Uric acid is high, do you want to take medicine?

Rheumatologists or endocrinologists often meet patients who come to consult with physical examination reports in outpatient clinics, and a large part of this is due to the increase of uric acid in blood biochemical indexes. Some patients may ask: Doctor, my uric acid is high, is it gout? Do you want to take medicine? Some people will ask: Doctor, my uric acid has always been high, but I have never had arthralgia. Do you want to treat it? Then, this article will introduce to you the relationship between hyperuricemia and gout, and whether hyperuricemia should be treated or not. Is what hyperuricemia? Excessive production of uric acid in the body or decreased uric acid excretion function in the kidney may Read More …

Can sodium bicarbonate tablets treat gout?

Friends with gout should not be unfamiliar with sodium bicarbonate. When the pain is acute, doctors often prescribe sodium bicarbonate tablets for oral administration. Therefore, some [old gout] patients think that sodium bicarbonate tablets can treat gout and belong to uric acid-lowering drugs. In addition, people often hear that gout patients should drink more soda water. So, can sodium bicarbonate tablets treat gout? Can you reduce uric acid? Is soda water and sodium bicarbonate linked to what? Is soda water when sodium bicarbonate tablets are dissolved in water? Not all soda water contains sodium bicarbonate Soda water sold on the market is divided into natural soda water and synthetic soda water. Natural soda water contains many ingredients, including sodium bicarbonate. Read More …

A New Gout Drug-[Feibuxostat] or [Feibuxotan]?

Gout, as an ancient chronic disease, has been recorded as early as more than 2000 BC, and many dignitaries have suffered from gout in history. Although people have realized that gout has been a disease for a long time and are constantly studying treatment methods, there are still few [weapons] available at present.

What harm will gout bring to the kidney?

Kidney is the most frequently invaded part of gout patients except joints. In fact, if kidney pathological examination is carried out for patients with gout all the year round, almost every patient can find kidney damage, but the degree of severity is different. However, because of the strong endurance of the kidney, only about 1/3 of the patients have kidney symptoms during the course of gout. Renal lesions of gout include the following three types: Chronic gouty nephropathy The high-intensity operation of the machine will affect the service life, as will the kidney, which is the internal [machine] of the human body. Uric acid in gout patients is at a high level for a long time, the kidney is also Read More …

Does gout knot save energy and eliminate it?

Not all tophus (nodules) can be dissolved. Only when the formation time is short, the urate deposited in it can freely exchange with the components in the blood and is still in the soluble period. Gout nodules generally refer to the deposition of subcutaneous uric acid crystals. Tout stones also include renal uric acid stones. The two statements are often interused and both refer to the deposition of uric acid crystals. However, once gout nodules exist for a long time and fibrosis and calcification occur inside, there is no way to dissolve them through drugs and they can only be treated by surgery, but not all gout nodules are suitable for surgery. At the beginning of gout, only one joint Read More …

Why does gout still attack if you don’t drink or eat meat?

Mr. Wu is 40 years old this year. Due to his work relationship, he has more opportunities to eat and drink. He also prefers seafood and beer at ordinary times. As he gets older, his stomach is getting bigger and bigger. Gout is coming in One night, Mr. Wu’s left big toe suddenly suffered from pain, just like a knife. His shoes could not be worn and he could not walk on the road. Later, I went to the hospital for examination. Only then did I know that I had gout and my blood uric acid was much higher than normal. After that, Mr. Wu began to control his diet according to the doctor’s requirements, but he did not listen Read More …

Uric acid is high, what should I do?

Don’t be nervous, don’t be afraid, when we get more familiar with strange things, we will be suddenly enlightened and the feeling of nervousness will disappear. Next, I will introduce hyperuricemia to patients’ friends. Why is uric acid high? If the human body is compared to a factory, Uric acid is like waste from industrial production. How much garbage is piled up in the factory, There are no more than two factors: The rate of waste generation, As well as the speed of garbage disposal. Uric acid is produced from two sources: exogenous and endogenous: Exogenous uric acid is decomposed from purines and the like in food. Eating foods with high purine content, Such as animal viscera, seafood, chicken, duck, Read More …

How should gout patients exercise?

Long-term persistence in exercise, gout patients can lose weight, return to the ideal figure, blood uric acid also drops. In addition, gout patients through reasonable exercise, not only can enhance the physique, enhance the body’s defense ability, to relieve joint pain, prevent joint contracture and muscle atrophy is also of great benefit. Which exercises are suitable for gout patients? Choose Aerobic Exercise Aerobic exercise is characterized by long duration, It can enhance endurance, Exhaust excess fat, It is not easy to fatigue. Low intensity, long time exercise, It’s basically aerobic exercise, For example, fast walking, jogging, long-distance slow swimming, cycling, dancing, Taijiquan, etc. Avoid anaerobic exercise. Anaerobic exercise is mainly a high-intensity and large-amount exercise in a short period of Read More …

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 …

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 …