What does rheumatoid mean

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My mother has retired at home. She has not been in good health in recent years. Recently, her rheumatoid disease is quite serious. She often feels joint pain. Sometimes, after sitting for a long time, her legs hurt badly when she stands up. Today, let me talk about what rheumatoid means.

What does rheumatoid mean

First: rheumatoid arthritis, also known as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. It is an autoimmune inflammatory disease with chronic, symmetrical, multiple synovial arthritis and extraarticular lesions as the main clinical manifestations. The disease often occurs in the hand, wrist, foot and other small joints, repeated attacks, symmetrical distribution.

Second: in addition to causing pain and other symptoms in various parts, rheumatoid arthritis mainly causes joint deformation, rheumatic heart disease, bone hyperplasia and so on. Prevention can start from the following aspects: do not overwork, avoid long-term cold (especially in a static state), timely treatment, especially gastrointestinal infectious diseases, daily life, diet and so on.

Third: at present, the root of the disease can not be removed. The purpose of treatment is to relieve pain and prevent the progress of the disease. The commonly used drugs are non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anti rheumatic drugs and biological agents. The commonly used regimen is methotrexate + leflunomide + folic acid + non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

matters needing attention

Life is mainly to avoid some cold and damp factors, do not wash hands with cold water, as far as possible to avoid long-term work in a humid environment, we should pay attention to some patients although the joint does not hurt, but there will be joint deformation, some patients will do some functional exercise to help ease the disease, we should pay attention to the appropriate amount of functional activities.