Osteoarthritis is also a type of rheumatic disease. Osteoarthritis, commonly known as “bone spurs” and “osteophytes”, can also lead to joint deformity and functional paralysis, requiring joint replacement if not seen in a timely manner. The cold climate is the main cause of osteoarthritis and aggravation, so you should protect your joints in winter to prevent osteoarthritis from occurring. Get more sunlight, pay attention to the cold and humidity of your joints, and keep them warm. Easily affected joints should be protected so that they can get adequate rest, do not overuse, avoid strenuous joint activity and excessive weight bearing, osteoarthritis patients should go for a walk outdoors in winter, once or twice a day on flat ground, 20-30 minutes each time. It is advisable to eat more food rich in gum and calcium. A glass of milk a day is necessary, beans, green leafy vegetables, stewed bone broth, canned fish with bones, etc., can increase the absorption of calcium. You can take some herbal meals or medicinal wine that can strengthen the kidneys and bones. I have suffered from rheumatoid arthritis disease for many years, and every winter recurring attacks, can I prevent winter attacks? Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease, mainly caused by wind, cold, moisture and other external aggression, so every winter, the weather is cold, if improper protection, it is easy to attack, so you should actively use medication in winter, if necessary, you can properly adjust the treatment plan, keep emotional stability, while strengthening the cold and warmth is the key, especially to strengthen the local warmth of the joints;, appropriate exercise, choose the appropriate exercise, try to Choose indoor exercise, not in the morning, but at noon, or in the afternoon, because the morning temperature is too low, which is not good for joint protection. At the same time, diet is also very important, you can carry out dietary therapy, for those who favor wind and cold, you can use astragalus, angelica, ginseng and other Chinese medicine soup to improve immunity; for those who have swollen joints, you can use coix seeds, papaya soup or porridge, which can play a role in reducing swelling and pain. Also pay attention to the prevention of other diseases, such as colds, gastrointestinal diseases, urinary tract infections, etc., which can also trigger rheumatoid arthritis activity. Doing these can prevent the disease from attacking in winter to some extent. Every autumn and winter season, there will be dry mouth and dry eyes, and even get up several times at night to drink water, I wonder if it is dry syndrome, how to prevent and control it? This reader is suffering from dryness. As to whether it is dryness syndrome, we have to go to the hospital for examination to make it clear, because dryness syndrome (SS) is a kind of chronic autoimmune disease which mainly invades the lacrimal gland, salivary gland and other exocrine glands. The clinical manifestation is mainly dry mouth, eyes and joint pain. Due to the unknown cause, modern medical treatment is still lack of special method. This patient should pay attention to keep the humidity in the room, avoid using spicy and stimulating foods, such as wine, cigarettes, coffee, fried things, mutton, venison, chili, pepper, fennel, star anise, onion, garlic, etc., and spicy hot pot, and also use some foods that nourish Yin and promote fluid, such as pear, sugar cane, fresh cinnamon, loofah, celery and turtle. You can also use some medicines such as dendrobium, wolfberry, honeysuckle, lily of the valley, white chrysanthemum and licorice to drink frequently as a substitute for tea, and you can also use American ginseng as a substitute for tea daily, which can improve symptoms and improve the quality of life. The reader should be alert to whether he is suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, which is common in young people aged 16-30 years old and is more common in males, and which starts insidiously and progresses slowly with mild systemic symptoms. In the early stages, there is often lower back pain and morning stiffness, reduced after activity, often nighttime back pain affecting sleep, severe cases can wake up in pain during sleep, and can be accompanied by low-grade fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, wasting and other symptoms. The pain is intermittent at the beginning and develops into persistent after several months and years. Later, the inflammatory pain disappears, the spine is partially or completely straightened from the bottom up, and spinal ankylosis or hunchback deformity appears. If the disease is detected and treated early, the prognosis is very good. This kind of disease should pay attention to prevent cold and keep warm in winter, and also act to strengthen joint function exercise, keep joint function position, lie down as much as possible, moderate prone, can use some warming equipment such as electric blanket, etc., and then without other contraindications, can drink qualified medicinal wine in moderation. What SLE patients should pay attention to in winter The cold climate in winter is a high incidence season for SLE, like this patient’s problem, which is more common clinically. SLE is an autoimmune disease involving multiple systems and organs, and many foods and drugs may trigger or aggravate the disease, so in general, do not just take supplements to avoid triggering SLE activities. Therefore, in the case of stable disease, under the guidance of a specialist can be moderate exercise, food or medication appropriate tonic, in order to improve physical quality, to prevent the role of disease recurrence. The diet should be light, low salt, low fat, high protein, avoid seafood, celery, alfalfa, parsley, dog meat, etc., while eggs, milk, lean meat, etc. can be eaten in moderation. At the same time, you can take Chinese herbal poultices that strengthen the spleen and kidney and benefit the qi under the guidance of a physician to strengthen the body, and also reduce the amount of hormones and immunosuppressants to reduce toxicity and increase effectiveness. I have been suffering from rheumatism for many years, and every winter my hands and feet turn white and purple when they are cold, and even frostbite occurs. There is no way to prevent this phenomenon in patients with rheumatism, which is medically known as Raynaud’s phenomenon. This phenomenon is based on the treatment of the original disease, prevention and treatment methods, first of all, from late autumn and early winter to strengthen cold exercise, practice washing your face with cold water, feet, hands or cold water bath; two to do pay attention to local warmth, good protection against cold, dressed to be warm, especially when going out or washing to pay attention to the warmth of the hands and feet parts.