Around this time of year, rheumatic diseases are more prevalent. This is because the weather is cold and humid during the rainy season, and patients with rheumatic diseases always feel particularly uncomfortable in the joints, and in severe cases, the joints are extremely painful, and even affect walking. Many patients are overwhelmed by this disease and can only pray that the rainy season will pass soon. However, if we can take good measures, we will be able to get through the rainy season with ease.
Rheumatic patients are more sensitive to changes in the weather, so they often joke that rheumatic patients around them are "walking weather forecasts". Many patients are prone to joint pain on rainy days, so is there a way to relieve it? Let's take a look.
1. Do a good job of taking measures to keep out the cold and dampness
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, rheumatism is mostly caused by cold and dampness, so when cold or dampness invades, rheumatism is prone to attack. If you want to prevent the onset of rheumatism, it is recommended to do a good job of keeping warm at the joints, do not wear wet pants, and avoid cold blows.
2. Avoid foods high in purines
Patients with rheumatic diseases also need to eat less foods high in purines, which are metabolized in our body to produce uric acid, and if the uric acid content in the blood is high for a long time, it will be deposited in the joint cavity, resulting in the occurrence of gouty arthritis. Patients with rheumatism have fragile bones, and excessive intake of foods high in purines will also indirectly induce the occurrence of the disease.
3. Pay attention to dampness in dietary conditioning
Diet is also one of the important health measures, in the rainy season, it is recommended that everyone pay attention to strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. If we can get rid of the dampness from within, the chance of rheumatism attacks will be greatly reduced. Therefore, you can eat more foods that have the ability to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, and don't let rheumatism take advantage of the weakness. The more common dampness ingredients in life are barley, Huaishan, lentils, seeds, etc.
4. Maintain a dry indoor environment
Our living environment is also one of the important external factors affecting the condition of rheumatism patients, and doing a good job of moisture-proof and damp-removing work in the house can greatly reduce the occurrence of the disease. Therefore, we must pay attention to keeping the indoor dry, the rainy season in the south is relatively long, it is recommended that you choose materials with moisture-proof effect when decorating. The windows should be oriented to ensure that there is sunlight, and the floors should not be too low.
5. Make good use of drugs to control the disease
Patients with rheumatism need to pay attention to long-term medication control, not to take it when it hurts, and stop taking it when it is not painful. Clinically, there are many studies in this area between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and you may wish to take a combination of drugs to control the disease, so that even in the rainy season, the probability of recurrence can be reduced.
Rheumatism is a relatively difficult disease to cure, and patients are prone to recurrence, so it is recommended that everyone pay attention to the same treatment of the symptoms, not only to do a good job of daily preventive measures, but also to find out the cause and treat the symptoms. Only in this way can the quality of life of patients be improved and they will not be harmed during the rainy season.