How to treat rheumatoid early

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For many years, my father has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, which has brought him suffering and pain. Especially when the weather is bad, his joints will be very uncomfortable, sometimes even painful, and it is not good to take any medicine. So how should the patients with this disease be treated at home? Let's take a look at it.

How to treat rheumatoid early

First: psychological nursing: rheumatoid disease has a long course of disease, and often leads to joint deformity and loss of function. The patient has a heavy ideological burden, thinks that the disease is difficult to cure, and even gives up treatment, let it develop, so as to completely lose the ability to work. For this kind of psychological disorder, we must do patient and meticulous counseling work, take the initiative to care for and help them, so that patients can establish the confidence and perseverance to overcome the disease. At the same time, the family should let the patients understand the etiology, pathology, current treatment methods and curative effect of rheumatoid diseases, so as to better cooperate with the treatment. This is one of the home treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.

Second: diet regulation: due to the perennial medication of rheumatoid patients, and most of the drugs have strong stimulation to the gastrointestinal tract, it is advocated to eat less and more meals, mainly high protein, high vitamin and high-energy food. It is advisable to often eat eel, duck, bone marrow, fish, lean meat, chestnut, etc. it is forbidden to eat raw, cold and spicy food, and avoid overeating, so as not to damage the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach.

Third: guiding exercise: patients in acute stage should rest in bed, and then gradually strengthen activities and carry out appropriate physical exercises, such as walking, pedaling stairs, playing Taijiquan, jogging, qigong and rehabilitation training. The more severe patients need to carry out functional exercises such as joint traction and extension on their own in bed. The first is to prevent muscle atrophy and joint ankylosis; the second is to avoid early decalcification; the third is to help reduce inflammation and improve blood circulation; the fourth is to improve body function and promote the recovery of joint function. But pay attention not to act too fast, too fast, so as not to damage the joint. Pay attention to prevent cold and damp.

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Rheumatoid arthritis in different stages of the disease to take different treatment methods, specific methods are: local hyperthermia, hot water bath, hot spring bath, steam therapy and paraffin therapy, infrared, ultrashort wave or short wave diathermy therapy can make pain relief, morning stiffness disappear, can increase local blood circulation, promote inflammation and swelling subside, pain relief, and to enhance the role of drugs on the local, Aspirin is still the first choice for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Corticosteroids, penicillamine, Tripterygium wilfordii, gold preparations, immunosuppressants and so on all have certain effects.