How to treat rheumatoid arthritis

Update Date: 2026-01-07 Source: Network

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When serious diseases occur in the body, timely discovery and timely treatment is very critical, especially for the elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the impact on the body is huge, in addition to joint deformation, swelling, serious risk of disability. So, how should rheumatoid arthritis be treated?

How to treat rheumatoid arthritis

1. General treatment: fever and joint swelling and pain, severe systemic symptoms should rest in bed until the symptoms disappear. After two weeks of improvement, we should gradually increase the activity, so as to avoid too long bed rest leading to joint disuse, and even promote joint ankylosis. The protein and vitamins in the diet should be sufficient. Those with significant anemia can be given a small amount of blood transfusion. If there are chronic lesions such as tonsillitis, they should be removed as soon as possible.

2. External application treatment: TCM has known the pathogenesis of arthritis for thousands of years, and has rich experience in treatment. The "zhengu Qufeng Plaster" fully absorbs the experience of traditional Chinese medicine in the past dynasties, and treats the external pathogenic factors and internal body deficiency of arthritis at the same time, so as to obtain the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root causes.

4. Surgical treatment: in the past, it has been considered that surgery is only suitable for late deformity cases. At present, early synovectomy can be used for the patients with only 1-2 joints seriously damaged and no effect after salicylate treatment. Osteotomy can be performed in patients with static disease and obvious deformity of joint. Arthroplasty and artificial joint replacement can be performed in patients with ankylosis or destruction of joint. The weight-bearing joint can be used for arthrodesis.

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When rheumatoid arthritis occurs in the body, there must be no panic, but as soon as possible to find their own reasonable treatment measures, active and effective rapid cure is very critical.