Can gout be completely cured? How to treat it

In life, most people are extremely concerned about whether gout can be completely cured after suffering from it. So, can gout be cured?

Can gout be completely cured?

Whether gout can be cured depends on the extent of the patient's condition. Generally, gout in the early stages can be cured by controlling diet, improving bad habits in daily life, and taking the following necessary medications under the doctor's orders to achieve the purpose of cure. In addition to the above, the treatment of mid-term gout mainly uses medication to control the gout condition to maintain it. Some necessary surgical treatments can also be used. When gout reaches the late stage, tophi have formed, and the effect of drug treatment is no longer significant. Only some necessary means can be used to eliminate tophi to relieve gout. Surgical treatment is recommended.

How to treat gout?

1. Traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning and treatment. The herbs that usually lower blood uric acid include Chinese yam and late silkworm sand. ; Those that dissolve uric acid and relieve uric acid pain: usually include Clematis chinensis, Gentiana macrophylla, etc.; those that excrete uric acid include raw coix seed, Alisma orientalis, Plantago seed, etc.; those that inhibit uric acid synthesis include earthworm, rhubarb and angelica sinensis, etc.

2. Control your diet and avoid eating high-purine foods, such as animal offal, seafood, beer, etc., and eat more alkaline foods and fruits to better prevent and treat gout.

3. Control with Western medicine. You can choose analgesic and acid-reducing drugs such as colchicine, allopurinol, and brommalone. They are effective, but they should not be taken for a long time, otherwise they will cause great damage to kidney and liver functions, and it is easy to cause recurrence.