Do these 4 points in your life, and get rid of rheumatoid arthritis while you are young!

Before the holiday, I interviewed Xiao Liu, a college student who was as beautiful as a flower.

According to her, the swelling first appeared when she was 17 years old when she was in the college entrance examination, when she was focused on her studies

In the physical examination of this year's internship, the rheumatoid factor was positive, and it was more than 50 times the normal value, so I rushed to the rheumatology outpatient clinic

After listening to Xiao Liu's remarks, I was glad that the medical examination agency arranged by the employer was reliable and saved Xiao Liu's hands

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease that can occur at any age.

What are the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis?

ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid, a total score of 6 or more can be diagnosed

What is rheumatoid factor?

During physical examination, rheumatoid factor is often checked, so what exactly is rheumatoid factor?

Rheumatoid factor is actually an antibody, which is a self-produced "warrior" against the therapeutic factor.

Rheumatoid factors include five types of IgM, IgA, IgG, IgD, and IgE.

What is the relationship between rheumatoid factor and rheumatoid?

As its name suggests, rheumatoid factor is mainly found in rheumatoid arthritis and is one of the indicators for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis

Current research shows that rheumatoid factor can be found in 70-80% of rheumatoid arthritis patients and is a common autoantibody in the serum of rheumatoid arthritis patients, that is to say, there are still 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis patients , which was negative for rheumatoid factor

Can a positive rheumatoid factor diagnose rheumatoid?

Rheumatoid factor is one of the important criteria for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis, but it is not the only one

A positive rheumatoid factor may also be associated with other diseases, such as other rheumatic diseases, including:

In addition, it is very important that about 5% of normal people are positive for rheumatoid factor, and the positive rate of the elderly is even higher, up to about 10%

Similarly, conversely, negative rheumatoid factor does not necessarily rule out rheumatism, and 20% to 30% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis can still be negative

The reason may be that there are other autoantibodies in these patients, but we have not detected them

The higher the rheumatoid factor titer, the better the specificity?

For the examination of rheumatoid arthritis, it is generally not only to see whether the rheumatoid factor is positive, but mainly to see the titer.

When the disease is controlled or relieved, the rheumatoid factor will decrease or even turn negative, but this is often a long process

How to treat rheumatoid arthritis in daily life?

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Women of childbearing age and menopause should pay attention to prevention, observe their physical condition a lot, check their joint flexibility, do not let their body catch cold, do not be blown by the wind, keep warm in autumn and winter, and exercise a lot
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Postpartum women should be careful not to be overworked with children and not to catch cold or damp
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Obey the doctor's advice and listen to the doctor's words, especially taking phenylbutazone, antiepileptic drugs, penicillamine, penicillin, reserpine, procainamide, phenytoin sodium, hydralazine, chlorpromazine Do not increase or decrease the dosage of these drugs without permission
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Avoid infectious diseases.
Ordinary people are prone to immune system disorders after suffering from infectious diseases, thus becoming a susceptible population of rheumatoid
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This is because after the human body suffers from these diseases, an immune response occurs that leads to immune disorders, and the antibodies produced attack their own joints and develop rheumatoid arthritis
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