What are the symptoms of rheumatic fever?

Rheumatic arthralgia is a very common rheumatic disease in daily life. It is usually caused by rheumatic blockage in the joints of the human body, which causes blood stasis or inflammation in the joints, which can easily lead to rheumatic arthralgia. Rheumatic arthralgia is prone to joint pain, local redness and swelling, and other symptoms, which can make the body stiff and affect normal activities.

Symptoms of rheumatic fever

Rheumatic and hot arthralgia, wind arthralgia is also called moving arthralgia, which is mainly characterized by serial pain. Dampness mainly causes local soreness and pain, while hot arthralgia is mainly characterized by redness, swelling and pain in the joints. If the symptoms appear together, it is generally caused by rheumatism blocking the meridians, affecting the circulation of qi, accumulating heat, and causing local redness, swelling and pain in the joints, which is called rheumatic and hot arthralgia.

reason

1. Streptococcal infection and immune response theory

The cause of rheumatic fever has not yet been fully elucidated. It is currently recognized that rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease caused by pharyngeal infection with group A and group B streptococci.

2. Viral infection theory

In recent years, relevant scholars have paid more attention to the theory of viral infection, and believe that rheumatic fever may be related to Coxsackie B3 and B4 virus infection.

3. Genetic factors

Recently, genetic markers have been discovered in patients with rheumatic fever, with approximately 72% of patients testing positive.

4. Immune function

Changes in immune function status may also be involved in the occurrence of rheumatic fever.

Diet therapy for rheumatic fever

1. Braised duck with qinjiao, mulberry branches

Recipe: 30 grams of Qinjiao, 50 grams of old mulberry branches, and 100 grams of old duck.

Preparation method: Wash the old duck, cut into pieces, and put into the pot together with the Chinese medicinal materials. Add appropriate amount of water. After it is cooked, season it, eat the duck meat and drink the soup.

Effects: Gentiana macrophylla has the effects of removing rheumatism, relieving pain and relieving fever; mulberry branch can remove rheumatism and activate the meridians;

Duck meat nourishes the spleen and stomach. This dietary therapy is suitable for systemic lupus erythematosus with rheumatic fever and joint swelling and pain accompanied by low fever.