What is the difference between sciatica and rheumatism?

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Sciatica refers to the pain along the waist, buttocks, thighs, all the way to the outside of the leg. Rheumatism is generally caused by the local ligaments and fascia of joints and bones. Although these two kinds of diseases are pain, but to treat them is very different, so patients in pain must go to the hospital to confirm what disease they belong to, so as to suit the medicine to the case and treat the disease more effectively. These two diseases need a long treatment time, generally choose traditional Chinese medicine effect will be better. Let's take a look at the following.

What is the difference between sciatica and rheumatism?

First: in patients with rheumatism or sciatica is not clear, must go to the hospital to check, first check is that kind of disease can get the correct treatment. Rheumatism can check three items of rheumatism, check after excluding not rheumatism, you can see whether it is sciatica, get the results of diagnosis is convenient for effective treatment.

Second: Sciatica occurs in the waist down the hip to the calf position, pain when patients walk will be affected, cough walking will make patients feel pain, completely affect the work, generally in the treatment of bed rest, treatment can better achieve the effect of treatment.

Third: rheumatism is a chronic disease, usually caused by synovitis of bone and joint. When the weather changes, the disease will aggravate. Therefore, patients with rheumatism should pay attention to keeping warm, and do not often touch cold water. If the disease will not aggravate, it will also make patients more painful.

matters needing attention

The common point of sciatica and rheumatic pain is pain, so when you don't confirm which disease it is, you must first check and confirm which symptom it is, and then treat it symptomatically. During the treatment, you should pay attention to rest, not fatigue, in order to prevent aggravating the disease. You can do some exercise in moderation.