What should I do if my fingers are swollen and painful due to rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis is also known as rheumatoid arthritis. The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is relatively complex. It is a chronic systemic disease with inflammatory lesions as the main feature of the synovial membrane in the affected area. Rheumatoid arthritis brings pain to patients. The symptoms are more obvious than usual when it is cloudy and rainy. Patients should not overwork, use cold water, and avoid cold and humid environments. What should patients do if their fingers are swollen and painful due to rheumatoid arthritis? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. General treatment

Patients who suffer from severe swelling and pain in the hand joints after a rheumatoid attack should pay attention to rest and actively immobilize the joints. During this period, symptoms can be relieved through hot compresses, massage, and other methods. At the same time, you should pay attention to arranging your daily diet reasonably, try to keep it light, eat more foods that are warm in nature and have the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, and avoid eating raw and cold foods, which can help reduce the symptoms of swelling and pain.

2. Drug treatment

Patients should use medications individually, and there are many Western medicines for rheumatoid arthritis. Commonly used drugs include the following:

(1) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: This type of drug includes meloxicam, dilufenac, nebumetone, celecoxib, etc. It has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and other effects. It is also very safe and has relatively few side effects. Therefore, it is a commonly used drug for the treatment of rheumatoid diseases, and patients at all stages of the disease can use this type of drug for treatment.

3. Anti-rheumatic drugs

This is a second-line drug used in clinical practice to treat rheumatic diseases, and can also be called a slow-acting antirheumatic drug. Currently commonly used drugs of this type include oral or intravenous methotrexate, oral sulfasalazine, hydroxychloroquine, cyclosporine, leflunomide, total glucosides of white paeony, and auranofin.

4. Yunke

This is a very fast-acting isotope for treating the non-excited state of rheumatoid arthritis with minimal adverse reactions and is administered intravenously.

5. Glucocorticoids

When rheumatoid arthritis patients have swollen and painful fingers, if they have other concurrent diseases or their condition progresses rapidly and slow-acting antirheumatic drugs are ineffective, they can be treated with glucocorticoids under the guidance of a doctor.

VI. Biological agents

Currently, the commonly used biological agents for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis include infliximab, etanercept, adalimumab, tocilizumab, rituximab, etc., and their therapeutic effects are also very impressive.

7. Herbal medicine

The use of herbal medicines can also have a certain effect on patients with swollen and painful fingers caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Currently commonly used drugs of this type include total glucosides of white paeony, tripterygium wilfordii, and sinomenine.

8. Suggestions

Patients with swollen and painful fingers caused by rheumatoid arthritis must use appropriate treatment methods under the guidance of a doctor. In addition to the above methods of treatment, you can also use traditional Chinese medicine moxibustion, acupuncture and other methods in combination. During the treatment, attention should also be paid to joint function exercises to prevent joint function from being affected.