What should I pay attention to on a daily basis for rheumatoid arthritis?

  Rheumatoid arthritis is most often seen in middle-aged women and can be aggravated by heavy household chores. The disease most often affects small joints and often goes unnoticed at the onset. Typically, the disease starts gradually over a few weeks, with pain, swelling and stiffness in the finger and wrist joints of the palms, general malaise and weakness, low fever, loss of appetite and weight loss, and most notably, redness, pain and even deformation of the joints of the fingers.  In cold and humid climates, patients with wind-like off should pay more attention to protecting their joints, especially to keep warm, and they can wear gloves when they are not doing anything, because the cold will make the blood vessels constrict, and the local blood circulation in the joints will be affected, and the pain will increase.  In daily life, using the joints in the right way can protect the joints, while wrong posture or improper force can cause pain, damage or even aggravate the deformity of the joints. The following are some of the correct methods: 1, pick up bowls, plates or other heavy objects with your hands, try to use both hands instead of one hand; palm and wrist brace, rather than holding with fingers.  2, when pulling shopping bags and other heavy objects, do not use your fingers to hold the force, should be placed on the forearm to reduce the burden on the fingers.  3, the protection of the hip, knee and spine joints, can sit to do the work, do not stand to do, and do not bend over to do, in order to reduce the burden on the spine. Attention should be paid to intermittent rest and frequent posture changes.