How should rheumatoid patients spend their summer correctly?
"no rheumatism in summer" is a misconception
The statement that "no rheumatism in summer" is actually a misconception. In fact, summer is also a season of high incidence and recurrence of rheumatism, so people should do a good job in the prevention and treatment of rheumatism in hot summer. In this regard, experts put forward several suggestions for preventing and treating rheumatism in summer:
1. Avoid being greedy for cooling: Although the summer heat is difficult, don't sleep outdoors, on the balcony, or sleep on the floor away from the table, or sleep for a long time with fans and air-conditioning air, so as to be greedy for cooling for a while, so that evil wind enters the room and rushes to cause diseases.
2. shelter from rain in rainy days: it is rainy in summer, so rain protection should be done to avoid rain. After working hard and strenuous exercise, try to avoid getting wet. When the weather is bad, you should get used to taking an umbrella and raincoat, and change your clothes in time after getting wet.
3. Avoid humid environment: it is humid in the south and rainy in summer. To this end, the bedroom is best sunny, ventilated and dry. Usually, more windows should be opened for ventilation, and bedding on the bed should also be exposed to the sun to remove moisture. At the same time, it should not be in a wet environment for a long time.
4. Pay attention to sun protection: Many patients with rheumatism such as systemic lupus erythematosus should avoid direct sunlight, especially in summer, when ultraviolet rays are more intense, which is an important inducing factor of the disease.
5. Prevention of improper diet: avoid binge drinking cold drinks; The diet is light and easy to digest, avoiding cold, fatty and spicy food; Urban people have rich nightlife and have the habit of taking supper, which should be avoided as much as possible.
6. Pay attention to the sudden change of weather: the summer weather in coastal areas is changeable, windy and rainy. Patients with chronic rheumatism are sensitive to weather factors, and when stimulated by rain, wind, cold and humidity, the original condition can be aggravated.
Summer is the best time for treatment.
As soon as the symptoms are mild in summer, people can easily relax their treatment, take some medicine when they think of it, and forget about it when they can't remember it, making the mistake of "getting over the scar and forgetting the pain". In fact, for patients with rheumatic osteopathy, summer is the best time for treatment.
Rheumatoid osteopathy is generally a cold syndrome. In winter, the symptoms are severe, and at this time, the body is in a pathological state. Winter treatment is a tough treatment. No matter whether it is medication or physical therapy, the dosage should be increased, but the effect received is minimal.
On the contrary, gastrointestinal absorption in summer is more active than in winter, which also accelerates the improvement of drug efficacy. In summer, when the temperature rises, the meridians and qi and blood are unobstructed, the illness is the weakest, the body is full of yang, and the disease resistance is strengthened, the evil of "wind, cold and dampness" in the body is completely eliminated, and the treatment effect is doubled with half the effort. This is also the principle of "treating winter diseases in summer" advocated by Chinese medicine.
KK health reminder: rheumatism and bone diseases are not exclusive to the elderly, and healthy working, living and eating habits can effectively prevent the occurrence of diseases, and insist on early prevention and treatment of diseases. It is hoped that patients with rheumatic osteopathy will enjoy summer, relieve symptoms and feel comfortable, but also be prepared and prepared.