Winter rheumatoid attack? How to prevent it effectively

After half a year of standardized treatment, Azhen's condition has stabilized, and Azhen's mood has improved a lot
.

Recently, winter has come, and Azhen was planning to eat and drink well and wait for the New Year, but yesterday morning she woke up to find that there was a familiar pain in the wrist joint, although the pain was not severe, but it still made the mood that had just turned around fall to the bottom
.

Today, Ah Zhen appeared in Dr.
Huang Minyue's outpatient clinic and asked sadly: "How can I prevent the disease in winter?" ”

In order to let rheumatoid patients and friends have a good winter, Dr.
Huang Minyue immediately decided to talk to everyone after the consultation
.

Why is rheumatoid easy to attack in winter?

Rheumatoid disease can occur throughout the year, and a 2016 study showed [1] that rheumatoid is more common
in winter and spring.

Why is rheumatoid prone to attacks in winter? In this regard, Chinese medicine and Western medicine have different interpretations
.

Chinese medicine

The medicine of the motherland believes that rheumatoid belongs to the category
of "paralysis" and "calendar".

There is a saying in the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon": "The wind and cold and the three qi are mixed, and they are paralyzed
.
" "It is believed that the three evils of wind, cold, and dampness are mixed into diseases
.

In winter, the evil of wind chill is strong, and the already weak people are attacked by the evil of wind chill during this period, and the possibility of rheumatoid disease increases
.

At the same time, patients who have been diagnosed with rheumatoid are not properly cared for in winter, and the evil invasion of wind and cold is also easy to lead to recurrence
.

Western

A retrospective analysis of literature published in the PUBMED database from 1985 to 2003 by Western medicine [3] showed that cold was associated with
rheumatoid morbidity.

Some scholars believe that cold and humidity may be used as a systemic stimulant or adverse environmental factors, inducing or exacerbating some pathogenic factors acting on the immune system of people with specific genetic characteristics, and rheumatoid
occurs through autoimmune mechanisms.

According to a 2015 study [5], 28 rheumatoid patients presenting in winter had a high proportion of > 3.
2 in the activity assessment score (DAS 28), and temperature and wind speed were inversely correlated
with DAS 28.

It is inferred that the onset or aggravation of the patient's condition may be related
to factors such as low average temperature and fast wind speed in winter.

How to prevent rheumatoid attacks in winter?

To prevent rheumatoid attacks in winter, you need to do the following:

01 Follow the doctor's advice and review it in time

Dr.
Huang Minyue called on rheumatoid patients to follow the doctor's advice, timely review, and standardize treatment
.

The irregular way of taking drugs such as "taking medicine when symptoms occur, and stopping drugs when symptoms are relieved" will not only reduce the efficacy and delay the treatment of the disease, but also may lead to drug resistance in the body, which will increase the difficulty
of follow-up treatment and disease control.

02Pay attention to keeping warm

In winter, the wind and cold are raging, and you should pay attention to protecting your joints when traveling to avoid cold wind
blowing directly on your joints.

Pay attention to keeping warm in clothing, and pay more attention to avoid rain when it rains in winter to prevent the invasion of wind, cold and dampness
.

03Healthy eating

Try to avoid eating raw and cold foods, eat a nutritionally balanced and easily digestible diet, avoid picky eating, and avoid alcoholism
.
Patients with smoking habits need to quit smoking
as soon as possible.

04 Living with festivals

In winter, you should avoid staying up late and try to lie down early and get up
late.

Proper exercise should be maintained in daily life, and the intensity should be adjusted according to the specific situation of the individual, and it is advisable
to sweat slightly.

Avoid blowing wind after sweating, pay attention to cold and warmth
.