Chao News client reporter Liu Qian correspondent Lu Qing.
The cold wave is coming, the cliff is cooling, for rheumatoid arthritis patients, how to prevent the old disease** and survive the winter smoothly?A reporter from Qianjiang Evening News interviewed Chief Physician Wu Huaxiang, Director of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have more accurate knees than the weather forecast, and as soon as the temperature drops, the joints will have a dull pain, and if they are unfortunately frostbitten, the joint swelling and pain will be aggravated, and it is common to be awakened by pain at night.
Chief Physician Wu Huaxiang said that while the old patients in cold weather take medicine regularly, it is best to keep warm and prevent cold is the top priority, especially the three major joints of the knee joint, ankle joint and wrist joint are the most susceptible to cold.
In addition to adding clothes in time, you can also use knee pads, wrist pads and other joint protectors, the material can be wool or cashmere, soft and skin-friendly and can play a role in keeping warm, sports protectors are too tight and not conducive to blood circulation, should not be used. ”
*: Visual China.
Some patients with rheumatoid arthritis express doubts, the weather is so cold, it is better to stay at home, do they still need to go outdoors to exercise?
Director Wu Huaxiang said that exercise can help enhance physical fitness and delay the progression of the disease, but it is necessary to do what you can when exercising.
She suggests that patients with rheumatoid arthritis who do not have obvious functional impairment of the lower limbs can use aerobic exercises such as brisk walking every day to help move the joints and avoid stiffness and sclerosis.
Walking in the sun at noon can increase the level of vitamin D in the body, promote calcium absorption, prevent osteoporosis, increase the heart rate appropriately, and sweat slightly on the back. Director Wu also reminded patients to walk appropriately when their condition is stable, and to reduce activities or bed rest during acute attacks.
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