How to identify gout when your big toe hurts

Gout is relatively common in our daily life. There are many causes of gout, and it is closely related to poor diet. Gout needs to be treated in time. When gout attacks, it often affects the joints and the patient's toes. If it is not treated well, it will normally last for a long time. When the symptoms occur, the big toe will often swell, locally heat, and feel tenderness, etc.

How to identify gout when your big toe hurts

Big toe gout symptoms

1. Gout usually starts with frequent attacks that usually only affect one joint and usually only last for a few days, but later it can affect multiple joints simultaneously or successively.

2. If untreated, it can last for several weeks. Finally, local symptoms and signs subsided and joint function recovered.

3. The length of the symptom-free interval varies greatly, and becomes shorter as the disease progresses. Symptoms of gout are similar to those of acute infection, including swelling, local heat, redness, and obvious tenderness.

4. The local skin is severely damaged, hot, shiny, and dark red or purple in appearance.

5. The metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe is most commonly affected (foot gout), and the arch of the foot, ankle joint, knee joint, wrist joint and elbow joint are also common sites of disease.

Causes of gout

1. Too much stress

The tremendous pressure of work and excessive mental stress lead to physical and mental fatigue, and lack of exercise will reduce the physiological functions of various organs, damage the excretion of metabolic waste, and turn body fluids acidic, which is the root cause of gout and one of the causes of gout.

2. Drinking

When alcohol is metabolized in the liver, it absorbs a large amount of water, increasing the blood concentration. This causes the uric acid, which was already close to saturation, to enter the soft tissue faster and form crystals, inducing the body's immune system to overreact and cause inflammation. This is one of the more common causes of gout.

Through the above introduction, everyone has a certain understanding of the basic symptoms of gout. In the early stages, patients should take appropriate methods to relieve pain and regularly test the concentration of uric acid to prevent the occurrence of hyperuricemia. If there are any abnormalities, the symptoms must be controlled as soon as possible to avoid aggravation.