There are western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine for rheumatism. Western medicine includes non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anti rheumatic drugs, glucocorticoids, biological agents, etc., while traditional Chinese medicine includes oral decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese patent medicine, acupuncture, plaster application, drug fumigation, etc. Rheumatoid disease refers to rheumatic immune disease. It is a kind of complex disease with diverse clinical manifestations and is hereditary. Common diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, primary Sjogren's syndrome, various types of spinal arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease, idiopathic inflammatory disease, vasculitis syndrome, osteoarthritis, children's rheumatic fever, etc. Generally speaking, rheumatism mainly refers to rheumatic arthritis.
