To cure gout by abstinence?

18-year-old Zhou Jin (pseudonym) was supported by his classmates and limped into the emergency department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.

"Got rheumatism?" Zhou Jin went to the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology in a daze.

Greedy is the cause of the "surging" of gout patients in my country

In recent years, patients with gout around me have become more common.

It is understood that the formation of gout is caused by high uric acid, which is caused by the amount of purines in the daily diet.

In addition, the replacement of water by beverages is also one of the culprits.

Learn to "taboo" Why does gout continue to attack?

Since gout is a disease caused by "eating", can gout be prevented by controlling diet and improving the diet? Experts say not necessarily.

Yang Xiuyan said that the formation of gout is a gradual process, divided into hyperuricemia without urate deposition; urate deposition but without gout symptoms; intermittent gout; and chronic gout.

Once in the latter three stages, it indicates that urate is already present in the joint cavity, and it will continuously release uric acid into the blood.

Can patients with gout eat nothing?

As we all know, to reduce gout attacks, it is necessary to eat less meat.

In the acute attack of gout patients, it is indeed necessary to strictly control the intake of purines, especially animal internal organs, old fire soup, and spirits, but if it is already in remission, the uric acid value should be controlled below the standard value.

Yang Xiuyan reminded that for gout patients, they should adjust their lifestyle, drink enough water of 1500ml a day, maintain 150 minutes of aerobic exercise every week, eat less high-sugar foods, and quit smoking and alcohol, and uric acid-lowering drugs It is necessary to insist on taking the medicine, and not to stop or reduce the medicine by oneself.