Gout symptoms and treatment? Different symptom different treatment?

summary

Gout is a disease caused by the dysfunction of metabolic system, which is marked by the increase of uric acid. In recent years, with the improvement of quality of life, the number and incidence rate of gout patients have been increasing gradually. Especially for the middle-aged and elderly, it is a common metabolic disease. Let's talk about the symptoms and treatment of gout.

Gout symptoms and treatment? Different symptom different treatment?

First: asymptomatic stage: as the name suggests, in this stage, patients can hardly have any physiological discomfort, and the only indicator to determine whether they have gout is the continuous or fluctuating increase of uric acid content in the blood.

Second: acute arthritis: patients often wake up in the middle of the night because of swelling and pain in the toes, ankles, knees, wrists, fingers and elbows. And patients will find that the normal function of these joints has obvious obstacles. When you measure your body temperature, you'll find an increase in temperature.

Third: Gout stone and chronic arthritis stage: swelling, stiffness and deformity will appear in the joints, just like stones, which are asymmetric and of different sizes. It is more common in the ear contour, toes, fingers and other places.

matters needing attention

About 20% of gout patients will have acidic urinary stones. If not treated in time, when the stones repeatedly cause damage, it may be combined with infection, causing nephritis, causing further damage to the kidney.