Mr. Sun, a reader in Jiangsu Province, Q: A few days ago my toe was a little bit painful. At first I did not pay any attention to it. Later I became more and more painful. I slept more seriously at night and could not even touch it. How to treat gout is better? Can you return to normal?
Xu Xiaoya, Associate Chief Physician, Department of Rheumatology, CUHK Affiliated Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Guangzhou, China. Gout is a joint disease that is caused mainly by long-term hyperuricemia and urate deposition in acute arthrotraumatic arthritis. Long-term development can lead to gout Nephropathy, etc. The treatment of primary gout lack of etiology, it is difficult to cure; chronic gout can effectively control the blood uric acid levels, prevent gout attacks.
Gout treatment mainly includes the control of joint swelling and pain symptoms and control of hyperuricemia.Drinking, overeating, high purine diet and excessive exercise are gout inducing factors, should pay attention to abstinence, control animal offal, seafood, meat soup Intake of drinking water can increase the amount of urine conducive uric acid excretion prevent the formation and deposition of uric acid.As long as the normal renal function, gout patients drink 2000 to 3000 ml per day is more ideal, to maintain urine output above 2000 ml To prevent Urine concentration, the patient drinking water before going to bed or in the middle of the night Gout acute exacerbation of early, adequate use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, colchicine, glucocorticoid treatment.
