Spring is the period of year when the weather is most variable, when temperatures are warm and cold, and when rheumatoid arthritis is at high risk for onset or recurrence. Wind is the length of all diseases, rheumatoid arthritis patients encounter wind and evil invasion, the condition is easy to aggravate, and people with rheumatoid disease tendency, at this time can suddenly become ill.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive systemic autoimmune disease that mainly affects the synovium, cartilage and bone of the joints, and if not treated regularly and in time, it is easy to lead to joint destruction and deformity. According to relevant data analysis, there are currently about 5 million RA patients in mainland China, with an average age of onset of 45 years old, and the ratio of male to female prevalence is about 1:4.
Clinical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis
1. Morning stiffness
Morning joint stickiness, the subjective feeling of inflexibility or stiffness of joint movement when getting up in the morning, symptoms will be relieved or disappeared after getting up and moving for a period of time, and may be accompanied by coldness, numbness and other phenomena in the limbs, lasting more than 30 minutes.
2. Often symmetrical, polyarticular lesions
Small joints such as wrist joints, metacarpophalangeal joints, and proximal interphalangeal joints are mainly affected, and large joints mainly involve the knee joint.
3. Swelling and pain in the joints
Joint pain is also present in all rheumatoid patients, and the degree of joint pain is often related to the severity of joint swelling, which may initially be joint soreness and become more severe as the swelling becomes more pronounced. The degree to which joint swelling and pain is limited is related to the degree of swelling, pain, and damage to the joint and surrounding structures; In the late stage, varying degrees of deformity may occur.
4. Extra-articular manifestations
There may be fever, mostly low-grade fever; Some patients present with rheumatoid nodules, vasculitis, and pericardial effusion.
How to regulate rheumatoid arthritis in spring
1. Pay attention to keeping warm and prevent infection
In early spring, the temperature is low in the morning and evening, arthritis patients should go to bed early and get up late, try not to contact cold water, to prevent hands and feet from getting cold. Drink plenty of boiled water to increase metabolism.
2. Diet is regulated, nutrition is balanced
People with arthritis should pay special attention to two points in terms of diet:
The first is to develop healthy eating habits, ensure that you can consume enough calories every day, and pay attention to controlling fat intake.
The second is to properly supplement nutrition, it is advisable to eat high-protein, high-calorie, easily digestible foods, especially protein-rich foods, such as eggs, lean meat, soy products, and eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C.
In addition, the patient's diet should be light as the principle, should not enter spicy and stimulating food, long-term gastrointestinal discomfort, eat less raw, cold, hard food.
3. Appropriate supplementation to enhance physical fitness
Supplements for arthritis patients include: glutinous rice, indica rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, peas and other grain beans; vegetables such as leeks, coriander, garlic, radish, yellow cauliflower; mutton, dog meat, beef, chicken, eel, carp, silver carp, ribbon fish, shrimp and other meats; Fruits such as oranges, coconut, pineapples, lychees, and laurel balls. In addition, you should also stick to exercise and exercise moderately.
4. Self-prevention
Foot warmth: Joints and feet should be warm. If you are cold, you should soak your feet in hot water in time to increase blood circulation in the joints.
Carry medication: In order to avoid the sudden onset of old diseases, it is necessary to prepare your daily medications.
Food supplement: Eat some tonic foods appropriately to enhance the body's resistance, such as pig's trotters stewed sea breeze vine, papaya egg wine, can dispel wind circulation, dissolve moisture and relieve pain.
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