Connective tissue diseases are diseases that involve connective tissue, including lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener's granulomatosis, giant cell arteritis, and Sjögren's syndrome. In the classification of rheumatology revised by the American College of Rheumatology in 1982, connective tissue diseases can also include allergic vasculitis, Behcet's syndrome, nodular non-purulent febrile panniculitis, etc. Connective tissue diseases have some common features in clinical, pathological and immunological aspects, such as multisystem involvement (i.e., **, joints, muscles, heart, kidney, hematopoietic system, central nervous system, etc. can be involved at the same time), long course of disease, complex disease, may be accompanied by fever, arthralgia, vasculitis, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, increased globulin, etc.
There are many factors that contribute to connective tissue disease in the human body, but the following factors are currently thought to be:
Clause. 1. Heredity, many systemic diseases have genetic factors, such as lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Clause. 2. Immunological abnormalities, including abnormal cellular immunity and humoral immunity, people can find a lot of autoantibodies in the serum of patients with connective tissue diseases.
Clause. 3. Infectious factors, including viral infections, bacterial infections, rickettsial infections, mycoplasma infections, etc., many viral infections will cause damage to the connective tissue of the human body, thereby inducing the onset of connective tissue disease.
Clause. Fourth, genetic defects, in many connective tissue diseases, many people because of congenital genetic defects, in the acquired harsh environment, including emotions, mentality, etc., can induce the onset of connective tissue diseases.
Patients with connective tissue disease need to avoid eating spicy and irritating food to prevent aggravation of the condition, and also avoid eating some fishy foods, such as dog meat, donkey meat, venison and chili peppers and other stimulants, and also pay attention to avoid eating cold, raw and cold food and cold drinks to prevent abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms from aggravating the condition.
It is best to strictly quit smoking and alcohol, and do not eat some foods that are easy to cause allergies such as fish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish, etc. In addition, patients should also pay attention to a low-salt, low-fat, low-sugar diet. Try to eat a light diet, eat some foods that are easy to digest, and also supplement nutrients appropriately, and supplement some foods rich in high-quality protein, vitamins and calcium, such as milk, egg whites, lean meat, soy products, black fungus, green vegetables, dark fruits, etc.