What are the treatments for felty syndrome

Felty syndrome is an autoimmune disease. The characteristic of this disease is that it is a severe rheumatoid arthritis that combines rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly and leukopenia. However, it has many differences from rheumatoid arthritis. At present, the cause of Felty syndrome is not very clear. Patients suffering from this disease should pay attention to a reasonable daily diet in their lives, not be picky eaters, eat more fish, eggs, shrimp, bean products, beef, chicken and other foods. Patients should try to eat less chocolate, peanuts, cheese, etc. Now let’s talk about the treatments for Felty syndrome.

Treatment of felty syndrome

1. Hormones

It is usually listed as the first choice of drug, but the effect is only transient and rarely complete relief. Recent reports have shown that hormone shock therapy can be effective.

2. Splenectomy

Splenectomy is recommended for patients who are unresponsive to hormone therapy and whose granulocyte count is lower than 1.0×109/L, accompanied by severe anemia (hemolytic) or thrombocytopenia, and recurrent infections. 80% of patients can achieve hematological improvement after surgery, and recurrent infections and leg ulcers also often improve.

3. Other treatments

Anti-rheumatic preparations, penicillamine, and gold preparations can all be tried. However, due to low granulocyte count, immunosuppressants should be used with caution. Recent reports have shown that the combined use of hormones and Tripterygium wilfordii can alleviate the condition.

4. Symptomatic treatment

Use antibiotics with the least antigenicity possible to control the infection. Because many antibiotics can aggravate the existing immune response in the body, antibiotics should be used with caution to treat this infection.

Felty syndrome prevention:

1. Eliminate, reduce or avoid pathogenic factors, improve living environment and space, develop good living habits, prevent infection, pay attention to food hygiene, and prepare meals reasonably.

2. Pay attention to physical exercise to increase the body's disease resistance, avoid excessive fatigue and over-consumption, and quit smoking and drinking.

3. Early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment, build confidence in overcoming the disease and persist in treatment.

Dietary conditioning for felty syndrome

1. Diet therapy 1: sesame porridge

15 grams of black sesame seeds, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of honey. Function: Nourishes the liver and kidneys. 

It is suitable for joint pain, especially in the lower limbs, with repeated attacks, even leading to joint stiffness, deformity, dizziness and back pain.

2. Diet therapy 2: red bean porridge

30 grams of red beans, 15 grams of white rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar. First boil the red beans until cooked, then add them to white rice porridge and sugar to remove dampness and heat.

3. Diet therapy three: dried ginger and barley porridge

50 grams of coix seed, 50 grams of sugar, and 9 grams of dried ginger. First, add appropriate amount of water to the coix seed and dried ginger and cook them into porridge, then add white sugar and drink. Take once a day for 1 month.

4. Diet therapy 4: chestnut and pig kidney porridge

7 chestnuts, 1 pig kidney, 1000 grams of rice. Dry the chestnuts, wash the rice, remove the membrane of the pig kidney, wash it, cut it into granules, and cook it with the rice into porridge. Eat 7 chestnuts every day, and then eat the porridge. Efficacy: Nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the tendons. Indications: joint pain, stiffness, deformity, weakness in waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus.