Patients with rheumatism are advised not to drink alcohol as much as possible. Some rheumatism patients believe that drinking alcohol in moderation can play a role in activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. However, from the perspective of Western medicine, drinking has a greater impact on rheumatism patients, affecting liver function, hindering drug absorption, causing bone lesions and aggravating the disease.1. Affecting liver function: Drinking alcohol can cause an increase in transaminases, leading to abnormal liver function. If long-term heavy drinking can cause alcoholic cirrhosis and fatty liver and other liver lesions; 2, hinder drug absorption: patients with rheumatic diseases often eat some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anti-rheumatic drugs, such as methotrexate, leflunomide, etc., these drugs themselves will bring liver function damage problems. If you drink alcohol at the same time will aggravate the adverse effects of drugs, and even induce ulcers, bleeding, perforation, etc.; 3, cause bone lesions: rheumatism patients themselves will cause joint bone lesions, and long-term heavy drinking will also lead to joint bone loss, serious cases can occur femoral head necrosis; 4, aggravate the disease: gout this type of rheumatism patients need to control the level of uric acid, drinking will make the blood uric acid rise, and aggravate the gout reaction. Rheumatism patients in addition to not drinking, but also can not smoke. It tends to affect blood circulation, causing local blood vessel narrowing and spasm, aggravating joint inflammation and pain response. You should choose sensitive antibiotics and analgesic drugs for treatment, but also with drugs that nourish joint cartilage, such as glucosamine hydrochloride treatment. Pay attention to keep warm and avoid getting cold.