Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis What exactly should I do

The diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis needs to be based on the following aspects:

1. The course of the disease: usually 6 weeks as the boundary, and the joint swelling and pain of more than 6 weeks can be considered rheumatoid arthritis;

2. The location and number of affected imitation joints: rheumatoid arthritis usually involves small joints, and large joints can also be violated, commonly found in interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints, and the number of joints involved is usually 3 and multi-joint involvement;

4. Imaging manifestations: X-ray large panping film can show bone erosion and bone destruction, and in recent years, there are new imaging techniques for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, such as MRI and ultrasound, which can show earlier rheumatoid arthritis damage, such as synovitis and small bone erosion and destruction.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis can achieve very significant results through TCM syndrome differentiation and medication**, TCM believes that rheumatoid arthritis patients with syndrome differentiation belong to wind-cold paralysis obstruction syndrome should use drugs with the effects of warming meridians and dispelling wind and cold**, and the prescription with these ** effects can be selected is called Fengfeng decoction plus or minus.

Rheumatoid arthritis will have a great impact on the overall health of patients, in general, patients in the early stage of the disease with appropriate methods** can significantly alleviate symptoms and delay the progression of the disease, and the clinical use of TCM syndrome differentiation medication** rheumatoid arthritis has achieved very significant results. Today, I will introduce you to some traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and medication methods for rheumatoid arthritis for your reference:

1. Wind and cold paralysis obstruction syndrome: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that patients with rheumatoid arthritis who belong to this type of syndrome differentiation should use drugs with the effects of warming the meridians and dispelling wind and cold**, and the prescription that can be used with these ** effects is called Fengfeng decoction plus or minus, the main ingredients of which are fengfeng, ephedra, Poria cocos, cinnamon, Qinjiang, kudzu, angelica, ginger, jujube, and licorice.

2. Rheumatism and paralysis obstruction: Patients who belong to this pathological type should use drugs with the effects of channeling and relieving pain, dispelling wind and dehumidifying. And the best prescription with these effects is the addition and subtraction of the decoction.

The main ingredients are Qianghuo, Duhuo, Cinnamon Branch, Qin Gang, Sea Breeze Vine, Mulberry Branch, Angelica, Chuanxiong, Wood Fragrance, Frankincense, and Licorice. Syndrome differentiation plus and minus method: if the patient has symptoms such as wind, wind can be added at the same time; For patients who are more damp, the drugs that can be added to it are Fangji, Fenren, and Atractylodes; At the same time, patients with cold syndrome should be added to make aconite.

In traditional Chinese medicine, rheumatoid arthritis belongs to the category of "paralysis", which is caused by the feeling of wind, cold, dampness and heat, the obstruction of the meridians, and the poor flow of qi and blood, resulting in muscles, muscles, bones, joint soreness, numbness, heaviness, joint swelling, deformation, mobility disorders, and even internal abandonment of the five organs as the main manifestations. Paralysis syndrome has a lot to do with external factors, that is, wind, cold, dampness, heat and other external evils, such as blowing wind immediately after sweating, sitting and lying on wetlands, wading in water and rain, etc., which will cause wind, cold and dampness to invade the body's meridians, and these evil qi will stay in the joints after entering the body, resulting in the blockage of meridian qi and blood. There has always been a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "if you don't get through, it hurts", when the meridians and qi and blood are blocked, the body will naturally have a series of abnormal manifestations.

Traditional Chinese medicine divides paralysis into various types, and clinical diagnosis and treatment need to be treated with syndrome differentiation. In your case, you can take traditional Chinese medicine to dispel wind, dissipate cold, remove dampness, and relax tendons and activate the nerves. Try Tong Ren Tang Guogong Liquor, this medicinal wine has the effect of dispersing wind and dampness, relaxing tendons and activating the nerves, and is used for paralysis caused by wind, cold and dampness, and the symptoms are joint pain, heaviness, unfavorable extension and flexion, numbness of hands and feet, and the effect is good.

B. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): rheumatism, internal rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis. Rapid erythrocyte sedimentation rate (15 mm for males and 20 mm for females).

Conventional rheumatism does not show redness and swelling, and the appearance of redness and swelling is usually internal rheumatism or gout).

c. Internal rheumatoid factor: 50% of internal rheumatoid arthritis is positive.

D. Antistreptococcal hemoglomin "O" (ASO, abbreviated as "O") is mostly positive for acute rheumatoid arthritis (> 1:600).

e. X-ray examination of joints.