How to treat acute gout?

There seem to be more and more diseases in society today. Many people will have many problems when they get older, so everyone should be mentally prepared and do a good job of prevention. Gout is such a disease. Acute gout develops quickly, comes and goes quickly, and often occurs late at night and can last for several hours. So how should acute gout be treated? Let’s talk about it now.

Gout is a disease caused by purine metabolism disorder and/or uric acid excretion disorder. It is mainly due to the defect of enzyme activity in purine metabolism, which leads to excessive uric acid production and decreased renal excretion function, resulting in insufficient uric acid excretion, so that the plasma urate concentration exceeds the saturation limit and urate crystals precipitate, causing inflammation. Its main clinical manifestations are asymptomatic hyperuricemia, acute gouty arthritis, intermittent or chronic tophaceous arthritis, and gouty nephropathy.

To promote uric acid excretion, you should drink more water and keep the daily urine volume above 2000 ml. Because the occurrence of urinary stones is related to the concentration of uric acid in urine and the acidity and alkalinity of urine, you can drink Fubezi acid-lowering tea to reduce the concentration of uric acid in the body to prevent the formation of urate crystals.

Ice compress: When the affected area is painful, you can use crushed ice to apply ice. Ice cubes have a numbing and pain-relieving effect. Place the ice pack on the affected joint for 10 minutes, preferably with a towel or sponge in between.

Elevate the affected part: During an acute attack, the affected limb should be elevated to allow the affected part to rest. This may not be easy to do because you may be in so much pain that you cannot move. At this stage, most patients cannot even bear the weight of a bed sheet, and the slightest touch on the joints causes severe pain. You can make a protective frame so that the sheets and blankets do not press on the painful area.

Patients during gout attacks should avoid high-purine foods, such as yeast, pancreas, concentrated gravy, jerky, sardines, anchovies, animal hearts, etc. They can eat low-purine alkaline foods such as grapes, oranges, hawthorn, tomatoes, apples, coffee, tea, milk, eggs, seaweed, etc., but remember not to drink beer.

Gout ranks first among the top ten stubborn diseases, and its incidence rate in China is increasing day by day! Gout is a metabolic disorder that, if left untreated for a long time, can cause serious damage to organs such as the heart, kidneys, and brain.

Dietary treatment is very critical. The first thing patients should do is to quit smoking and drinking. They should not eat foods rich in purine, such as fish, shrimp, animal offal, spinach, and peas. They can eat eggs and drink milk, and drink more water, which can help alleviate the condition. Gout patients need early treatment and control their diet, otherwise the treatment effect will not be good.