What are the symptoms of gout

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Recently, in the outpatient department of the pain department, many middle-aged male patients came to consult, saying that they may have gout disease. When they attack, the joints of the whole body are red and swollen, and the pain is very painful. They came to consult the pain department to see if there are any good drugs that can stop the pain of gout. Gout is a chronic disease of uric acid excretion disorder, which is mainly caused by the bad habit of diet, Patients first found that blood uric acid increased, most people did not pay attention, and lead to gradually suffering from gout this disease, then what are the symptoms of gout?

What are the symptoms of gout

First: Gout is defined as a chronic disease, but also belongs to an arthropathy. Patients with gout have disorder of purine metabolism and reduced uric acid excretion. Usually, hyperuricemia occurs first, followed by gout, which is characterized by arthritis and chronic gout stone.

Second: then the typical manifestations of gout arthritis, why symptoms? Gouty arthritis is characterized by redness, swelling, heat and pain of the joints. In severe gout patients, the joint function has been severely restricted and can not move freely; Gout is more common in middle-aged and elderly male obese people.

Third: when gout attacks, ESR and C-reactive protein are significantly increased. When gout is not cured for a long time, gout stone can be formed under the skin of gout patients. It is the result of a large amount of urate deposition under the skin of gout patients, especially at joints, which further aggravates the joint injury.

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To sum up, the clinical manifestations of gout patients are mainly joint symptoms and the formation of gout stone. The joint manifestations are redness, swelling, heat, pain and limited function, while gout stone is mainly caused by chronic gout, which is difficult to cure.