The cold winter is hard to endure. How should patients with rheumatism spend the winter scientifically?

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, winter is the most difficult time. If you don't pay attention, once you catch a cold, get chilled, or suffer from a cold, your rheumatoid arthritis symptoms will recur or worsen. So, how can patients with rheumatoid arthritis face the cold winter?

1. Keep warm.

Wear more clothes when going out, such as masks, hats, gloves, knee pads, etc. Avoid contact with cold water and cold objects. Keep your joints warm and avoid wearing wet clothes, shoes, socks, etc. When you return home, you can heat a bag of coarse salt and apply it to your joints to remove moisture and relieve cold. Or you can take a hot bath to promote blood circulation and prevent joint pain.

2. Eat a comprehensive and balanced diet.

In winter, the human body needs to consume more to resist the cold. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should pay more attention to the comprehensive intake of nutrition to prevent physical discomfort caused by malnutrition. You can eat more bitter melon, loofah, tofu, yam, green vegetables, etc. These foods can relieve joint pain. Mushrooms, black fungus, etc. have the function of improving the body's immunity, so you can eat more of them. Stay away from cold, cool, fried and irritating foods.

3. Avoid strenuous activities.

When walking or doing activities with force, you should use elastic bandages or knee pads to prevent fatigue injuries and the effects of friction caused by joint movement.

4. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest.

Avoid overuse of joints, such as lifting heavy objects with one hand, sitting or standing for long periods of time, and reducing bending, climbing, squatting, etc. Although the condition of some patients with rheumatoid arthritis is basically under control and they are in the recovery period, their condition often worsens or relapses due to fatigue.

In addition, strengthening exercise is also something that patients should pay special attention to in autumn and winter.

So how do you exercise scientifically?

Comprehensive sources: People's Daily Online, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing Youth Daily, etc.