What does rheumatoid arthritis look like?

  Rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with mainly joint lesions. The main clinical manifestations are joint swelling and pain due to small synovial joints, followed by cartilage destruction and narrowing of the joint space, and in the late stage, severe bone destruction and resorption leading to joint stiffness, deformity and functional impairment. The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in China is 0.24-0.5%, more women than men, about 2-3:1, and it can develop at any age, with the greatest number of people aged 20-50. The disease is mostly a recurrent disease, with a high disability rate and poor prognosis.  Rheumatoid arthritis rehabilitation exercises: simple functional exercise at the beginning, and then gradually increase the amount of exercise, fast walking and backward walking; patients with good health, fast running, long-distance running and variable speed running, taijiquan, taiji sword, five-animal play, qigong, cycling, elderly disco, traditional dance and aerobics, etc.. (Each person according to their own situation selection) rheumatoid arthritis patients usually precautions: rheumatoid arthritis patient’s disease activity and remission and daily life has a close relationship, so should pay attention to the daily life of the little by little, including dietary conditioning, emotional regulation, psychological care, etc., as long as the proper use, with the right method, rheumatoid treatment can play a positive role.  Diet: diet should be moderate, rheumatoid arthritis patients, commonly weak, so the diet should not be excessive, eating to punctual, moderate, not overeating, hunger disorders, diet should be based on light. Meals should be high in protein, fat, sugar, vitamins, calories and salt. Small amount of meals, less stimulating food, more delicious and easy to digest food. The ratio of carbohydrate, protein and fat in the diet should be 3:2:1. Use more vegetable oils and less animal oils, and the ratio of animal and vegetable fats is 2:1. Salad oil, corn oil, olive oil, sunflower oil and fish oil (not cod liver oil) are preferred. The distribution of calories in the diet should be 30% for breakfast, 40% for lunch, 10% for the next lunch and 20% for dinner. The amount of water consumed should be decided according to the condition and individual dietary habits.  Exercise: In acute or recurrent attacks, those with fever, markedly increased blood sedimentation and increased white blood cells; those with significant swelling of the involved joints and fluid in the joint cavity; those with significant lesions of the cervical spine or weight-bearing joints of the lower limbs; those with complications of vasculitis or cardiopulmonary lesions. Bed rest for 2-3 weeks is appropriate. When the acute symptoms or systemic symptoms and arthritis disappear and joint pain is reduced, the patient can get out of bed and move around. Long-term bed rest can lead to joint stiffness, muscle atrophy, bone atrophy and increased bone fragility. Exercise should be gradual, to just trigger the pain for the degree, exercise before the hot compress, often change the exercise.