In recent years, with the popularization of rheumatism knowledge, people’s awareness of rheumatism, new examination techniques and the clinical application of new drugs, the clinical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis now, the kind of patients who come to the clinic with more serious conditions, and even have to face the replacement of joints compared to the previous much less, especially after the clinical application of biological agents, some patients with rheumatoid arthritis have been significantly improved The rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that is not diagnosed and treated in a timely manner, and the best time for treatment is missed, resulting in a poor prognosis. In fact, rheumatoid arthritis occurs mainly because of the inflammation of the synovial membrane in the diseased joints, this inflammation will lead to the proliferation of synovial membrane, and the proliferation of synovial membrane will release a lot of inflammatory factors, stimulating the inflammatory response of the joints or the tissues around the joints, finally leading to redness and pain in the affected joints, because this inflammation of the synovial membrane is a chronic lesion, once it occurs, will exist for a long time, so if there is no If the joint pain and swelling does not subside for a long time without trauma, especially when the finger and wrist joints are affected, we should pay high attention to the possibility of rheumatoid arthritis, especially if there are patients with rheumatoid diseases in the family, we should be more careful and go to the rheumatology department of a nearby hospital in time, so that experienced doctors can give you relevant physical and laboratory tests such as rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP antibodies, anti- The rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria or the corresponding clinical information will be used to determine whether you have rheumatoid arthritis, and then choose the appropriate treatment drugs according to individual characteristics to try to control the disease. Of course, not all patients with chronic pain and swelling of the joints are rheumatoid. Chronic swelling and pain of the corresponding joints can also occur in conditions such as osteophytes of the joints, some chronic gout, some other rheumatic diseases or non-rheumatic diseases, so even if there is chronic pain and swelling of the joints, do not be too nervous, and timely medical consultation should be the best choice. In fact, as long as the rheumatoid arthritis can adhere to the doctor, under the guidance of doctors adhere to treatment, the vast majority of patients can get good control of the disease, especially new treatment drugs and means continue to appear, to rheumatoid arthritis clinical cure has brought hope.