What are the symptoms of rheumatism?

The symptoms of rheumatism are mainly burning and severe pain in the affected area, accompanied by redness and swelling. Patients with rheumatism should pay attention to ventilating the bedroom regularly. It is best to choose a sunny room, keep warm, prevent moisture and excessive fatigue. The most important thing is to adjust your mentality. A good mood will be of great help in treating the disease.

1. Symptoms of wind-cold-dampness arthralgia: pain and swelling in muscles, tendons, bones and joints, numbness of limbs, difficulty in stretching and extending limbs, aversion to wind and cold, pain reduced by heat and increased by cold. The tongue coating is thin white or greasy white. Wind-cold-dampness arthralgia can be divided into wandering arthralgia, painful arthralgia and fixed arthralgia. Xingbi is mainly caused by wind evil, with pain in the joints of the limbs and wandering pain; Tongbi is mainly caused by cold evil, with severe pain in the joints of the limbs and pain in a fixed location, and the patient likes heat and is afraid of cold; Zhuobi is mainly caused by damp evil, with swelling in the joints of the limbs, fixed pain, and numbness and heaviness of the skin. Treatment principles: dispel cold, remove wind, eliminate dampness, and promote blood circulation.

2. Symptoms of rheumatic heat: pain in muscles, tendons, bones and joints, local redness, swelling, burning, or even unbearable pain, which is relieved by cold, or accompanied by systemic manifestations such as fever, aversion to wind, thirst, and depression, red tongue, and yellow or greasy tongue coating. Treatment principles: clearing away heat, dispelling wind, removing dampness, and activating blood circulation.

3. Other syndrome symptoms 1: If the patient has swelling and pain in muscles, tendons, bones and joints, but no local abnormalities in cold or heat or skin color, and no systemic symptoms such as preference for warmth or fear of cold, it is mostly due to rheumatism. Treatment principle: Mainly focus on dispersing wind and removing dampness. Symptom 2: If the patient has swollen and painful muscles, tendons, bones and joints, is afraid of cold and heat, and prefers both warmth and coolness in the joints, it is mostly due to a mixture of cold and heat and blood stasis blocking the meridians. Treatment principle: dispel cold, clear heat, dredge meridians and activate collaterals. Symptom three: If the patient with wind-cold-dampness arthritis also has deficiency of both Qi and blood, he may have sallow complexion, fatigue, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, poor appetite and loose stools. Treatment principle: tonify Qi and nourish blood. Symptom 4: If the patient with wind-cold-dampness arthritis also has liver and kidney deficiency, he may experience soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, fatigue, forgetfulness, frequent urination, joint stiffness and deformity, or irregular menstruation in women and impotence and spermatorrhea in men. If the patient is more Yin-deficient, he may experience dizziness, tinnitus, fever in the five parts of the body, dry throat and night sweats. If the patient is more Yang-deficient, he may have cold body and limbs. Treatment principle: Nourish the liver and kidneys, and strengthen the tendons and bones.