Rheumatoid arthritis is an allergic disease, mainly closely related to group A streptococcal infection. Most patients have upper respiratory tract infections before the onset of the disease. At the onset of the disease, redness, swelling, pain and fever may appear in the joints of the knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, hips and other joints of the patients, accompanied by fever, sore throat and other symptoms.
Elderly patients who experience joint pain during the onset of the disease should take rest and keep warm so as not to aggravate the discomfort by over-activity of the diseased joints.
In addition, elderly patients can also follow the doctor’s instructions to use anti-infective drugs, such as penicillin, erythromycin, etc., to control the condition, and can be combined with ibuprofen, aspirin and other drugs to relieve pain, and if there is cardiac involvement manifestations, it should be used in a timely manner, such as prednisone acetate and other glucocorticosteroids.
Rheumatoid arthritis after active and effective treatment, usually can make the condition of remission, and joint function can be completely recovered, it is recommended that the patient timely consultation, standardized treatment in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, so as not to affect the quality of life.