How should I choose a hospital to consult if I suspect I have rheumatism?
1.Choose a regular hospital
Rheumatic diseases have a long course, diagnosis and review, and are difficult to treat. If not treated early, there may be serious complications, loss of self-care ability, and even life-threatening. Therefore, you should try to choose a regular hospital for consultation and treatment. This kind of medical institution has high professional quality medical staff, medical instruments, perfect service system and reasonable fees. Patients can really get good protection here.
Do not listen to the false advertising propaganda of tacit individual hospitals and clinics. Some individual hospitals, staff professional level is low, the examination and laboratory equipment is not complete, simply can not fully observe the changes in the patient’s condition, it is difficult to do accurate diagnosis, reasonable use of drugs. At the same time, the privately made drugs may not have passed the approval of the national regulatory authorities, the efficacy is not exact and the toxic side effects are not clear. At the same time, such hospitals are also very confusing charges, go to the doctor, easy to delay the disease, resulting in double loss of health and property.
2, choose a rheumatologist
Rheumatology is a mainly internal medicine, involving multidisciplinary diseases, such as nephrology, respiratory medicine, hematology, dermatology, laboratory, immunology, rehabilitation and other specialties. Therefore, rheumatologists have received special training in many aspects and have a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of rheumatic diseases, and are skilled in specialized diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, in order to receive better and more complete treatment, please choose a rheumatology department or a department with a rheumatologist for consultation.
Due to the late start of rheumatology in China, many hospitals do not have rheumatology specialists or full-time staff, and some hospitals have rheumatologists working in nephrology, dermatology, hematology and other departments. If you do not understand the local medical situation, please consult the relevant departments of local medical institutions and ask for clarification before going to the doctor.
3.Fixed doctor, long-term treatment
It is worth noting that many patients, due to lack of knowledge about rheumatic diseases and lack of trust in the level of doctors, often receive a week or two of treatment and then feel little effect and move to another hospital. One after another, they go to all the hospitals around them, but their condition still does not improve. This way of medical treatment is not scientific.
Rheumatic disease is a chronic progressive disease, its treatment requires time and patience, usually at least three months to six months, or even several years or more, the purpose is to relieve symptoms, control the progress of the disease, improve the quality of life. Doctors will develop a long-term systematic and comprehensive treatment plan based on the patient’s condition. It also requires efficacy observation and timely adjustment of the treatment plan according to changes in the condition. Therefore, patients are best fixed in a regular hospital rheumatology specialist for long-term treatment by a fixed doctor.
4, regular follow-up, reasonable and timely use of medication
Regular follow-up, reasonable and timely use of drugs, for each rheumatism patients are vital. Why do we need regular follow-up?
First, to observe changes in the condition and adjust the treatment plan in time.
The treatment of rheumatic immune diseases is a long-term and protracted battle. Doctors need to keep abreast of changes in the patient’s condition, drug efficacy and many other information. If the patient’s condition is not under control, the doctor needs to increase or change the medication; if the patient’s condition is under control, the doctor needs to reduce the medication to reduce the impact of drug side effects on the patient.
Second, detect the occurrence of drug side effects.
Drugs for rheumatic diseases may produce more side effects, such as gastric bleeding, white blood cell and platelet reduction, liver and kidney function damage, etc.. Therefore, regular checkups can help you adjust the dose or type of medication in time to avoid side effects.
5, how to treat the disease remission period
For rheumatic disease patients in remission should also be regular follow-up, strictly in accordance with the doctor’s prescription of medication, can not blindly reduce or stop their own medication to prevent the disease from recurring. At the same time, attention should be paid to daily rehabilitation exercises and life care to prevent the recurrence of the disease induced by environmental changes and other problems.
6.How to view Chinese medicine treatment
Chinese medicine has a long history of research on rheumatic diseases. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, in the book
However, since the etiology and pathological mechanism of rheumatic diseases are not fully understood, so far, regardless of Western medicine and Chinese medicine, the treatment of some connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in rheumatic diseases still lacks a radical cure.
We should understand that the evaluation of the efficacy of Western medicine or Chinese medicine should be objective and should be based on clinical symptoms and laboratory tests, and a momentary improvement is not equal to a permanent improvement; the relief of symptoms is not equal to the cure of the disease. Rheumatic diseases are often characterized by easy recurrence of the disease, so it is important to follow up regularly and go to a nationally recognized hospital for consultation and treatment.