Is instep pain a symptom of gout?

There are many reasons for instep pain. For example, it may be due to wearing inappropriate shoes, which causes severe friction and pain. It may also be caused by skin eczema or skin allergies. Of course, when patients suffer from gout, they often experience pain in the instep. No matter what causes the pain, they should go to the hospital for examination in time and then receive symptomatic treatment.

Is instep pain a symptom of gout?

Foot pain can be caused by many diseases, such as muscle injury, nerve damage, vascular disease, arthritis and sprains.

If you overwork, such as climbing mountains, swimming, rheumatism can also cause foot pain, not gout.

In order to determine whether it is gout, you need to go to the hospital for treatment. Checking the uric acid report will tell you whether it is gout. After the diagnosis, Cai Kangyong will receive scientific treatment.

Symptoms of gout in feet

Gout is very common nowadays, and gout in the feet is the most common site of gout. Patients with this disease feel unbearable pain when gout attacks. Therefore, I think that when patients have an acute attack of gout in the feet, patients should raise the affected part and use the most convenient method to reduce the pain in the affected part. Next, I will tell you about the symptoms of gout in the feet of clinical patients.

Common sites of gout attacks in the feet: the big toes, ankles, and heels of the human body are more common.

Obvious symptoms: sudden severe pain in the morning, swelling, redness, heat and fever in the joints.

Uric acid situation: In acute attacks, uric acid is at a low level in the short term, and urate crystals condense in the soft tissue of joints, appearing like pine needles.

Characteristics of foot gout: Acute symptoms come quickly and may disappear on their own, but it does not mean recovery. Simple gout medicines (colchicine, ibuprofen, etc.) can be used in the early stages. Nearly 90% of patients can have their symptoms relieved within 24 hours.

For patients in the acute attack stage, the pain generally reaches its peak within 24-72 hours. The attacks are like "biting" and "burning pain", which often make patients feel like dying. About 70% of patients first experience pain in the feet, followed by accumulation in the ankles, knees, fingers, wrists, elbows and other parts.

Gout in the feet can also cause pain throughout the body. If it is not treated in time, the disease will spread to the whole body and cause adverse reactions throughout the body.

In the later stages of gout in the feet, tophi and joint deformities may appear. The condition is now more serious. Patients should pay attention to their daily living habits to prevent the rupture of tophi and serious consequences.