The pros and cons of applying glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis can be treated with glucocorticoids, but the indications should be strictly controlled and should be used under the guidance of a professional physician, otherwise it will cause many adverse reactions and serious syndromes. Hormone therapy can be considered in the following cases: (1) Rheumatoid arthritis with systemic damage such as vasculitis, neuropathy, rheumatoid pneumonia or nephritis, thoracic or abdominal pluritis, etc. (2) the symptoms are serious can not tolerate NSAIDs, or the use of NSAIDs effect is not good, in the initial treatment of slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs have not yet taken effect, can be used in the first phase of small doses of hormone transition, but generally not too long, the so-called “in the disease that stop”. (3) repeatedly using several non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs for a period of time, there are still a few “intractable joints”, especially large joints, can be intra-articular injection of hormones, there is a certain degree of effectiveness. Eleven, rheumatoid arthritis patients need to strengthen functional exercise Functional exercise for rheumatoid arthritis patients to protect the limb joints, restore function and prevent muscle atrophy have an important role, which is not replaced by drug therapy. Many patients do not dare to engage in functional exercise and sports activities because they are afraid of pain or “sickness for sickness”, although joint swelling and pain are obviously relieved or even disappeared. Often because of the lack of attention to functional exercise, strengthen the muscle and bone load force, making muscle atrophy, joint activity is unfavorable, slowly forming limbs, joint function loss and deformity and disability.