Symptoms and treatment of gout

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Gout is distributed all over the world and is affected by many factors, such as race, diet, drinking, occupation, environment and education level. The prevalence of gout in Europe and America is 0.2% ~ 1.7%. In China, the incidence rate of gout has been increasing in recent years. Gout recurring can cause gout formation, gouty chronic arthritis, uric acid nephropathy and uric acid urinary calculi. I'd like to share with you my views on the symptoms and treatment of gout.

Symptoms and treatment of gout

1. Early gout: the prominent symptom is the attack of acute gouty arthritis. Most patients get sick in the middle of the night. Generally, the joints of the toes are red, swollen, hot and have severe pain. Therefore, the patients are in pain and can't put on their shoes. The duration varies from one to two days to a few weeks.

2. Middle stage of gout: due to repeated acute attacks of injury, the joints appear different degrees of bone destruction and dysfunction, forming chronic gouty arthritis. Can appear subcutaneous gout stone, also can have the formation of uric acid nephropathy and kidney stones, renal function can be normal or mild decline.

3. Late gout: there are obvious joint deformities and dysfunction, the number and volume of subcutaneous gout stones are increased, white urine salt crystals can be broken, the joints of hands and feet are deformed, there are protrusions, and with the extension of time, the gout stones gradually become larger. The development of uric acid nephropathy and renal calculi, renal function decreased significantly, can appear azotemia and uremia.

matters needing attention

(1) Try to eat less food with high purine content. Such as shellfish, deli meat, bacon, sardine, yeast, asparagus, mushrooms, and animal heart, liver, kidney and other high purine foods. 2) Control the weight, obesity is best to lose weight, but weight loss should pay attention to, step by step, must not blindly lose weight. Losing weight too fast can cause gout to deepen（ 3) Drink more water. The more you drink, the more you urinate and the more uric acid is removed. At the same time, the stone formation was also greatly spared.