Blood exchange is used in rheumatoid applications
The application of blood exchange in rheumatoid arthritis is mainly a treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have joint symptoms or involve organs, which can better improve patients' symptoms, delay their occurrence and development, and improve their quality of life.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, which is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, and the symptoms are mainly pain, swelling, morning stiffness, and deformity in the joints.
1. Causes: It may be related to genetics, immunity, infection and other factors, such as bacterial, viral infection, long-term heavy smoking, etc., which may lead to rheumatoid arthritis. Blood exchange refers to the replacement of blood in the lesion area with fresh blood, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases or correcting rheumatic immune system diseases;
2. Function: In the treatment of rheumatoid, you can choose to remove too much synovial tissue at the lesion site, so that the local inflammation in and around the joint will subside, so as to relieve pain, swelling and other symptoms. It can also play a certain therapeutic effect on lung and heart damage caused by rheumatoid and central nervous system damage;
3. Indications: For patients with poor joint symptoms after other treatments, such as severe joint swelling and pain, which affects the patient's life, blood replacement can be selected for treatment at this time. For some patients, such as immunosuppressants or tumor chemotherapy drugs with abnormal immune function, blood exchange can also be used for treatment;
4. Contraindications: If the patient has systemic infectious diseases and cannot tolerate blood exchange therapy, it is not recommended to apply blood exchange for treatment.In addition, blood exchange is not recommended for patients with active infection.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should try to avoid exertion, cold, and trauma in their daily life, and can carry out appropriate functional exercises, which is conducive to preventing joint rigidity and dysfunction. In terms of diet, it is necessary to pay attention to balanced nutritional intake and avoid intake of high-purine foods to avoid aggravating the disease.