My legs hurt when the weather gets cold. Is it cold legs or arthritis?

When the weather is cold, the legs will hurt. People call this disease old cold legs. However, there is no such disease as old cold legs in medicine. It just calls arthritis caused by cold. Just cut off Lao Han's legs. Next, let’s learn more about arthritis.

Arthritis is a degenerative joint disease in medicine. Its main causes are age and joint wear and tear. Strictly speaking, cold is only a cause of aggravating arthritis. When the weather is cold, people's arthritis will be more serious, so people call arthritis aggravated by cold weather "old cold legs".

Patients with arthritis should pay special attention to keeping warm in daily life, especially the joints must not be exposed to cold. You should also avoid touching cold water and frozen things at home. If you want to take something from the refrigerator, don't do it directly with your hands. You can use tongs to pick things up, or simply wear thick gloves. Patients should also reduce activities in their daily lives so as not to burden their joints. At the same time, they should be able to undergo massage to relieve arthritis pain.

When some parents with arthritis see the cold weather, they ask the young people at home to add clothes quickly to prevent them from catching cold. They also say that if they don’t keep warm in time, they will be like them when they get old. My legs hurt when the weather gets cold. Their idea is also unscientific. Arthritis is mainly caused by the degeneration of the body with age and is not necessarily related to cold. Young people are stronger and less sensitive to cold, so they don't feel cold as much as older people.

The above is the knowledge about joints. Arthritis is generally a disease in old age, so you should pay attention to protecting your joints when you are young. It will not be so easy to get arthritis when you are old.