Winter is the season when rheumatoid arthritis runs rampant. Besides exposure to cold, improper diet can also aggravate the condition of rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis often affects small joints such as the hands, wrists, and feet, with recurrent attacks and symmetrical distribution. In the early stages, it is characterized by redness, swelling, heat, pain, and dysfunction of the joints. In the later stages, joints can become stiff and deformed to varying degrees, accompanied by atrophy of bones and skeletal muscles. In addition to joint problems, it can also manifest as fever, fatigue, pericarditis, subcutaneous nodules, pleurisy, arteritis, peripheral neuropathy, etc. This disease is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, but the patient population is showing a trend of getting younger.
In daily life, in addition to avoiding exposure to cold, patients with rheumatoid arthritis should also pay attention to the different effects of various foods on the condition. Some foods can significantly worsen symptoms, for example: high-fat foods have a strong irritating effect on joints, so patients should not eat too much, such as beef, mutton, dairy products, etc.; seafood contains uric acid, which, after being absorbed by the body, can form urate crystals in the joints, worsening joint symptoms. Therefore, patients with rheumatoid arthritis should not eat too much seafood.