WANG Danyang,LIU Wei,WANG Ziqian,et al.A case of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis complicated with multiple mononeuritis[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,45(02):280-283.
WANG Danyang,LIU Wei,WANG Ziqian,et al.A case of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis complicated with multiple mononeuritis[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2026,45(02):280-283. DOI: 10.16025/j.1674-1307.2026.02.026.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease primarily manifested by invasive arth
ritis and is classified under "
Bi
syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Although numerous Western medicines are currently available for the treatment of RA, some patients still achieve unsatisfactory outcomes. Under the guidance of Professor DONG Zhenhua, a renowned TCM practitioner in Beijing, the rheumatology specialist group of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital has accumulated extensive experience in the integrated treatment of RA. This paper reports a case of RA combined with multiple mononeuritis from the perspective of dampness-heat theory. After treatment with high-dose hormones and immunosuppressants, the patient developed refractory fever, and joint pain and neuropathic pain in the feet showed little improvement. Following TCM-based syndrome differentiation and integrative treatment, the patients body temperature returned to normal, joint and foot pain were alleviated, muscle weakness and numbness improved, inflammatory markers decreased, and analgesics were gradually discontinued, achieving favorable clinical outcomes.
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