What's the difference between heat arthralgia, wind arthralgia, dampness arthralgia and cold arthralgia

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Rheumatism is a common disease, and there are many patients with rheumatism. Different types of patients will be different. What's the difference between heat arthralgia, wind arthralgia, dampness arthralgia and cold arthralgia?

What's the difference between heat arthralgia, wind arthralgia, dampness arthralgia and cold arthralgia

First of all, wind arthralgia and cold arthralgia, wind arthralgia, mainly to feel wind evil, invasion of skin, joints, meridians, with its sexual wandering, pain wandering as symptoms. Because the wind is Yang evil, "the upper part receives it first", so it often occurs in the upper limbs, shoulders and back; the Wei Yang is not solid, and the Li is empty and sparse, so it has the performance of evil wind and sweating. Cold arthralgia, due to lack of Yang Qi, mainly feels cold evil. Its performance is characterized by limb and joint pain, fixed, aggravated by cold, heat pain reduced or relieved. The so-called "pain, cold also more, there is cold so pain also." Due to the deficiency of Yang Qi and the stagnation of nature, the symptoms are often accompanied by aversion to cold, limb contracture, poor flexion and extension, and tight pulse.

Secondly, dampness arthralgia, mainly to feel dampness evil, dampness evil stay in the limbs, joints, muscles, clinical manifestations of swelling and pain in the above parts, heavy numbness as the characteristics. Because the spleen governs dampness, and the dampness is sticky, which hinders the Qi mechanism, the general dampness arthralgia has the symptoms of spleen dampness not moving or dampness trapping spleen soil and Qi mechanism not smooth, such as heavy head, chest tightness, abdominal distension, body fatigue, greasy fur, slow pulse, etc.

Finally, it is characterized by redness, swelling, heat and pain of muscles and joints, body heat, sweating, thirst, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse. Because of the fire heat and Yang evil, the color is red into the heart, and it is easy to hurt Yin and fluid, so the redness and swelling is obvious, often with erythema, nodules, thirst and dry. This kind of rheumatism pain is remarkable, the joint cannot bend to extend, the doctor says it is "painful vexation". The method of differentiation is mainly based on the symptoms, the symptoms of different situations will be different, and the symptoms are also the basis of differentiation in the diagnosis.

matters needing attention

After rheumatic diseases, we should pay attention to the treatment and recuperate in our daily life. Generally, we should pay attention to the daily diet and life rules, and also pay attention to keeping warm. We can do proper exercise at ordinary times.