Examination of gout symptoms

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I believe friends all know gout. Many people suffer from the symptoms of gout and fall into pain. Therefore, their joints and whole body health are endangered. Before gout treatment, they need to be carefully examined, and there are many methods for gout examination. Let's look down and introduce what examinations need to be done for gout?

Examination of gout symptoms

1. Patients with gout need careful examination, and blood, urine routine and ESR are necessary to check. During the acute attack, the peripheral white blood cell count will increase significantly, generally (10-20) × 109 / L, less than 20 × 109 / L, while neutrophils increased correspondingly.

2. In the determination of serum uric acid, the majority of patients will have increased serum uric acid content, generally using uricase method for determination, the male is 416 μ It is higher than 357 mg / dL in female μ It has very high diagnostic value.

3. If there is no purine diet and no drugs that affect the excretion of uric acid, the 24-hour urine uric acid content of normal adult men is less than 3.54 mmol / (600 mg / 24 h), while 90% of patients with primary gout have less than 3.54 mmol / 24 h, which means that the excretion of uric acid is normal. If the excretion of uric acid is greater than 750 mg / 24 h, the excretion of uric acid in patients with primary gout is less than 3.54 mmol / 24 h, So it could be gout.

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After the understanding of the above content, we clearly understand what examinations need to be done for gout. Gout examination is extremely important. Only careful examination can let us understand the specific condition, so that doctors can targeted treatment and effectively alleviate the patient's condition.