Rheumatism is a rheumatic disease. Rheumatic diseases require anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatments, causative treatments and other treatments according to different types of diseases.
1. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatments: rheumatic diseases mostly invade the joints, bones and the surrounding soft tissues and lead to joint swelling, pain and other symptoms, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can be used to relieve the symptoms, such as etoricoxib, ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
2. Causal treatment: the causes of rheumatic diseases can be divided into metabolic, immune, infectious, degenerative, etc., according to the specific type of disease and the cause of treatment, such as gout patients need to take allopurinol, febuxostat and other drugs for uric acid treatment, and rheumatoid arthritis patients need to apply adalimumab, salicinosulphadiazine, and other drugs to control the disease progression.
3. Other treatments: patients with rheumatic diseases can choose ultrashort wave, infrared ray, wax therapy, hot compresses, and other physical therapy modalities according to their specific type of disease to alleviate the symptoms of the patients and relieve the role of muscle spasm, and some types of rheumatic disease patients need to undergo surgical treatment and other related treatments, such as synovectomy, knee arthroplasty, etc. The medication should be used under the guidance of a physician.
Drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, it is recommended that patients with rheumatic diseases to the rheumatology and immunology department of the regular hospital and other related departments for detailed consultation, follow the doctor’s instructions.