Non-Surgical and TCM Research Center: 2013

The Experience of Mild Scoliosis Patient-Non-Surgical Treatment

Although the mild scoliosis's curves are relatively small, what happens to your curve depends on how much it increases over time. If your curve is stable, you won't have any problems, now or in the future, if your curve is really slow in getting worse, you may not have any problems, etc. Your growth spurt messes things up, though. Your curve will most likely increase the most during your growth spurt. Its important to monitor your curve before, through, and after the spurt.
　　There isn't a lot that you can do to keep your spine from curving. You have only a few choices, assuming that you have structural scoliosis. (Keep reading...)

You can exercise - that strengthens your core muscles which may reduce pain or help keep pain away, but it won't treat your curve.
You can wear a brace - Many people, myself included, have worn them. They are supposed to keep your curve from getting worse, or at least slow down the speed at which your curve is increasing. They usually don't fix your curve. Bracing is only effective if your curve is around 25-40 degrees and you are still growing.
Pain management - pain pills or injections bring many of us with major pain to the point where most people are without the meds. There are many meds that are either taken by themselves or in combination with other meds. The key is to keep your pain doc informed when something isn't working (after giving it a reasonable chance to work). This should be done only if surgery isn't possible or you still have problems even after surgery.
Surgery - This is done usually if your curve is greater than 50 degrees or it is increasing fast enough that there's little doubt that the curve will soon be greater than 50 degrees. This is the treatment you get when all else fails.

Japanese Girl Scoliosis Case-Reduce from 39 Degree to 12 Degree in Three Months

Lizzy is a 14 year old Japanese girl. With the thorough examination when admission, Lizzy was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis. The curve on the thoracic spine was 45 degrees and 39 degrees on the lumbar spine. The dean Dr. Zhang and other doctors told them it was not that severe and they could treat it. The obvious effect could be seen after a period of treatment with Zhang’s Scoliosis Therapy.
　　With the various scoliosis treatments, including Tuina, thoracic-lumbar traction, scoliotone, maintaining traction, blood circulation machine, braces and functional exercises and so on, the spine became straighter and straighter. Lizzy had smile on her face again and also confidence. She also cooperated with the doctor actively and the effect was more obvious.
　　According to her scoliosis condition, doctors did Tuina on her neck, should, back, waist and abdomen and focused on the acu-press like BL18, BL23, BL20, GB34, ST36, GB20 and so on. Within just three months, the curve on the upper was reduced to 20 degrees from 45 degrees and that on the lower decreased to 12 degrees from 39 degrees. The height increased to 166.9cm from 150.5cm.

　　Lizzy’s mother was very satisfied with the effect of Zhang’s Combination Therapy. Now if not look at the back carefully, people would not discover Lizzy has scoliosis.

A Case of Scoliosis Girl from Russia-Non-surgical Treatment

Julia is youthful and pretty at the age of 24. Her family found her spinal curvature when she was 13 years old. Then Julia began her discontinuous treatment of massage and plastic brace in Russia. But the result was disappointing. Then she was taken to several western countries as Canada, America, England, etc. but still seldom effective results were made. They had spent a lot of power, energy and money before they noticed. They had been told over and over again that the only way of treating was surgery which had a great risk of bringing damage to Julia. And the western doctors suggested that they should make a cautious decision.
　　Is it true that surgery is the only way to treat scoliosis? When Julia was at her loss what to do, and it seemed all hopes were dashed to pieces, a piece of exciting news was delivered to her mother by one of her friends that there was an authorized hospital in treating scoliosis with non-surgical method in China. It is said that this treatment was of no-pains and high curing rate. With the thought of having a try, Julia came to China with her mother.
　　Julia still held a suspect attitude to TCM when she arrived at the hospital. She thought that she had been undergoing the treatments for over 10 years with uncountable physique treatment and thousands of drugs that could pile several beds. It would not work either she said to herself. But she insisted in the treatment for the sake of her mother’s willing as well as giving another chance for herself. Her thoughts were clear: everything can be accepted but surgery.
　　A miracle was eventually made by TCM Zhang’s combination therapy
　　God helps those who help themselves, those who insisted in fighting against the diseases faithfully. With the treatment of TCM Zhang’s combination therapy for about 20 days, Julia and her mother surprisingly and delightfully found that her condition of scoliosis had apparently been improved in the mirror. Her spine was much straighter than before. In the treatment of following 3 months, the curvature of lumbar vertebra (L1-L4) returned to 20 degree. When she left hospital, the deviation of the mucronate cartilage returned to 1cm from 3 cm before treatment. Julia’s height increased from 155.5 cm to 162 cm, which was another surprise to her and her mother. It is a miracle. A true miracle took place. Julia and her mother could not help shedding tears full of happiness and gratefulness holding Dr. Zhang’s hands when they left the hospital.

　　It has been a few days since Julia returned to her own country. It is showed that from the record of telephone visit, everything goes well and nothing wrong with her spine. She returned to the daily life of wearing beautiful clothes and seeing people here and there. She joined the parties too with great joy. Julia declared again and again that ” thanks to Beijing Zhang Dehong hospital and Dr. Zhang, I can stand up on my feet again, regain hope and fetch the value in myself, and let me live just like every human-being does. Thank you all the time!”

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Six)

　 Maintaining Traction & Four-dimensional Spinal Correction---It can help maintaining the effects of thoracic and lumbar traction, increase intervertebral space, correct and straighten the curved spine, soothe intense nerves, and help the blood and qi transport nutrition all over the body. It is another traction and always done after blood circulation machine and Tuina. Four-dimensional spinal correct is used for rotated spine.

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Six)

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Fifth)

Regulation with TCM--As most patients of scoliosis have the dysfunction of multiple organs, including heart, kidney, liver, spleen and so on. Therefore, regulation with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is necessary and very important for the whole treatment schedule.

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Fifth)

　　The regulation with TCM includes light guide biological treatment, foot medicine bath, traditional Chinese medicine decoction, traditional Chinese medicine magnet treatment.
　　Experts will arrange different treatment methods and prescript different traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions according to your personal illness condition. For individual treatment advice, you can consult the online consultation right now.

　　Every treatment method has its specific effects and treatment principle. However, they have the common treatment proposes which are to regulate balance of viscera function, supplement blood and qi, anti inflammation and ease pain and assist the spinal correction treatment.

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Forth)

　　The forth treatment method of non-surgical treatment methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy is brace. This kind of brace is different from the plastic braces in western medicine. Our braces are customized according to every patient’s personal condition, including the curve, position and abnormal appearance. It is made of bamboo, soaked in Chinese medicine. They are used to keep the effects of Tuina as well as tractions and make sure the corrected spine steady without rebound. It can also increase intervertebral space, smooth protuberance and correct the curved spine. A medicine pad is along with the braces and can keep dosing on the diseased region.

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Forth)

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Third)

The third treatment method in Zhang’s Combination Therapy for scoliosis is Blood & Qi Circulation Machine. It is also one patent among the 22 patents created by President Zhang Dehong.

Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Third)

The functions of Blood & Qi Circulation Machine can be listed as following:
　　1, it can exercise spine and ligaments by regular swinging, which has the function of correct spine curve;
　　2, it can correct the right or left dislocation of spine, adjust the curves of spinal nerves hole, eliminate the compress on spinal nerves and paralysis of peripheral nerve;
　　3, it can relieve muscle fatigue and pain;
　　4, it can enhance the intake of oxygen and increase the oxygen uptake of blood;
　　5, it can promote the generation function of spinal venous blood;
　　6, it can regulate the function of nerves and enhance respiratory system;
　　7, it can promote bowel peristalsis, improve gastrointestinal function, prevent from and relieve stomach pain and prevent from bowel torsion or occlusion.

　　What’s more, this treatment procedure is rather simple and comfortable. Patients just need to put their feet on the machine and choose the function state they want, then they can enjoy the 15 minutes’ comfortable treatment.
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Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (Second)

The second treatment method in Zhang’s Combination Therapy is traction, which includes thoracic and lumber traction and standing traction.
　　Thoracic and lumber traction can increase the height of intervertebral space, adjust
　　intervertebral disc ranges, stretch spine, correct spinal curves, remove nerves compression and so on. Besides, it can expand the volume of chest, enterocoelia, pelvic and relieve the compress on organs and nerves.

　　Standing traction can relieve the contracture and adhesion of interosseus muscle, ligamenta intervertebralia, erector spinae and so on. Besides, it has good effects to increase the height of intervertebral space and correct spinal curves, especially for Cervical vertebrae and thoracic vertebrae.
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Nine Non-Surgical Treatment Methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy (First)

The non-surgical treatment does not only consist of simple massage, traction or brace. There are nine non-surgical treatment methods in Zhang’s Combination Therapy. Here we are going to introduce you the first non-surgical method in Zhang’s Therapy
　　Manipulation Reposition Massage Treatment. This method is operated by experienced physicians. It has the effects to balance Yin and Yang, regulate viscera, dredge the blocking of meridian channel, improve nutrition of muscle, nervous and bone, promote blood circulation and so on.
　　What’s more, the more important functions of this method are to relieve the contracture of muscle, tendon and ligament, reset and correct spinal flection and regulate the dysfunction of multiple organs.

　　Usually, the manipulation reposition massage treatment is the first or second step of the whole day’s treatment (that depends on the different treatment schedule of patients), which takes about 30-45 minutes.

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Non-Surgical Treatment Center for Scoliosis

About the Institute

　　Non surgical treatment Center for scoliosis is a specialized medical institution which mainly adopts traditional Chinese medicine treatment. And the most famous and important treatment in this center is the “Zhang’s combination therapy”, which is developed and summarized by President Zhang Dehong. President Zhang is a blind person, but patients who have been treated by him said he has a pair of eyes growing on patients’ spine. Beginning from 1970s, President Zhang has treated tens of thousands of scoliosis patients and the effective rate has reached 97%. His “Zhang’s Combination Therapy” has reached the international leading level, enjoying a rather good reputation at home and abroad. There are some detail medical cases of some foreigner patients from Russia, America, Canada and so on. If you want more information, you can email to treatmentchina@gmail.com, or chat below.

Non-Surgical Treatment Center for Scoliosis

What you should know for SLE treatment

After being diagnosed with SLE, you should not only rely on the doctors for treatment. Just as Dr.Hou said, the treatment effects depend on the medicine and treatment, but it more depends on yourselves.
　　Yes, patients are the subjects of the treatment, the understanding, cooperation and confidence of patients to great extent decide the treatment effects. In order to achieve better effects, there are something patients should know for SLE treatment.
　　1. Correct and scientific learning about this disease. Up to now, just like diabetes and other types of chronic disease, there is no certain complete cure for SLE, but it is possible for the patients to control illness condition, improve life quality with proper treatment. So after being diagnosed, patients should not be intimidated by it and lose their confidence.
　　2. No blindly trying everything without any scientific basis. The anxiety of patients can be understood. However, patients must not blindly believe the so called cure. No matter where you are, patients need to go to professional rheumatologists for regular treatment and follow-up.
　　3. Self-protection and daily care. In daily life, patients of SLE should take proper self-protection measures, such as avoiding direct sunshine by long sleeves, umbrella, avoiding cold stimulation avoiding muddy air.
　　4. Reasonable application of hormone and DMARDs. As we all know, SLE is a refractory disease, so most patients have to accept the hormone and DMARDs treatment. At the same time, these medicines have certain side-effects. For this condition, patients should have a reasonable understanding. If the side-effects can be controlled in certain degree, the treatment still can be applied.

　　5. Combined treatment of TCM and western medicine for SLE is better then single medicine. Don’t be superstitious to any one medicine, neither traditional Chinese medicine nor western medicine. Some medicines have good effects for some patients, but there is no medicine which is suitable for all patients. So patients need to find the most suitable treatment according to the illness condition. According to decades of clinical observation, only the combined treatment of TCM and western medicine for SLE can achieve better effects on controlling illness progress and improving life quality, which is the main treatment propose.

Simple and Practice Exercise to Relieve AS Stiffness and Prevent from Disability

Most patients of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) experience back stiffness, especially in the morning. Actually, the stiffness can be relieved by proper exercise. Besides, proper exercise plays a rather important role to prevent from disability. Now i am going to introduce you a group of simple and practice exercise to relieve stiffness and prevent from disability.

Simple and Practice Exercise to Relieve AS Stiffness and Prevent from Disability

Daily Care Tips for Postpartum Rheumatism Patients

In traditional Chinese medicine, the root cause of postpartum rheumatism is the weakness after the deliver. The new moms are insufficient of blood and Qi, so they are more likely to be invaded by the coldness, dampness and wind. Therefore, to improve the illness condition, there are two aspects need to do. One is to remove the coldness, wind and dampness in the patient’s body, and the other one is to supplement the blood and qi of the patient.
　　Besides, there are some daily care tips for postpartum rheumatism patients.
　　1, prevent from getting cold after you sweat;
　　2, prevent from getting cold after exercise or sports;
　　3, avoid overworking;
　　4, no cold water bath;
　　5, take enough rest;
　　6, no spicy, hot, cold and raw food;
　　7, keep steady and relaxed mental state.

Cervical Vertebra Exercise to Relax Your neck-Especially for Office Worker

Are you an office worker? do you always keep on attention to your work and keep the neck in a tension state? now i can introduce you a simple and practical cervical vertebra exercise to relax your neck which can prevent from cervical disc herniation.

Cervical Vertebra Exercise to Relax Your neck-Especially for Office Worker

Eye Disease Caused by Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

What is eye disease caused by Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)? RA is a kind of chronic general auto-immune disease characterized with joint lesions, while it also can involve many other organs in the whole body, of course, including eyes.
　　Eyes are just like the barometer of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatoid diseases. When RA is in active stage or flares, eyes will present some symptoms. the eye diseases caused by RA mainly include dry eyes, various types of scleritis, corneal ulcer, cataract, iridocyclitis, choroiditis and ischemic optic neuropathy, strabismus. These eye diseases can lead to blindness with their progression. Among them, dry eye, scleritis and corneal ulcer at the edge of the area are relatively more common.
　　In clinical, patients of RA should take early preventive measures for the eye disease, which is more important for treatment. If patients already have the eye disease, they need to take regular treatment for rheumatoid disease, instead of only treatment for eye disease.

What kinds of vitamin and micro-element are important for RA patients

Folic Acid
　　Folic acid is also called Vitamin B9, which is higher in vegetables. It can promote the bone marrow to generate red blood cells. Many patients of rheumatoid arthritis adopt Methotrexate, but Methotrexate can suppress the intracellular dihydrofolate reductase. So folic acid can reduce the side-effects of Methotrexate to some extent.
Selenium, Se
　　Selenium is the essential micro-element. It can reduce free radial and has the function of antioxidation. The Selenium in RA patient’s blood will decline, so patients need the supplement of Selenium to reduce the tissue damage caused by free radical.
Calcium and Vitamin
　　RA patients need to take hormone medicines sometime, while, hormone will lead to the loss of calcium and osteoporosis. So patients of RA need to supply calcium, vitamin D and take more bask under the direction of doctor.
Besides, you can also refer to Daily Care for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA) for more guide.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients can not drink milk?

Rheumatoid arthritis patients can not drink milk

Milk is one the most common food and nutrition resource in our daily diets, but Rheumatoid Arthritis can not drink milk. Really? Why?
　　First, experts suggest patients of take less milk, ewe’s milk and such kind of dairy products, as well as peanut, chocolate, millet, cheese, toffee and food contains high level of tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan. Because they can generate medium that can lead to arthritis, such as prostaglandin, leukotrienes, tyrosine kinase autoantibody and milk IgE antibody and so on. These kinds of food are easy to aggravate the illness condition and stimulate the flare of rheumatoid arthritis.
　　Second, patients need to avoid food high in purine. For the purine content, you can refer to Diet Guide for Patients of Gout-Purine Content Chart.
　　Third, no drinking and smoking, and patients should eat less hot and spicy food.

Swimming is the Best Exercise for Ankylosing Spondylitis

Swimming is the best exercise for ankylosing spondylitis

Relieving pain or suffering without medicine or surgery is the common hope of patients. If the condition allows, patients can swim. Swimming is the best exercise for anlylosing spondylitis. It can relieve symptoms and delay the disease progression.
　　There are many advantages of swimming.
　　1. Patients can swim in suitable warm water to accomplish many action, such as chest expending, deep breath, bending and stretching of hip joints and stretching of spine. It can help to maintain the flexibility of the spine and surrounding joints.
　　2. it can have the spine, limbs and cario-pulmonary function full and balance exercised. If you want to know How to Relieve Back Pain in Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS), you can try swimming.
　　3. the water floatage can relax the muscle and joints, besides, the impact of water wave and the ups and downs of the body have the massage function.
　　4. swimming almost can get all parts of the body get exercised.
　　5. what’s more, being in water may relieve the pain suffering of ankylosing spondlitis of the patients.

　　If you are suffering from AS, why not try about swimming.

How to Find Sicca Syndrome Early

How to find Sicca Syndrome early

How to find Sicca Syndrome disease early?　The most common symptom of Sicca Syndrome is dryness of mouth and eyes, but this is very similar to other disease and usually is neglected by patients and doctors. Besides, there are a part of patients of Sicca Syndrome have no obvious symptoms in the early stages, so how to find this disease early?
　　There are some reminders for people to consider about Sicca Syndrome when they have such kinds of symptoms.
　　1. there are tooth decays or loss of tooth in the recent months or years.
　　2. adult people present repeated enlargement of parotid gland.
　　3. nontypical joint pain, especially for elder females, whose symptoms are not corresponding to the rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis standards.
　　4. repeated pyogenic infection of eyelid.
　　5. renal tubular acidosis and weak or feeble because of low sodium.
　　6. hyperglobulinemia of no certain cause.
　　7. pulmonary interstitial fibrosis of no certain reason.
　　8. hepatic duct damage for no certain reason.
　　9. chronic pancreatitis.

　　Most patients, especially young women, have no obvious symptoms. At the same times, part of elder females did not realize that dryness of mouth and eyes are related to Sicca Syndrome. So some patients get diagnose even after more than 10 years from the onset of this disease, which missed the best treatment time. If patients learn the above reminders, it will help to find the Sicca Syndrome early. For more information, you can email to treatmentchina@gmail.com.

Combined Application of Humira and Methotrexate for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

The application of Humira is more and more popular on treating rheumatoid arthritis. And it is proved that the combined application of Humira and Methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is better than single application. How about the effects of Humira for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
　　Humira can be used alone, and it also can be applied together with Methotrexate or other medicines to relieve the symptoms of patients with moderate or severe RA. It has good effects on relieving symptoms and controlling the joint damage. Its effects have been indentified in medicine and by many patients.
　　However, we have to say, Humira has certain side-effects. Besides, as it can not treatment the disease from the root cause, patients have to inject it in long term so as to control the illness condition. Therefore, the problem comes out—long term injection will lead to great side-effects, which drives patients into a dilemma.
　　For this condition, we suggest patients choose to combine traditional Chinese medicine as a comprehensive and systematic treatment, which is better than single application of Chinese medicine or western medicine.

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Can Methotrexate Cause Hypertension of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)?

Can Methotrexate Cause Hypertension of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

The application of Methotrexate is very popular on rheumatoid arthritis treatment. And its clinical effects also have been identified in medicine. Patients who have taken this medicine should know it treatment effects and side-effects. Well, can Methotrexate cause hypertension and how about the effects of Methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
　　I think patients should learn about the common side-effects of this medicine.
　　1. Gastrointestinal reaction, including stomatitis, ulceration, sphagitis, nausea, vomit, stomachache, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding and so on. Most patients would experience anorexia or appetite decrease.
　　2. Liver function damage, including jaundice, increase of GGTP (gamma glutamyl transpeptidase) alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase.
　　3. Kidney damage. Large dosage application of Methotrexate will cause hyperuricemic nephropathy because of the deposition of this medicine and other metabolite. Patients may present blood urine, proteinuria, oliguria, azotemia and even uremia.
　　4. Lung function damage. Long-term of taking this medicine can lead to cough, short of breath, pneumonia or pulmonary fibrosis.
　　5. Myelosuppression, especially after long term and large dosage taking of this medicine.
　　6. Hair loss, rubfaction, pruritus, rash and so on. The later two sometimes are the anaphlaxis.
　　7. Infection. This occurs often when leukocyte is low.

　　8. Drowsiness, headache, conscious disturbance and so on.
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Can i leave it alone after the disappear of gout joint pain?

Can i leave it alone after the disappear of gout joint pain

Can i leave it alone after the disappear of gout joint pain? Usually, the gout joint pain in acute stage will fade away or disappear in few days or one week. Most patients will stop medicines and treatment after the disappear of gout joint pain. However, is this right?

As the serum uric acid of gout patients is higher than normal people, they are more likely to suffer from hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, stroke, thrombus, diabetes and so on.
Information showed that about 58.8% of gout patients are complicated with hypertension, 22.1% are complicated with diabetes or resistance to the sugar levels decrease, 75.5% are complicated with hyperlipidemia, 15.6% with coronary heart disease and 2.1% with cerebral infarction.
On the contrary, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other kinds of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes are also the risk factors of hyperuricemia and gout.
Besides, every flare of gout will aggravate the illness condition, making it more difficult to treatment and the prognosis will become worse. Therefore, patients can not leave it alone after the disappear of gout joint pain. Long-term systematic treatment and regulation is the key point if patients want to live a better or normal life with gout.
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How patients of RA relieve pain without medicine

How patients of rheumatoid arthritis relieve pain without medicine? Joints pain is one the most common suffering for patients of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Excepts medicines, is there any method that can relieve pain naturally?

Now i am introducing patients of RA some methods to relieve pain without medicines.

1, hot compress. Patients can compress the painful joints with hot towel, hot-water bags, or you can have a warm bath, which are helpful to keep the warmth of the joints so as to relieve joint pain and stiffness.

RA patients relieve pain naturally

2, for patients in acute stage, cold compress is more helpful to relieve pain. Besides, it can low the focal fever of joints.

3, in daily life, patients can put a pair of soft shoe-pad in shoes or wear a pair of platform shoes or shoes with cushion function, which can reduce or reallocate the pressure on joints.

When your joint is pain, you can try about the above methods. However, if the illness condition is severe, patients had better go to a doctor or hospital for systematic treatment.

Is Losing Weight Important for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Is losing weight important for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? Is controlling weight or losing weight helpful for rheumatoid arthritis?

Is losing weight important for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

When the weight is too high, it will form great burden for joints, especially for weight bearing joints, such as knee joints, hip joints. This condition will more likely to aggravate rheumatoid arthritis.

For patients of high weight, they had better control weight lose weight by proper exercise, regular diets and so on. If the weight can be controlled well, that will benefit the illness condition.

For daily exercise and diets, there are many points needs patient’s attention. More details,you can email to treatmentchina@gmail.com.

Can I Choose Traditional Chinese Medicine to Treat Lupus

Traditional Chinese Medicine to Treat Lupus

There are many options for the treatment of lupus, but which one is the best or should patient’s take a combination treatment. And a lot of patients want to know whether they can choose traditional Chinese medicine to treat lupus and how about the effects.

First, lupus, especially systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), will invade multiple organs of patients and its symptoms are complex and ever-changing. The traditional Chinese medicine treatment proceeds from the entirety and primary cause, achieving curative effects through regulating of internal environment.

Second, according to every patients’symptoms,physique, environment and mental state, traditional Chinese medicine will give different treatment schedule, which avoid the single treatment model of hormone despite of symptoms and causes. So the treatment effects are improved greatly.

Third, during the treatment of western medicine, it will generate unavoidable side-effects. The combination application of western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine can greatly reduce the side-effects of western medicine.

Forth, lupus is a type of chronic disease and Chinese medicine has little side-effects, so patients can take it for long term, which can consolidate treatment effects and reduce the recurrence opportunity.

Diagnosis standards of gout and self-checked chart

How to find gout early? The attack of gout is caused by high level of serum uric acid in the body, so the easiest way to find gout early is to take a test of serum uric acid. Finding hyperuricemia in time plays an important role for patients to prevent, diagnose and take treatment for gout.

Now introduce you the diagnosis standards of gout or self-checked chart.

1, there are characteistic urate crystal in synovial fluid.

2, take chemical approch or polarizing microscope to find whether there is urate crystal in tophus.

3, suffering from six items of the following:

① more than once attack of acute arthritis;

② inflammatory reaction peaks in one day;

③ acute monarthritis attacks;

④ the skin on involved joints are dark red;

⑤ pain and swelling in the first plantar toe joint;

⑥ unilateral arthritis attacked and involved the first plantar toe joint;

⑦ unilateral arthritis attacked and involved tarsal joint;

⑧ there are suspicious tophus;

⑨ hyperuricemia ;

⑩ X-ray tests show asymmetric intra-articular swelling;

⑪ X-ray tests show cyst under cortex of bone without erosion;

⑫ negative in joint fluid organism cultivation during attack period of arthritis.

If you are conform with any one of 1,2,3 adding the any one of the rest, that can be diagnosed as gout.

Levels and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

As the developing the illness condition, patients’ joints begin to deform or lose the mobility. Up to now, there is no certain single standard for the assessment of patients’functional status, while the following classify are adopted widely in clinical.

LevelⅠ: patients can act normally without any limitation;

LevelⅡ: although there are medium limitation, patients are still able to adapt;

Level Ⅲ: severe limitation, and patients can not finish most daily normal work or activity.

Level Ⅳ: lose mobility and patients have to lie in bed or rely on wheelchair for activity.

The exact pathogenesis and is not very clear up to now and there is no specific medicines, but early and formal treatment can get most patients’ condition be relieved and maintain the normal work and life. Otherwise, patients will lost the best treatment opportunity and cause in irreversible pathologic change and joint function loss. Therefore, standardized treatment of RA is very important.

The standardized treatment including early treatment, combination medication and individualized principle of treatment.

1, early treatment.

Early positive treatment belongs to the change of treatment concept. Synovitis of RA progresses very soon in the first 1-2 years, and 50% of damage of cartilage or bone. If patients can get early diagnosis and early treatment and grasp the best time of treatment, it can greatly improve the prognosis and life quality.

2, combination medication.

If patients adopt the traditional pyramid treatment schedule, patients are more likely to miss the best treatment time. (Pyramid treatment schedule means that patients first adopt NSAIDs for a period of time, if the effects are not ideal, then add DMARDs for treatment. If the effects are still not good, cytotoxic drugs are needed). In the traditional treatment schedule, it usually takes 1-2 years time, patients lost the best treatment opportunity if the effects are not very good. Therefore, it is necessary to take the combination medication of NSAIDs, DMARDs and cytotoxic drugs according to personal condition to control disease progression in the first time.

3, individualized principle of treatment.

As is well-known, RA is a type of heterogeneity disease. Clinical manifestation and reaction to the treatment and prognosis vary much from patient to patient. Accordingly, the treatment or medication should be specialized. For the detail specialized treatment and medication options, you can refer to this.

I am suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis, will i be disabled

Rheumatoid Arthritis Disability

It is well know that Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) can cause disability. So many patients asked whether they will be disabled. It is true for part of patients suffer from RA severely, especially patients who can not insist on formal treatment. Long course of RA will lead to the serious joint deformity, decrease of physical function, and at last disability.
　　However, for most patients, if they can grasp the early stage of the disease progression and adopt formal treatment and regular follow-up treatment, the serious joint deformity or disability can be completely avoided or greatly reduced, and patients can maintain relatively better life quality and work ability.
　　Even if some patients have already had joint deformity, some orthodontic treatment or corrective surgery can be adopted according to different individual condition to prevent from disability. Therefore, whether all Rheumatoid Arthritis will lead to disability, it depends on the severity degree and whether patients have adopted formal and regular treatment.
　　To prevent disability, there are several points RA patients need to pay attention to.
　　1, early diagnosis and early treatment. Years’clinical practice has proved that early diagnosis and extensive early treatment play pretty important role in controlling disease progression and improving prognosis. In order to get early diagnosis, patients need to have some basic learning of the symptoms of RA and go to formal clinics or hospital for professional diagnosis.
　　2, scientific daily diet and lifestyle. There is an old saying in china that 30 percent of one disease determined by treatment and the left 70 percent determined by recuperating, especially for the chronic disease like RA. For the detail guide of diets and lifestyle, you can write me an email: treatmentchina@gmail.com. Glad to communicate with you.
　　3, proper exercise and functional training. Suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) does not mean patients can not move or work any more. On the contrary, proper exercise r work can help to maintain the normal joint form and function. Except for patients who have severe pain and can not move in acute stage, all of them should insist on regular and proper exercise or training according to their tolerance. It is alright just as the exercise intensity won’t aggravate the second day’s symptom.

It says hormone is “opium”. Will i be addicted to hormone?

hormone for Rheumatoid Arthritis (AS)

For the early treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis （AS), application of hormone is one the the most common choose . As we all know, however, hormone has great side-effects for patients, especially for long-term application. Therefore, many patients worry about it and ask: it says hormone is “opium”, will i be addicted to hormone?

First, this kind of opinion is incomplete. With the development of medical level, the treatment methods have been greatly improved and diversified. Up to now, although hormone is still a main medication of rheumatoid arthritis, it is a double-edged sword. Proper and scientific application can achieve great treatment effects, while improper application can cause terrible side-effects.

For some patients with sever joint symptoms, whose symptoms still can not be relieved by taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and complicated with obvious general symptoms and viscera lesions, it is necessary for them to take systematic hormone treatment.

Second, nowadays, the dosage of hormone is relatively low comparing with that of before. Patients don’t need to worry too much, while the premise is that the application should be under doctor’s direction.

Third, any kinds of hormone medicine have side-effects viscera and endocrine system, especially for long-term application, including moon face, buffalo back, acne, infection, avascular necrosis and so on. In order to reduce the side-effects, patients can combine Chinese medicine treatment with the western medicine, which helps remove the untoward effects of hormone. At the same time, Chinese medicine can regulate the whole body’s circulation system and immune system, which aiming at treating disease from the foundation cause and improving the life quality during the long treatment course.

My email address is treatmentchina@gmail.com. welcome to send emails to me and glad to communicate with you.

I know the medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis, can i buy the medicine myself from pharmacy?

Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Many patients don’t want to go to a doctor or they are afraid of going to hospital. In daily life, some patients may have few learning about some medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis, such as hormone medicine, NSAIDs and DMARDs, so they want to buy some medicines themselves to relieve pain.

However, this method is not scientific. The purpose of going to hospital is not only to get medicine.in hospital, doctors will observe patient’s condition change, whether there is any untoward effects of taking medicine. Sometimes, it is necessary to take some examination. And physicians and doctors will decide the increase or reduce of medicine dose, as well as the change of medicine.

Therefore, patients had better go to a doctor or hospital in the first time, so that they can get most safe and effective medication, and avoid missing the best treatment period. We suggest patients had better not take medicines arbitrarily.

if you have any question i can help or if you have good treatment suggestion for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), you may send an email to treatmentchina@gmail.com. Glad to hear from you.

Communication changes the world and i hope my information can help the patients suffering from auto-immune disease. with the deeper research, we found many diseases,such as kidney disease, rheumatoid disease, cancer and so on, are related to the autoimmune system. at the same time, treatment for auto-immune disease become one important research program all over the world. as a member of medicine,i am creating this blog to share some information i have learnt. hope the related information can help the patients in suffer. at the same time, i hope to have the chance to communicate with patients and reserchers so that we can help more people in need.

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