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Early prevention and protection of joints in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Generally, people will have rheumatoid arthritis when they are old, and their legs and feet are not good, especially when it rains, they will not stand up because of the pain. How to prevent? Let's have a look~

1. Strengthen exercise and physical fitness. Often participate in physical exercise or production labor, such as health gymnastics, qigong, Taijiquan, radio gymnastics, walking, etc., all who can adhere to physical exercise, the body will be strong, disease resistance will be strong, rarely sick, the ability to resist the invasion of wind, cold and humidity is much better than the general people without physical exercise. It is precisely this truth that the Internal Canon says that "good Qi exists in the internal, and evil cannot be done", "where evil is gathered, its Qi will be empty".

2. Avoid wind, damp and cold. Most patients have a history of cold and damp before the onset or recurrence of the disease. It is suggested that these factors play an important role in the occurrence and development of the disease. There is a lot of rain in spring, which is the time when all kinds of diseases are prone to occur. It is also the season when rheumatoid arthritis is prone to occur. It is necessary to prevent cold, rain and damp. The joints should be kept warm without wet clothes, shoes, socks, etc. Don't be greedy for cool in summer, the air conditioner can't be blown directly, and don't drink too much cold drinks, etc. in autumn and winter, you should prevent from being attacked by the wind and cold, and it is the most important to keep warm.

3. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest. To work and rest, activities and rest to moderate, too tired, people's immunity will also decline, easy to cause some diseases.

4. Keep in good spirits. The occurrence and development of diseases are closely related to the state of human mental activity. Keeping a happy spirit is also one aspect of preventing rheumatoid arthritis. When you are in trouble, you should not be too excited or depressed for a long time. We should be good at controlling bad emotions, study hard, work actively, have a broad mind and a happy life, so as to make our body healthy. We should remember that "good Qi exists inside, evil cannot be done". It is important to maintain the normal psychological state for maintaining the normal immune function of the body.

5. Prevention and control of infection. Experimental research shows that the infection of bacteria or virus may be one of the pathogenic factors of inducing rheumatoid arthritis. Some rheumatoid arthritis come from tonsillitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis, chronic cholecystitis, caries and other infectious diseases. Therefore, it is also important to prevent infection and control the infection focus in the body.