What to do if you have gout in your feet? How to treat gout

Gout is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people, mostly caused by excessive purine levels in the body. Gout attacks are very uncomfortable, with varying degrees of pain and burning sensation, and sometimes even inability to move. How can a gout attack in the feet be treated?

1: Ice compress: When the affected area is painful, you can use crushed ice to apply ice. Ice cubes have a numbing and pain-relieving effect. Place an ice pack on the affected joint for 10 minutes, preferably with a towel or sponge in between.

2: Elevate the affected part: During an acute attack, the affected limb should be elevated to allow the affected part to rest. This may not be easy to do because you may be in so much pain that you can't move. According to a hospital in Shanghai, most patients at this stage cannot even bear the weight of a bed sheet, and the slightest touch on the joints will cause severe pain. You can make a protective frame to prevent the sheets and blankets from pressing on the painful area.

3: Avoid pressure on the affected limb: Because even the pressure of sheets or blankets can cause pain in the gouty joint, you can place the gouty foot in a cardboard box or a plastic laundry basket when resting in bed.

4: You can grind 5 grams of cinnamon into powder and take it with 20 grams of honey. Massage the painful joints and the pain will be relieved in 30 minutes.

5: Soak your feet in gout hand and foot bath for at least 30 minutes before going to bed at night to relieve pain and dissolve uric acid crystals and excrete them from the body.

6: Move your joints frequently. Move your fingers and toes, knees and elbows more often and do stretching exercises. This will drive away the deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints.

7: Use Chinese medicine to stabilize and inhibit uric acid to prevent and treat recurrence. Some patients take gout acid-removing capsules to suppress uric acid. This medicine itself has the dual function of lowering uric acid and protecting the kidneys. Chinese medicine is very mild and using such Chinese medicine can help the body recover.

Balance. You cannot stop eating meat, protein and other foods just because you cannot eat high-purine foods. You can eat them in small or moderate amounts.