Reminder: gout attacks are not only pain, if not treated in time, these complications will come to you

An authoritative statistical report from 2017 shows that due to the changes in the diet and living habits of Chinese residents in recent years, the number of hyperuricemia patients in China has exceeded 170 million, which exceeds the metabolic disease diabetes.

　　Because of this, it is called the fourth-highest disease after the three-highest disease. Under such a huge data of hyperuricemia patients, the incidence of gout is also increasing year by year, and the total number of patients exceeds 80 million.

　　Not only that, gout also has a younger trend, and young and middle-aged people have become the main target of gout. However, many people do not take gout seriously, thinking that a gout attack is nothing but joint pain, and it will be fine to get over it. However, gout is far more simple than everyone imagines. Behind gout, there are hidden complications.

　　Long-term illness without effective treatment, the following complications may find you in the future:

1. Gouty cardiomyopathy

　　The pathogenesis of gout is actually hyperuricemia. Only when the blood uric acid level exceeds the standard will urate crystallize and deposit continuously in the patient's joints, eventually leading to the onset of gout .

　　Some studies have shown that some patients with gout may also have heart disease. Because urate may accumulate in the heart , crystallize or even form stones, which in turn can cause gout and heart disease . At the same time, gout is also easy to combine with coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension and other problems, and eventually lead to the onset of cardiomyopathy;

　　2. Kidney disease

　　Nearly 1/3 of gout patients with long-term illness may have kidney damage . Nephropathy caused by gout attacks is also referred to as gout kidney in clinical practice.

　　The reason for this is that uric acid is originally excreted from the body through renal metabolism . When the blood uric acid level exceeds the standard, these small urate crystals may be deposited in the kidneys, forming urinary system stones and uric acid stones, and then induce renal tubular dysfunction;

3. Three high diseases

　　Relevant research surveys show that most of gout patients are people who are obese and have abnormal diet (high fat, high calorie, high sugar, like drinking). These factors are precisely one of the causes of hypertension and hyperlipidemia .

　　In addition, both diabetes and gout are diseases caused by abnormal metabolism in the body , so they are easy to be complicated by patients, and there is a certain relationship between the fluctuation of uric acid level and blood sugar. Usually, patients whose blood uric acid level exceeds the standard have a relatively high blood sugar level. higher. And once gout is combined with three highs, it will undoubtedly increase the possibility of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;

　　4. Tophi

　　If the patient has gout but has not been actively treated, or the treatment effect is not satisfactory. Urate crystals will continue to deposit in joints, tendons and other areas, gradually forming tophi . Nearly 12 to 15% of patients will be combined with tophi . As the disease progresses, the patient 's skin will gradually rupture , forming ulcers or sinus tracts.

　　Not only that, if tophi appears near the joint, it may also invade the patient's bone in the bone marrow, and then affect the bone marrow function, causing serious problems such as bone damage and joint acute.

　　All in all, the risk of gout is quite large, and everyone should be aware that there are multiple complications behind joint pain. Therefore, whether it is diagnosed with hyperuricemia or gout, patients need to actively cooperate with doctors to carry out relevant treatment, which includes multiple parts such as drug treatment, diet and life adjustment.