Rheumatoid arthritis in fingers

Rheumatoid arthritis of the fingers is a relatively serious disease among arthritis. If we do not master the method of treating it, it will endanger our health. No matter what degree the disease is, it will affect our normal quality of life to some extent. The best way to avoid being affected by these diseases is to pay attention to the nutrition absorbed by the body and exercise regularly. The most important thing is to master the methods of treating these diseases.

The symptoms that different diseases bring to us and whether the course of the disease will change over time are issues that we need to understand. Only by knowing the causes of these diseases and the things that need to be paid attention to in life can we better help treat such diseases. So what are the treatments for rheumatoid arthritis of fingers?

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that seriously endangers health and causes disability. However, the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis is not common and is far less than that of osteoarthritis. It’s just that people generally misunderstand that most joint pain is caused by rheumatism.

Rheumatoid arthritis often begins in middle age, with recurrent symptoms, prolonged duration of attacks, severe pain, swelling, and dysfunction, and more common invasion of the proximal interphalangeal joints, metacarpophalangeal joints, and wrist joints, which are often symmetrically distributed, meaning that both hand joints are swollen and painful at the same time, with severe morning stiffness and long duration. Finger joints that have been ill for a long time may have obvious deformation.

1. Fumigation therapy: Fumigation therapy is to boil the Chinese medicine and then steam or soak the affected area while it is hot, so that the medicinal properties can go directly into the diseased area through the pores. It has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation.

2. Treatment with external plasters: Rheumatoid arthritis affects the muscles, joints, and meridians. External application of plasters can allow the medicinal properties to enter the skin through the skin and fur, dredge the meridians and activate the collaterals, which is more beneficial than taking medicine.

3. Acupuncture therapy: During treatment, select corresponding acupoints according to different pain sites. Acupuncture techniques: use drainage method, strong stimulation, or even use three-edged needle for pricking and bleeding, with the amount of blood let out being 0.5 to 1.0 ml. In the chronic stage, use moderate tonification and purgation, moderate stimulation, and may add warm needles or moxibustion as appropriate. In addition to manual therapy, electroacupuncture can also be used to enhance stimulation and improve therapeutic efficacy.

4. Medicinal wine therapy: Wine is pungent and warm in nature, and has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation. When effective Chinese medicine for treating wind-cold-dampness and arthritis is prepared with wine, the medicinal power can reach the joints of the limbs through the power of wine, allowing Qi and blood to circulate and rheumatism to be eliminated, the tendons and bones to be strengthened and the arthritis to be cured. Long-term drinking has a good effect on the treatment of chronic rheumatoid arthritis.

Diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis of the fingers can be effectively improved by some methods in life. Only by correctly mastering the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis of the fingers can we better improve the probability of recovery of patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the fingers. This shows how important the correct method of treating rheumatoid arthritis of the fingers is.