Gout is dragged out! Reminder: These 2 parts of the body 'get bigger', go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible

The unbearable pain is people's true feelings about gout. When the word "gout" is mentioned, some people even feel fearful.

Even if the pain is unbearable when the attack occurs, people still do not pay high attention to it. They eat and drink without any scruples. On the one hand, they show fear of gout, but on the other hand, they do nothing, constantly challenging the pain limit caused by gout attack.

Most gout patients could live without worry and reduce pain and injury, but delaying the best time for treatment is delayed. So, how does gout come about?

The occurrence of gout is related to indulgence in alcohol and meat. With the continuous improvement of living standards, people have more and more meat in their diets. Little do they know that meat contains high purines, which can easily lead to hyperuricemia and hyperuricemia. Uric acid is an important basis for gout attacks.

These foods have always been known as "expensive" in the diet industry, and few people eat them regularly, so they are called "king's disease". Gout is actually just a kind of arthritis, but the symptoms of this arthritis can be big or small.

Gout occurs when a large amount of uric acid accumulates in a person's blood. Uric acid is a waste product produced by the normal metabolism of the human body, and it is often dissolved in the blood and then excreted through the kidneys.

However, if the body produces too much uric acid, the kidneys cannot filter it out in time, and the excess uric acid will accumulate in the joints, resulting in gout.

lower extremity swelling

A certain amount of uric acid in the human body can be dissolved in the blood and excreted through the kidneys. For people whose uric acid often exceeds the standard, the excess uric acid in the body cannot be dissolved and excreted in time, and excessive uric acid will be precipitated in the urine filtered by the kidneys. Urate crystals then block the glomeruli, resulting in lower extremity edema.

Once lower extremity edema occurs, it may be glomerular inflammation, and the possibility of gout should also be considered. If there is persistent edema in the lower extremities, it indicates that the condition may worsen and should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.

swollen joints

If uric acid accumulates in the body to a certain extent, a part of uric acid will be deposited in the blood to form uric acid crystals. However, if uric acid is deposited in joints, cartilage and other parts, it often occurs in the joint of the big toe, and the joint is prone to pain, swelling, swelling Red fever and other symptoms, and the onset is rapid, often at night, with severe pain, making it difficult to sleep.

This gout attack usually lasts for a few days or even a few weeks, and the time until the next attack is uncertain, it may be months or years.

"Excessive uric acid" is the main cause of gout attacks. Therefore, controlling uric acid "not exceeding the standard" is an important method to prevent gout attacks. Once uric acid exceeds the standard, chronic arthritis will appear in the swollen joints, and fibrosis will appear in the surrounding tissue for a long time. It eventually leads to stiffness and deformity of the joints, and serious manifestations such as tophi appear, which are life-threatening.

Gout is all dragged out, and "excessive" uric acid is the "main killer" of gout, so it is particularly important to control the normal level of uric acid. You must know that high uric acid is caused by eating, so you should pay attention to eating less meat (especially fatty meat), seafood and other high purine foods, and you can eat more eggs, milk and other foods.

In addition, you should also pay attention to controlling your weight and check your uric acid status regularly every week. If your uric acid is high, you should pay attention to lowering your uric acid in time, drink more water, and exercise more to reduce gout attacks. When the above two changes occur in the body, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible, so as not to delay the disease.