How is early rheumatoid arthritis treated?

Early rheumatoid arthritis is mainly treated with drugs, and the earlier the diagnosis, the earlier the treatment, the better the treatment effect. Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the early stage of the disease is relatively mild, timely application of anti-rheumatic disease drugs can better alleviate symptoms, control the disease progression, patients need to take anti-rheumatic disease drugs as soon as possible. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoinflammatory disease that cannot be cured. Even if the patient's symptoms disappear completely and there is no inflammatory activity in the body, maintenance therapy with a small dose of antirheumatic disease-modifying drugs is needed to prevent progression and disability.