A swollen and painful big toe may be a sign of gout

For women who wear high heels for a long time, swollen and painful toes are more common. Standing or walking in high heels for a long time causes excessive stress on the foot joints, which leads to various foot discomforts. Among them, gout is the most common one. The most typical symptom of gout is swelling, pain and redness of the big toe. Therefore, when you find symptoms of swelling and pain in the big toe, you must take preventive measures against gout in a timely manner.

Gout attacks that joint first. So what is the probability? That is to say, among 100 gout patients, about 60 to 70 percent of them have pain in the thumb joint as the first symptom.

But not only was he in pain, he was also swollen. We call it red, and both sides are very red, and we call it red, swollen, hot and painful. It must have all these symptoms, and the patient will also have fever, fatigue, and general weakness, because it has systemic symptoms. However, the foot is the most commonly affected area. Sixty to seventy percent of gout patients first develop gout in the feet. No matter which part of the body is painful, you should pay attention to it, such as finger pain, toe pain, etc.

1. Toe pain should be avoided to prevent gout

Only when we understand what is causing the toe pain can we treat it. Toe pain is generally caused by gout, so we should not only use medication, but also avoid eating foods with high purine content.

Many middle-aged and elderly people say that they have toe pain, sometimes it hurts so much that they can't walk or get off the ground. They don't know what's going on. Experts point out that toe pain is likely to be an attack of gout, because the main site of gout attack is the big toe.

2. Symptoms of gout attack

The most common symptom of gout is foot pain. The main reason for toe pain caused by gout is that the insufficient activity of the enzyme responsible for breaking down uric acid in the body causes uric acid to accumulate in the body and precipitate in the joints, soft tissues, etc.

3. The most common symptom of gout is foot pain

Most toe joint pain is caused by gout. The symptoms of gout in the foot often first appear in the big toe. The disease often occurs acutely at night, with redness, swelling, heat and pain in the joints. The pain is severe and reaches its peak within 24-48 hours. It usually eases within a week and the attacks are often interrupted.

When the patient's gout symptoms develop to the chronic stage, symptoms such as chronic arthritis, tophi, gouty nephritis, uric acid stones, and other complications will appear. Frequent attacks of gout symptoms will cause severe pain to the patient. As the disease continues to progress, the patient's tophi will continue to grow larger.

4. Precautions for toe gout

Control calorie intake, exercise appropriately, and prevent obesity, high blood pressure, high blood lipids and diabetes.

Limit high-purine foods such as sardines, animal offal, etc., eat more alkaline foods such as vegetables and fruits, and drink more water.

Avoid overeating, alcoholism, infection, trauma, fatigue, cold and other inducements.