Gout symptoms in the elderly?

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Eating too well is easy to get gout, so the patient's diet should be reasonable. Do not overeat, gout is known as the "rich disease" in the elderly. Middle aged and old people, obese people and mental workers are the high risk groups of gout. It is closely related to the lack of exercise, irregular diet and other bad habits of modern people. What about gout symptoms in the elderly? Let's go.

Gout symptoms in the elderly?

Symptom 1: Gout Patients with the earliest symptoms, mainly small joints of the lower limbs, generally sudden onset at night. Specific manifestations such as joint local swelling, severe pain, temperature, touch, vibration is very sensitive. Gout onset acute, subside quickly, generally about a week to relieve themselves.

Symptom 2: multiple joint involvement, frequent attacks, shortened intermission, increasing pain, and even after the attack, the pain is not completely relieved. Cartilage degeneration, synovial thickening, pannus formation, bone erosion, defects and even fractures, coupled with the increase of gout stone, lead to joint stiffness, ulceration, deformity, serious impact on joint activity, and even unable to take care of themselves. If not actively treated, there are still repeated acute attacks, so that joint damage further aggravated.

Symptom 3: the most common in the joint and near the ear. It is yellowish white with different sizes, small as sesame, big as egg, soft at the beginning and hard as stone with fiber proliferation. The number and size of gout stones are related to the patient's condition. If the patient's condition continues to develop, the number of gout stones can gradually increase.

matters needing attention

Gout occurs in spring and autumn, the author drink more, high purine diet, foot sprain is an important inducement, to avoid wearing tight shoes, more walking, cold, fatigue, infection, surgery, and diuretics.