On rainy or cloudy days, I feel weak and my legs swell. What is the reason?

Rheumatoid arthritis is an allergic disease related to hemolytic streptococcus infection. It is one of the main manifestations of rheumatic fever, which is more common in adults, and the joints involved are mainly large joints. 85% patients began to invade the joints of lower limbs, with knees and ankles being the most common, followed by shoulders, elbows and wrists, and small joints of hands and feet were rare.

1) The following is an introduction to the acute and chronic phases:

1. Most patients with acute rheumatoid arthritis have obvious history of sudden onset of rheumatism, and half of them have a history of upper respiratory tract infection such as angina pectoris and tonsillitis before onset 1-3 weeks. Generally manifested as fatigue, loss of appetite, irritability, fever (mostly high fever), sweating, and the body temperature is not proportional to the heart rate. Arthritis is characterized by wandering, symmetry and recurrence. From one joint to another, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow and wrist are often involved symmetrically, resulting in local acute inflammation such as redness, swelling and heat pain. Joint function is limited, swelling and pain, and sometimes joint cavity is accompanied by exudate. Some patients involve several joints at the same time The symptoms of arthritis in children are mild, or only 1-2 joints are involved, especially in adults. After the acute inflammation subsided, the joint completely returned to normal function.

2. Chronic rheumatoid arthritis has a history of acute rheumatoid arthritis or atypical rheumatic fever. Main manifestations: generally no high fever, only a few patients have low fever. Most joints are sore, manifested as wandering pain or mild swelling and pain limited to one or two joints, and joint function is slightly limited due to pain. If the knee joint is involved, it is difficult to walk, go up and down stairs and squat. It is cyclical, and it gets worse when the weather changes (windy, rainy and cloudy). Sometimes there are annular erythema or nodular erythema on the limbs, which indicates rheumatic activity and should be further examined. Some patients have no organic changes in their hearts, but they often have palpitations, chest tightness and breathlessness. We should pay attention to observe whether there are organic changes such as valve damage, and further check to rule out rheumatic heart disease.

2) Precautions for rheumatoid arthritis at ordinary times:

1. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should eat more foods with high protein, high calorie and easy digestion. Pay attention to diet and moderation. In the acute phase or acute attack period, when the joints are red, swollen and hot, spicy food should not be eaten. Those who have been ill for a long time and have gastrointestinal discomfort should eat less cold and hard food.

2. When acute rheumatoid arthritis or chronic rheumatoid arthritis occurs, those who have obvious redness, swelling, heat and pain should stay in bed for 2-3 weeks, and after the inflammation is controlled, they can gradually resume physical exercise; If accompanied by carditis, the rest time should be extended.

3. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should be treated actively and thoroughly if they have streptococcal infection. Penicillin is the first choice among antibiotics. Repeatedly infected tonsils should be surgically removed 2-4 months after rheumatic activity stops to eliminate the hidden danger of arthritis recurrence. Use penicillin before and after operation to prevent the outbreak of infection.

4. The house you live in should be well ventilated and sunny, and don't sleep on the concrete floor and tuyere.

5. Pay attention to climate change. It's getting cold, so add clothes in time. Pay attention to keep warm, avoid wind, humidity, overwork and mental stimulation, prevent colds and reduce the influence of natural factors on diseases.

3) Rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic heart disease:

Rheumatoid arthritis is directly related to rheumatic heart disease. If rheumatoid arthritis is not treated promptly, irrationally, thoroughly and repeatedly, it will eventually invade the heart, cause changes in the function and structure of the heart, and lead to the occurrence of rheumatic heart disease. But not all patients with rheumatoid arthritis will have heart damage. According to statistics, about 40-50% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis have heart damage.

4) Experimental examination of rheumatoid arthritis:

1. Anti-"O", that is, anti-streptolysin O, is an antibody that appears in human serum after being infected by group A hemolytic streptococcus. 80% patients with rheumatoid arthritis have increased anti-"O", often higher than 1:800. After recovery, this antibody can be gradually reduced.

2. ESR and C-reactive protein increased. In the acute stage of rheumatoid arthritis, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate can reach more than 80mm/ hour; C-reactive protein is also above 30 mg/L. After the acute phase (about 1-2 months), it can gradually return to normal.

3. The white blood cell count increased, mostly above10×109/L. ..

5) Drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis:

Oral Fengshile capsule and topical Zhuifengtougu ointment can eliminate pain and control rheumatic activities. In the acute attack of acute rheumatoid arthritis or chronic rheumatoid arthritis, you should stay in bed to avoid catching cold and keep warm, and penicillin can be used to control streptococcus infection at the same time. Those who are allergic to penicillin can use erythromycin and other effective substances to control streptococcus.

6) Formula of medicated diet for rheumatoid arthritis:

1. Peel reed leaves and wipe the affected area with mesophyll. Small particles appear on wet skin, which is very itchy. After repeated wiping, small particles can disappear and rheumatoid arthritis can be removed.

2. Use female silky fowl 1 bird, ephedra 12g, burdock 12g. Slaughter or hang the black-bone chicken first (don't see iron), remove the hair and internal organs, wash it, put it in a casserole, add water to cover the chicken, then wrap the ephedra and burdock, put it in a pot, stew it with a little salt, and don't add other seasonings. It is best to take them out, eat meat and drink soup, morning and evening 1 time.

3. Take fresh taro 1 part, peel it and mash it into paste, and mix it with ginger juice 1/3 parts, flour 1 part and a little honey. After mixing evenly, spread it on a plastic cloth with a thickness of about 2 mm, stick it around the joints, bind it up and fix it, and tie the upper and lower ends tightly to prevent the drug from overflowing. Change the dressing every three days in winter 1 time, and change the dressing every two days in summer 1-2, and keep it moist.

4. Use a proper amount of cotton root (dried product), light it and put it into a porcelain basin. When it is halfway burned, put out the open flame and smoke the affected area until it perspires slightly. Generally 1-2 times can cure.

5. Take 150g lean beef and fresh pine needles, 75g dry pine needles and 600ml shochu. Decoct with slow fire until the meat is cooked, divide into 4 parts, 3 parts for oral administration, and 1 part for external application to the affected area. Take it for a long time, and the effect is very good.

6. Use the right amount of madder and honey. Wash and mash madder, add honey and apply it to the most painful place. Indications: Acute rheumatoid arthritis.

7. Take 9 grams of Fructus Arctii, 9 grams of Herba Ephedrae, and 1 rooster/kloc-0 (not weighed), remove hair, wash chicken manure in the intestine, and keep internal organs. Wrap the first two medicines in gauze and put them into the chicken belly, then cook the chicken in a pot. After eating soup for the first time 1 time, cover yourself with a quilt and sweat profusely. The second time, the chicken bones are roasted and ground into powder, heated and washed with yellow wine, and then covered with a quilt to sweat. 1 time, the light one is good, and the heavy one is no more than 3 times.

8. 9 grams of Radix Aconiti Preparata, Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata, Mume Fructus, Radix Arnebiae and Achyranthis Radix, 0/20 grams of rock sugar/kloc-and 500 ml of white wine. Take the medicine, cut it into pieces, put it in a container filled with wine and seal it. 1 time, shake well for 2 days, soak for 7 days, then filter residue to get wine, and take 10 ml every night before going to bed. Avoid cold and cold, sexual intercourse.

9. Take 60 grams of nux vomica, 30 grams of geranium, 30 grams of garden balsam stem, 30 grams of pangolin scales and 30 grams of ginger. Soak Semen Strychni in hot water until its skin is soft, peel it off, break it into two halves, dry it, fry it in sesame oil until crisp and burnt, and then grind it into fine flour with other flavors. Take 0.3-0.4g rice wine or boiled water every night.

10. Use 30g of bamboo, 30g of Taxilli, 5g of Pyrola15g, 9g of Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Achyranthes bidentata, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata. Decoct with water, daily 1 dose, twice. If you can fry rabbit meat or old hen with 30 grams of Polygonatum odoratum, the curative effect will be particularly consolidated.

Love tip: please consult the local regular Chinese medicine hospital for the above prescriptions, and select the prescriptions according to their own physiological characteristics and different pathological changes.

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