How to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

Many people do not pay much attention to protecting their bodies when they are young. As they age, they are often prone to a series of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, which leads to unbearable pain in joints all over the body. In severe cases, it can also have a certain impact on normal life. Therefore, we should pay more attention to keeping warm and paying attention to dietary health care and related issues in our daily lives to avoid the occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis.

During the acute pain period of rheumatoid arthritis patients, long-term bed rest or taking hormones for too long may cause the patient's immune function to be weakened and cause some complications. The principle of treatment is early diagnosis and early, reasonable, combined medication. Commonly used anti-rheumatic drugs are as follows:

1. Medication

(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.

(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.

(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

Bone marrow transplantation does have significant therapeutic effects in treating rheumatoid arthritis. Autologous bone marrow transplantation, which promotes the patient's recovery by restoring the immune system function, has achieved good results in treating childhood rheumatoid arthritis and can prevent the patient from suffering from the disease for several years. It is very important for children whose skeletons and joints are growing.