selection and localization of acupuncture points: Great Vertebrae, Body Pillar, Diaphragm Yu, Spleen Yu, San Jiao Yu, Kidney Yu, Lumbar Yang Guan, Wai Guan.

Can the desire for treatment be fulfilled?

Realistically speaking, there is no effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis according to the current medical level. The current treatment mainly remains in symptomatic treatment and treatment of sequelae. The aim of treatment is to prevent or minimize joint damage, maintain joint function and reduce pain.

It can't be cured, but it can be improved.

In fact, in the medical world there are very many diseases that cannot be completely cured. For example, diabetes, hypertension, ankylosing spondylitis, etc., but after scientific and systematic treatment, most people will live a good life. Rheumatoid arthritis is the same, as long as the active treatment, the vast majority of patients will get a certain effect. So don't be pessimistic and lose confidence. Have the confidence to overcome the disease.

Treatment focus

1. For patients with joint swelling and pain, fever, and accompanying systemic symptoms, they should rest in bed until their condition improves. After 2 weeks of stabilization, functional exercises should be carried out to avoid muscle atrophy and joint stiffness.

2. To strengthen nutrition, supplement protein and various vitamins.

3, for milder patients can use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin, indomethacin, celecoxib, ibuprofen, etc.) in order to achieve anti-inflammatory pain relief. But one thing to remember is that the above drugs should not be applied in combination.

3. Chronic anti-rheumatic drugs (e.g. methotrexate, chloroquine, salazosulfadiazine, gold preparations, penicillamine, leflunomide, etc.).

4, hormone is mainly used for the acute exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis, the hormone advocates small measurements of short-term application.

5, physical therapy can increase local blood circulation, play the role of pain, swelling. Common physical therapy mainly includes wax therapy, infrared rays and hot baths.

6、Surgery There are mainly synovectomy for early stage and osteotomy for late stage, joint fusion and artificial joint replacement.

7. Because of the side effects of the drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Further treatment must be hospitalized

So never blindly use medication on your own to avoid delaying the treatment. Finally, my answer to your answer, just want you to have a simple understanding of the treatment of rheumatoid. Specific treatment or should go to a specialized hospital.

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After seeing this question today, I read carefully the answers of others. As an orthopedic surgeon, I feel the need to give a medical perspective on the causes and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. As well as how far it has been researched, how well it is understood, how certain the treatment is, and whether it will recur.

rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a multi-systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease that predominantly involves peripheral joints. It is characterized by symmetrical, chronic inflammatory lesions in multiple peripheral joints, with chronic synovitis attacking cartilage and bone, manifested by joint pain, swelling, dysfunction and recurrent episodes, followed by joint deformity and dysfunction.

Its main symptoms are:1. Pain and swelling of the joints.2. Morning stiffness, stiffness in joint movement when you get up in the morning.3. Symmetrical lesions of multiple small joints.4. Limited or deformed joint movement.5. Extra-articular manifestations.

How is rheumatoid arthritis caused?

It is important to be brave enough to admit this, because the exact cause of its onset has not yet been found. The causes stated so far are just guesses. According to the statistics, they are related, but no direct causal relationship can be found.

1. Genetic factors. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a significantly higher chance of their immediate family members developing the disease. Many of these patients have parents with the disease.

2. Autoimmune factors. It is the current mainstream thinking and can explain many clinical symptoms and phenomena. Pathogenic factors activate the autoimmune system to damage its own tissues.

3. Infection factors. Many patients have had pharyngitis, otitis media and other inflammatory conditions before the onset of the disease. It shows that there is a relationship between them.

4. Other factors, such as physical weakness, mental stress, overwork, weather changes, cold and damp.

5. The incidence of the disease is significantly higher in women than in men.

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Since the cause of rheumatoid arthritis has not been studied thoroughly, there is no specific treatment. The aim of treatment is 1. to reduce joint and extra-articular symptoms. 2. to control the progression of the disease, prevent joint destruction and maintain the function of the diseased joints. 3. to repair damaged joints.

1. In the acute stage, rest should be paid attention to, and physical therapy and topical drugs should be used to assist the treatment. During the recovery period, strengthen the exercise of joints to maintain joint function.

2. Drugs. Antirheumatic drugs, biologics, immunosuppressants, etc. Hormones, penicillin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics are given in the acute phase.

3. Surgical removal of the diseased synovium.

We usually have to do a good job of prevention:1. learn the relevant knowledge of rheumatoid.2. insulation, ventilation, keep the environment dry.3. prevent colds and flu.4. quit smoking.5. appropriate physical exercise to enhance physical fitness.6. diet should be a light diet, don't eat foods that cause the onset of the disease, eat more vegetables and fruits.

The current treatment for rheumatoid arthritis can only achieve symptomatic relief, but can not get rid of the root cause. That is to say, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. And Chinese medicine plays an important role in its treatment. However, it is necessary to go to a regular hospital to receive Chinese medicine treatment, do not believe in the so-called miracle medicine. Formal hospitals or scientific research institutions have spent a lot of manpower and financial resources have not found a good way. What was developed with less investment? I hope these can bring help to everyone.

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　　Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, progressive and inflammatory autoimmune disease that presents with symptoms such as wandering joint pain, swelling and dysfunction. In advanced stages, patients may experience joint stiffness and deformity, skeletal muscle atrophy and other symptoms. So what is the treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?

　　Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis includes physical therapy treatment, medication, and surgical treatment, with medication being the most important.

　　1. Physical therapy: Physical therapy mainly includes electrotherapy, infrared radiation, heat therapy and so on. Physical therapy can numb the nerves to relieve pain.

　　2. Drug therapy: drug therapy method can relieve pain, you can take oral aspirin, anti-inflammatory pain and other main, plus the use of immunosuppressants or chloroquine, tretinoin tablets and other drugs.

　　3. Closure therapy: inject water into the spinal canal or around the nerve root, local anesthesia has achieved the effect of pain relief.

　　4. Surgery: Arthroscopic minimally invasive surgery is commonly used for synovectomy and joint cleaning. Through arthroscopy, partial or total synovectomy is feasible, and the damage of articular cartilage can be repaired. Rheumatoid arthritis patients after active, regular drug treatment, the condition can not be controlled, in order to correct the deformity, improve the quality of life can be considered for surgical treatment. It should be noted that surgery is not a cure for rheumatoid arthritis, so medication is still needed after surgery.

　　Normally, you also need to pay attention to the protection of joints, appropriate increase or decrease of clothing, pay attention to the sick joints to prevent cold and keep warm, and ensure that the residence is dry and ventilated. Actively prevent and control infections. Pay attention to a reasonable diet, avoid eating cold and spicy food, eat more warm food. Ensure sufficient sleep and do not overwork. Participate in physical exercise, such as practicing qigong and tai chi. Control bad emotions and keep a good mindset. Avoid wind-cold, moisture stimulation.

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