1.Keep your spirit happy
Most rheumatic diseases do not lead to systemic disability, do not rush to the doctor. Avoid emotional ups and downs and sentimentalism, eliminate concerns, establish confidence in overcoming the disease. Under the guidance of the doctor, according to the specific situation, the development of treatment plans, the use of comprehensive treatment, can receive better results.
2, keep warm to prevent cold
In cold weather, the blood is contracted to the vital organs of the body, and the joints and other parts of the body do not get enough blood to keep warm. Therefore, it is important to increase or decrease clothes according to the weather conditions when doing outdoor activities. In addition, influenza and other infectious diseases will cause the body’s immunity to drop significantly, in the cold weather to pay attention to the prevention of influenza, to prevent cold and cold triggered or aggravated rheumatism.
3, pay attention to the combination of work and rest
Rheumatism often has obvious symptoms of fatigue and weakness, so exercise should be appropriate, combined with work and rest, to not feel tired as a limit, to ensure that the night sleep, the best lunch break.
4.Light and balanced diet
Patients with rheumatism suffer from long-term disease, coupled with long-term medication, appetite is poor, at this time need to be light and easy to digest food, to reduce the patient’s gastrointestinal burden. In ordinary life, we should pay attention to a balanced diet, that is, to eat grains and cereals, but also to eat chicken, duck and fish, partial diet may lead to a decline in the patient’s physique, aggravating the disease.
5, the diet should not be cold
In the summer, some people will choose some heat and fire diet to eliminate the heat, but rheumatic patients are not necessarily suitable for such a diet. Because the diet of heat and fire is mostly cold products, rheumatism patients are mostly cold, the most fear of cold, once the consumption of cold products, may induce the onset or aggravation of the disease.
6, the fan is better than air conditioning
With the increased incidence of air conditioning disease, many elderly people began to choose the fan, a relatively traditional appliance to beat the heat. Indeed, in many cases, the fan is a more natural way to cool than air conditioning, but for rheumatic patients, the situation is different. With electric fans to cool off, it is inevitable to blow against the wind, and the summer temperature is high, the pores of the human skin are stretched, this time constantly blowing wind, “wind” is bound to invade the body, rheumatism patients are already “afraid” of the wind, the strong wind of electric fans are more likely to cause joint soreness.
The temperature should not be too low when using air conditioning, do not face the wind, regular ventilation, it is best to wear long-sleeved pants, do not frequently go in and out of the temperature difference between the two rooms. As long as the above points, air conditioning is more suitable for rheumatic patients than fans.
7, suitable for swimming exercise
For rheumatic patients, exercise is a very difficult way to grasp the health care, too much is afraid that the joint bearing too much weight for too long and cause damage, too little is not conducive to the maintenance of joint function and recovery. However, among the many forms of exercise, swimming is a very suitable exercise for most rheumatic patients. With the buoyancy of the water, the weight of the joints can be reduced to the maximum, and at the same time can maximize the movement of the limbs, killing two birds with one stone. Especially in the summer heat, swimming can not only eliminate the heat, but also play a very good exercise.
8.Tanning for rheumatism
Patients with lupus and dermatomyositis should not be exposed to the sun, especially those with skin rashes and light allergies should avoid it. When working outdoors, they should wear straw hats, umbrellas, long-sleeved clothes and sunscreen, avoid using irritating cosmetics and head oils, avoid alkaline soaps and ointments for the face, and do not dye their hair, tattoo eyebrows or silicone breast implants. However, for various arthritis patients with osteoporosis should have more sunbathing, but not sunburn.
9.Life guidance for long-term hormone therapy
Hormones should not be stopped suddenly, but only gradually reduced under the guidance of physicians; hormones should preferably be taken once in the morning before 8:00 a.m.; if there is surgery, childbirth or trauma, the amount of hormones should be temporarily increased; low salt and low fat diet, especially control the intake of animal fat and reduce the intake of spicy food; those with high blood sugar should limit staple foods (rice buns, etc.), sweets and snacks to those containing less sugar and higher fiber, and Self-monitoring blood sugar and making diet records.
Drink more chrysanthemum tea or mung bean porridge, eat more fresh cucumbers, potassium-rich oranges, oranges and tomatoes, and eat more calcium-rich milk, cheese and shrimp, but those with abdominal distension and pain need to control gas-prone milk or chocolate; those with renal impairment should be given a low-salt, high-quality, low-protein diet and limit vegetable protein intake.
10.Regular follow-up examination
After discharge from the hospital, drugs should be used regularly under the guidance of doctors, and you should not decide to increase or decrease the drugs at your own discretion, and do not forget to take the drugs. In case of side effects of medication, follow the doctor’s instructions and have regular follow-up examinations. The purpose of the follow-up is to detect the side effects of the drug in time, such as liver function, kidney function, blood and urine routine, etc. Patients taking prednisone for a long time should also have their blood electrolytes, blood lipids and blood sugar tested, and blood pressure, intraocular pressure and bone density measured at the same time;
Patients taking chloroquine should have their fundus, visual field and electrocardiogram checked every six months. In addition, in order to detect changes in the condition and adjust the treatment plan as early as possible, in general, patients who have just been discharged from the hospital should be reviewed every half month, and every month from March to June, and then gradually lengthen the interval between visits, and those with changes in the condition should be seen at any time.