When people talk about rheumatism, they also mean rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, there are many kinds of rheumatic diseases, including not only rheumatoid arthritis, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, dry syndrome, gout, ankylosing spondylitis, leukodystrophy and so on also belong to the category of rheumatic diseases. Because rheumatic diseases are complex, changeable, some difficult to diagnose, some treatment effect is not good, coupled with the relevant medical science education publicity is not strong, people feel doubtful about it, fear, from the production of some blind, vague, specious, or even wrong understanding, the following, on some aspects of the misconceptions for a brief introduction. 1, rheumatoid factor positive is rheumatoid arthritis Many people believe that joint pain plus rheumatoid factor positive, is rheumatoid arthritis. Often, when joint pain occurs, you will think of going to the laboratory to test three samples; blood sedimentation, anti-O, rheumatoid factor. If you see a positive rheumatoid factor, you think you have rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, this is very wrong. Rheumatoid factor is essentially an autoantibody, produced by lymphocytes, which binds to autoimmune globulin and participates in the formation of immune complexes. It has a positive rate of about 80% in rheumatoid arthritis, and is an important diagnostic reference, but not a specific diagnostic criterion, because 5% of normal elderly people can be positive, and the positive rate can increase with age, and the positive rate can be more than 20% in elderly people aged over 75 years. And in other immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, dry syndrome, systemic sclerosis, myositis, mixed connective tissue, IGA nephropathy, rheumatoid factor positive rate can be 5%-90%, in some common diseases such as infection, liver disease, pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, tuberculosis, rheumatoid factor can be positive or test titer increased. Therefore, high rheumatoid factor does not mean rheumatoid arthritis, must be objective analysis. 2, rheumatoid arthritis treatment can also be, do not treat can also As most rheumatic diseases require lifelong prevention and treatment effect most will not be immediate, such as rheumatoid arthritis, patients may actively seek medical attention at the beginning, with the treatment, often found to take more drugs, slow effect, easy to repeat, and these diseases will not soon appear heart, kidney, brain and other important organs of the lesions, people will have a People have the feeling that “even if you treat it, you can’t cure it, and if you don’t treat it, you don’t want to die”. In fact, on the contrary, early treatment, the best time to treat is the key to successful rheumatoid treatment. The best time to treat rheumatoid arthritis is in the first 2 years after the onset of the disease, and some experts even advocate that 2 months after the onset of the disease is a critical period, more than 2 years of bone destruction in both hands joints will occur, irreversible, timely treatment can avoid joint deformity and loss of function. Therefore, with rheumatoid arthritis, active treatment is the wise thing to do. 3, joint pain does not want to move, do not want to move on bed rheumatoid patients to adhere to appropriate exercise, can maintain physical fitness and restore joint function. Otherwise, the joint function will gradually degenerate since the joint stiffness, deformation, and even muscle atrophy. Patients need to rest during the acute period of joint swelling. After the acute period, appropriate exercises should be done. You can do wrist, elbow, hip, knee and ankle flexion and extension exercises in bed. You can also do physical therapy and move around in warm water, which can reduce joint pain, promote muscle relaxation and also improve joint mobility. Therefore, you cannot just stay in bed and ignore the protection of joint function. 4, the symptoms are relieved on their own stop Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease, although it can not be completely cured, but the vast majority of patients in the standard, systematic treatment can achieve clinical remission, and does not affect normal life. Therefore, patients with rheumatoid arthritis must adhere to standard treatment. The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of the most popular and popular items. The actual rheumatoid arthritis is often considered to be the most important thing in the world. The folk remedies are sometimes considered “secret folk wisdom”, and they are usually herbal remedies, which are non-toxic and harmless in the eyes of the general public, so many people believe in folk remedies. In fact, folk remedies of unknown origin are likely to be adulterated with glucocorticoids, and patients feel that their symptoms are relieved after taking them, not knowing that this treatment is extremely unscientific. In order to prevent damage to joints and organs, the disease should be controlled with standardized treatment protocols, while closely monitoring the adverse drug reactions, which will benefit most patients more than the side effects. If you wish to get Chinese medicine treatment, you should also undergo Chinese medicine adjustment in a regular Chinese medicine hospital. Taking Chinese medicine can help consolidate the effect of treatment, strengthen the body and prevent recurrence of the disease, do not blindly believe in folk remedies. 6, rheumatoid arthritis is an incurable disease At present, rheumatoid arthritis still can not be cured, and people often hope that after eating drugs, injections, the disease is eradicated, and never relapse. Therefore, people think rheumatoid arthritis is an incurable disease and panic too much. In fact, most rheumatoid arthritis in the acute phase of intensive treatment can be long-term remission, as long as the usual regular, regular follow-up medication, and does not affect life, can be engaged in a certain amount of work, we are familiar with diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, lifelong medication, lifelong treatment seems to be accepted as a matter of course, but when it comes to rheumatoid arthritis, always confused and fearful, in fact, now most of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis We should treat rheumatoid arthritis as calmly as we treat hypertension, relax psychologically, treat it actively, face it bravely, and believe that we can definitely overcome the disease!