Treatments for rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease belonging to the category of arthritis. Different diseases are different in terms of symptoms, treatment methods and some precautions, which is why they are distinguished. Generally, patients are not aware of these symptoms, but doctors have a clearer understanding of them. However, once a person has the disease, its characteristics will appear, so this is when we realize that we have the disease.

If you want patients to recover faster, the first thing you need to do is to understand the symptoms of these diseases and the causes of these symptoms, and then conduct research based on this situation so that you can better develop treatments for these diseases. Treatment is the only way to restore a healthy body. So what is the treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common acute or chronic connective tissue inflammation. It may recur and affect the heart. The clinical symptoms are migratory soreness, heaviness and pain in joints and muscles. It is an allergic disease. It is one of the main manifestations of rheumatic fever, and often begins with acute fever and joint pain.

Typical manifestations are mild or moderate fever and migratory polyarthritis. The affected joints are mostly large joints such as the knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, and wrists. It is common for the disease to spread from one joint to another. The lesions are locally red, swollen, burning, and extremely painful. Some patients also have several joints affected at the same time. Atypical patients only have joint pain without other inflammatory manifestations. Acute inflammation generally subsides in 2 to 4 weeks without leaving sequelae, but it often recurs. If rheumatic activity affects the heart, myocarditis may occur and even residual heart valve disease may occur.

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1. Medication

The principle of treatment is early diagnosis and early, reasonable, combined medication. Commonly used anti-rheumatic drugs are as follows:

(1) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins and quickly produce anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. They are effective in relieving pain, but they cannot change the course of the disease. Commonly used drugs in clinical practice include glucosamine hydrochloride granules, ibuprofen, penicillamine, diclofenac, aspirin, indomethacin, etc.

(2) Slow-acting antirheumatic drugs are mostly used for rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthropathies. It has a certain control effect on the disease but the effect is slow. Commonly used ones include gold mixture (intramuscular injection or oral administration), penicillamine, sulfasalazine, chloroquine, etc.

(3) Cytotoxic drugs produce immunosuppressive effects through different pathways. Commonly used ones include cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and Jin Duchun. They are often second-line drugs for systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis. Although they have more and more serious side effects, they play a big role in improving the prognosis of these diseases.

(4) Adrenal cortical hormones are anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic drugs that significantly improve the prognosis of connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, but they cannot cure these diseases. Its numerous side effects increase with increasing dosage and prolonged treatment course, so when using it, its efficacy and side effects should be weighed and selected with caution.

2. Surgical treatment

Including different orthopedic surgeries, artificial joint replacement, synovectomy, etc. Surgery cannot cure the disease but can only improve joint function and ability to live better.

3. Bone marrow transplant

It does have significant therapeutic effects in treating rheumatoid arthritis. Autologous bone marrow transplantation, which restores the immune system to promote recovery, has achieved good results in treating childhood rheumatoid arthritis. The specific steps of bone marrow transplantation are: first extract the patient's bone marrow, treat the bone marrow with drugs and radiation to remove the T cells, then inject the treated bone marrow back into the patient's body, and use special drugs to promote the growth of the patient's bone marrow and restore the patient's immune system to normal. It can prevent patients from suffering from the disease for several years, which is very important for children whose skeletons and joints are growing.

4. Other treatments

Physical, rehabilitation, vocational training, psychological and other treatments are an indispensable part of the comprehensive treatment of this type of disease.

There are several types of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, which are tailored to suit different patients. We will try any method that can help us treat rheumatoid arthritis. Some are treated with medication, some are treated with physical therapy and psychotherapy, and some are treated with surgical bone marrow transplantation.