Precautions for rheumatoid arthritis

  Patients with rheumatoid arthritis must pay attention to life, living, diet and other care in addition to medication.  1, life and living: patients should avoid humidity and cold, with the temperature change to increase and decrease clothing, to prevent colds. In the hot season, do not spend a lot of time in the air conditioning environment; also avoid sweating when the wind. In the period of lesion activity, appropriate bed rest.  2, diet regimen: chronic rheumatoid arthritis and other patients often have malnutrition, the diet should ensure adequate calories, protein and vitamins, supplement calcium. Avoid eating too much cold and hurt the spleen and stomach. If the patient has high fever, rash, sore throat, etc., avoid eating fatty, sweet, thick, spicy and stimulating products. Quit smoking and alcohol.  3, spiritual care: rheumatism is a chronic disease, difficult to heal, easy to recur, so patients should maintain an optimistic mood, neither depressed, nor anxious and impatient. In addition, the treatment should have a scientific attitude, do not blindly believe in the so-called “prescription”, missed opportunities for treatment, delaying the disease.  4, functional exercise: rheumatism patients should be functional exercise, so as to avoid joint ankylosis, dysfunction and muscle atrophy, and can enhance physical fitness, improve the body’s resistance. Exercise in a variety of forms, such as exercises, jogging, boxing, qigong, etc., can also be used to exercise with the help of equipment. Initially, start with a small amount of exercise, step by step, and persistent.  According to the above five aspects, with the correct and reasonable treatment, rheumatism patients’ conditions can definitely be satisfactorily controlled and their quality of life improved as much as possible.