Tag: Gout

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Beware of high uric acid! The fourth highest after the three highs

Speaking of the enemies of the “three highs” that bring great threats to people’s health in modern society-hyperglycemia, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, we will certainly not feel strange. Now, the fourth highest after the “three highs”-high uric acid has also surfaced and is coming strongly. Know your enemy and yourself, You won’t be defeated in a hundred battles], To defeat the enemy, First of all, we need to know the enemy. About high uric acid and gout, There are many common misconceptions in society, It is necessary to comb and learn with everyone. High uric acid may not necessarily lead to gout, Gout does not necessarily have high uric acid. Gout originates from high uric acid. However, it does not mean Read More …

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Why is gout easy to occur when seasons alternate?

Lao Zhang is a [senior] gout patient. He became acquainted with gout again in the spring of last year. Later, when he inquired, some of his patients around him also suffered from acute attacks of gout back and forth. This puzzled Lao Zhang a little. Can gout be contagious? In fact, gout is not contagious, but gout attacks also have certain seasonality, so what is the relationship between gout attacks and seasons? First of all, let’s recall that during the 24 hours of the day, gout attacks are more common in what? Why does gout often occur at night? Typical gout often occurs at night, and most of them can wake up at night due to pain. I believe that Read More …

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Remember four words, don’t be afraid of what to drink for dinner! For all people with hyperuricemia and gout

Eating out is often a headache for gout or hyperuricemia patients: looking at all kinds of attractive food on the menu, I can’t help but want to try it, but on second thought, I’m afraid that eating wrong will cause gout attacks… When I’m hesitating, the waiter will also hand over a drink list and ask: [What would you like to drink? ] In fact, it is not difficult to ask what to drink. At this time, you can say the following words to the waiter. First sentence: [Please give me some water first.] Be sure to remember to drink a lot of water, so that it is conducive to uric acid through urine excretion. Whether it is earlier than Read More …

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Are you still buying drugs that can cure gout?

Now as soon as the TV is turned on, there are various provincial and local TV stations putting some advertisements about [health care products] and even [drugs]. Turn on the computer and search for the name of a disease. All kinds of [magic drugs] are also everywhere. Among them, the treatment of various rheumatic diseases accounts for half of the country. [Medicated Liquor] [Plaster] or [XXX Ling] can treat a wide range of diseases, basically covering various joint diseases in rheumatology, including drugs for gout. The advertisement claims that the therapeutic effect is extremely good, and there are no side effects, diseases are cured, and diseases are not strengthened. The advertisement makes me want to buy some and try it. Read More …

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People with gout also pay attention to fruits.

When it comes to dietary taboos for gout, we all know that high purine foods such as seafood and animal viscera need to be strictly restricted, while low purine vegetables and fruits can be eaten more. However, in the face of a wide variety of fruits with colorful colors and numerous tastes, how to choose and how to eat them? Effect of Fructose on Uric Acid Many people know the effect of purine content on gout, and often ignore the effect of fructose on uric acid, the [culprit] of gout. No matter healthy people or gout people, eating food containing a large amount of fructose can cause the increase of blood uric acid. This is because fructose enters the human Read More …

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Can I get gout stones? What should I do if I get gout stone?

I believe many gout patients are suffering from gout stones, so what should I do if I get gout stones? To solve this problem, first of all, we must make clear that what is a gout stone, [is the hard thing on my big toe the legendary gout stone? ] What is a gout stone? Tout stone, also known as gout nodule, is due to the excessive increase of blood uric acid in the human body, which cannot be dissolved in the blood, thus separating yellowish-white urate crystals of different sizes in joints and skin connective tissues, with quantities ranging from one to more. Among untreated patients, 70% of the patients developed tophus 20 years after the first attack of Read More …

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Is gout hereditary?

Hyperuricemia and gout, as common diseases, have a very high prevalence rate, which I believe is no stranger to everyone. As a metabolic disease, it is often accompanied by hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes and other diseases, causing harm to health. Due to economic development and lifestyle changes, the incidence of gout in China has been on the rise year by year. In the past, it was considered to be more common in male and elderly patients, and gradually began to appear in some young patients. If the elders suffer from gout, they cannot help worrying about themselves: will gout be inherited? Will I have gout in the future? Is gout hereditary? It is really hard to say, because the Read More …

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Don’t use antibiotics when gout attacks!

For most patients, gout is a chronic disease, but acute attacks can cause deadly pain. Acute attacks of gout often occur at night, and the inducement may be heavy drinking or overeating. First of all, the pain of a single joint is unbearable. The most common pain sites are the big toe and the back of the foot. Local symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain and skin temperature rise may occur. In severe cases, other joints may be affected at the same time and fever may be caused. Scenario simulation Lao Wang and Lao Li are two gout patients. One night they woke up from their sleep at the same time. As there were no painkillers at home, they just Read More …

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Why is gout still occurring when uric acid value is normal?

I believe that many gout patients will have such troubles, [sudden red swelling and hot pain of big toes, go to the hospital, the doctor diagnosed acute gouty arthritis, and then the blood uric acid value is not high], why is this? To understand this problem, we must first clarify two concepts: hyperuricemia and gout. 1. Hyperuricemia Hyperuricemia is called when the concentration of uric acid exceeds the upper limit of the normal range. Generally, the common clinical nodes are that uric acid exceeds 420 mol/L in men and 360 mol/L in women. 2. Gout Acute arthritis, gout formation and joint and kidney changes caused by hyperuricemia are called gout. Usually only hyperuricemia or hyperuricemia combined with kidney stones does Read More …

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Can radish cure gout? Its advantages are as follows

There is a joke circulating on the Internet: Why in ancient mythology, willow and locust trees can become essence, while radish and cabbage cannot become essence? A: I made a vow to practice in the morning and was stewed at noon… It can be seen that radish is not a mysterious plant, it is the most common edible vegetable! The history of Chinese people eating turnips can be traced back to more than 2,700 years ago, and there are many folk sayings about turnips, such as “eating turnips in winter and ginger in summer, without requiring doctors to prescribe prescriptions” [turnips are on the market, doctors are fine], etc. There are also many ways of radish, such as eating raw, Read More …