Rheumatoid arthritis patients long blowing air conditioning

After the beginning of autumn, patients with rheumatoid arthropathy in the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of Nanjing No. 1 Hospital increased significantly, which was approximately 30% higher than usual. More than half of them were old and middle-aged people with relapsed old diseases. In addition, many young office workers also appeared. Because of long blowing air conditioning, causing joint pain. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that is chronic, progressive, swollen with multiple joints throughout the body, and is characterized by pain. Recently, the environment is humid, rainy weather is frequent, excessive fatigue, mental stimulation and irregular life can make the symptoms worse.

According to Shen Minning, chief physician of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at the First Hospital of Nanjing, the temperature in the air-conditioned room is low, and the surrounding tissues of the joints are stimulated by the cold wind for a long period of time and do not pay attention to keep warm, which may aggravate joint pain, swelling, and difficulty in activities.

Shen Zhuren said that in costumes, patients with rheumatoid arthritis should be warm, comfortable, light and easy to wear on their clothes. It is not suitable to wear short skirts and barefoot sandals in the central air-conditioning environment. Instead, one long-sleeved clothing should be kept ready to add or subtract clothes at any time with the external environment. The shoes are light, soft and comfortable. If the finger function has significantly deteriorated, you can choose to wear a pair of round shoes or shoes with elastic buckles to avoid inconvenience when you tie the shoelaces.

In the environment, patients with rheumatoid arthritis should try to live in a room with adequate sunlight and suitable humidity. In summer, you should avoid greedy, use air conditioners and fans improperly or not. In the workplace, you should tell your colleagues about your condition so that you can get a colleague's understanding without using air conditioning or raising the temperature properly. For the inconvenience of finger movement, the door handle and faucet can be installed as much as possible to facilitate the switch. The bathroom design should be suitable for the patient's activities. Larger shower rooms can be used instead of baths because the bath is high and it often makes it difficult for patients to enter. The patient's joints and muscle strength are weak and it is not easy to master the balance. It is particularly easy to fall and fall.

For most patients, walking, Tai Chi, gymnastics, and swimming are all suitable sports. In the diet, patients should not eat high-fat foods such as milk, fat, etc., cooking, burning soup should also be less oil, it is not appropriate to eat more seafood, such as kelp, sea cucumber, marine fish, shrimp, etc. Contains uric acid, absorbed by the body, can form urate crystals in joints, making joint symptoms worse. Similarly, foods that are too acidic or too salty should not be eaten too much. If you eat salty foods such as pickles, salted eggs, and salted fish, the sodium ions in the body will increase, which will increase the patient's symptoms.