Can gout be treated with sweat steaming?

Gout can usually be treated with sweat steaming. Whether or not sweat steaming is possible is directly related to the severity of the gout.

1. Gout symptoms are relatively mild: Gout may be caused by long-term inappropriate eating habits, such as frequent consumption of high-purine foods, which can lead to local pain or swelling, and may also cause back and leg pain. In severe cases, it may cause patients to experience femoral head necrosis or stroke and hemiplegia. Sweat steaming can usually regulate the balance of yin and yang in the body and remove the cold air in the body. If the symptoms are relatively mild, sweat steaming can promote metabolism in the body and relieve pain symptoms. During sweat steaming, you should also drink more boiled water to promote water metabolism in the body. You can also adjust your diet, eat more light and easily digestible foods, and avoid eating high-purine foods to relieve the symptoms.

2. Severe gout symptoms: When gout symptoms worsen, sweating and steaming are usually not allowed, otherwise it may cause the gout pain and swelling to worsen. It is usually necessary to take gout-reducing drugs such as allopurinol or febuxostat as prescribed by the doctor. Colchicine can also have a therapeutic effect on acute gout. It is strictly forbidden to eat foods high in purine such as animal offal.

During the recovery period, patients should quit smoking and drinking, eat more foods rich in crude fiber, and usually do appropriate activities to avoid strenuous exercise, otherwise the pain symptoms may worsen.