Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with arthritis as its main manifestation. The vast majority of RA patients need to control their disease through medication, and at present, RA is neither curable nor self-healing, and doctors need to adjust the treatment plan frequently according to the disease, so they cannot hope for self-therapy. Currently, the treatment of RA is based on the main principles of delaying the progression of the disease, reducing complications and protecting joint function, emphasizing early diagnosis and treatment, and achieving standard treatment. The treatment of RA mainly includes general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment and other treatments, among which drug treatment is the main treatment. General treatment mainly includes patient education, making patients correctly understand the disease, advising patients to follow medical advice, regular follow-up, and doing appropriate joint function exercises according to the condition. Drug treatment mainly includes anti-inflammatory and pain relieving drugs, glucocorticoids and anti-rheumatic drugs to improve the condition. For patients with poorly controlled disease, serious joint lesions and joint deformities, surgical treatment such as synovectomy, artificial joint replacement, joint fusion and soft tissue repair can be considered. Therefore, although very few patients with mild rheumatoid arthritis can be kept in a stable state with less or no medication, there is no evidence that rheumatoid arthritis can cure itself. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that can also invade multiple systems and organs of the body and is more harmful, so once a clear diagnosis is made, treatment should be started as early as possible, and most medications have varying degrees of side effects that need to be adjusted by the doctor at all times. The key to maintaining a stable rheumatoid arthritis condition is to adhere to systematic and standardized treatment.