Rheumatoid arthritis online consultation as well as outpatients are often concerned and consulted about one is the diagnosis, two is the lightness of the problem three is whether it can be cured problem four is whether Chinese medicine can cure the problem. It seems necessary to talk about it. First, the problem of diagnosis. Western medicine diagnosis is actually a primary issue, the doctor to face to personally collect medical history, personal physical examination to obtain accurate first-hand information, and then combined with laboratory results through a comprehensive analysis and past experience to arrive at the correct diagnosis. The diagnosis cannot be made arbitrarily based on laboratory results alone. There are many other diseases that need to be differentiated. If you feel “morning stiffness”, “joint pain and swelling”, “abnormal bone photos”, “positive rheumatoid factor If you feel “morning stiffness”, “joint pain, swelling”, “abnormal bone photos”, “positive rheumatoid factor”, you should go to a regular tertiary hospital rheumatology department to confirm the diagnosis. Online consultation is not a substitute for diagnosis. Then again, to be honest, experts don’t have too much time to make diagnosis online. So you can’t save money by going to the doctor. Generally speaking, the diagnosis can be made after more than 6 months of illness, joint lesions, positive blood antibodies (rheumatoid factor and anti-ccp antibodies), and needs to be differentiated from rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus erythematosus, primary arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, joint spine tuberculosis, traumatic arthritis and septic arthritis. Second, the light and heavy problems. Rheumatoid arthritis can be divided into four stages: early onset, intermediate, severe, and end-stage. Early on the lightest, there is no bone destruction, medium-term is no joint deformation, but muscle atrophy, mild cartilage destruction, rheumatoid nodules and tenosynovitis can be seen. In the severe stage joint deformation becomes obvious and there is bone destruction. The end stage is the development of fibrous or bony ankylosis on top of the severe stage. Arthritis can be classified into four levels according to the severity of the condition, the mildest being level 1, which does not affect daily life, level 2, which is basically normal life and work, but some cannot be done, and level 3, which is limited life and work. level 4, which requires someone to take care of life. If joint pain is reduced, morning stiffness is shortened, and blood sedimentation is reduced, it proves that the disease is improving. On the contrary, the disease is active. You see can make your own judgment by comparison. Third, whether it can be cured At present, from the perspective of Western medicine, it cannot be cured. Because the cause of the disease is not clear, the purpose of treatment is to relieve pain, control the development of the disease, improve the quality of life, and protect joint and muscle function. The main drugs are: glucocorticoids are used to control the activity; slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs such as salazosulfadiazine, methotrexate, leflunomide, cyclophosphamide, azole drift, cyclosporine, and tretinoin are used to improve the condition; in recent years, there are applications of biological agents such as etanercept. Fourth, can Chinese medicine treat In fact, there are difficulties and concerns about talking about whether Chinese medicine can treat. From what I know, there are indeed many cured cases, but it is not objective for you to say that all rheumatoid or all Chinese medicine can be cured. You can say it is not certain. I think a Chinese medicine everyone can be cured in the early and middle stage. Severe stage and end stage can be improved. So I still advocate that rheumatoid arthritis should always see a TCM doctor if conditions allow. If you come across an experienced TCM practitioner, you can do without western medicine, but if you can’t, you can use a combination of Chinese and Western medicine to treat it. It is clinically proven that Chinese medicine has obvious advantages in regulating immunity and improving the function of the internal organs.