How to treat gout in the feet? These methods are effective

Generally speaking, there are various types of gout attacks, and foot gout is one of them. In the treatment of foot gout, patients often use the following methods.

Acute phase

The acute phase is when the patient suddenly experiences redness, swelling, heat and pain, and needs urgent treatment: the main principles are anti-inflammation, detumescence and analgesia. Patients at this stage have many misconceptions, thinking that because their blood uric acid level is high, they should use uric acid-lowering drugs. In fact, this is inappropriate. At this time, using drugs to excrete uric acid will only aggravate acute inflammation.

in principle

1. During the acute phase, the patient's joints should be immobilized. Do not rub or apply hot compresses.

2. You should drink more water and try to eliminate uric acid. You should pay special attention to your diet. At this time, you should avoid eating foods that can easily increase blood uric acid, such as animal offal, beer, liquor, and seafood.

3. After noticing these, use anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. Commonly used ones include ibuprofen and diclofenac sodium, which we call non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They have anti-inflammatory, anti-swollen and analgesic effects on joints. Other anti-inflammatory drugs such as dimethyl sulfone and astaxanthin can also be used. Note that if you have renal insufficiency, you should avoid using analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and diclofenac sodium.

4. In addition, the pH value of the patient's urine is low. In this case, we need to use some alkaline drugs, such as sodium bicarbonate, potassium citrate, etc., which are conducive to the excretion of uric acid.

5. You can also use some topical analgesics, mainly to control the acute inflammation. When the acute inflammation is over, you can gradually increase the amount of drugs that inhibit uric acid from small to large amounts.

Folk remedies

1: Prescription: 50g of Phellodendron chinense, 9g each of Aconite, Processed Pinellia, Notopterygium wilfordii, White Peony Root, Epimedium, Radix Dioscoreae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Ziziphus jujuba, and Poria, 6g each of Saposhnikovia divaricata, Asarum, Angelica pubescens, Cinnamon bark, and Roasted Licorice, and 4.5g of Ligusticum chuanxiong.

Usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, 3 times a day.

Efficacy: The patient can be cured after taking the medicine for one month.

2: Prescription: 60 grams each of angelica, white peony root, and licorice, 30 grams of white flower snake, 20 grams each of centipede and asarum, and 2000 ml of white wine.

Usage: Grind the medicine into powder, wrap it in cloth and soak it in wine for 10 days. Take 30 ml each time, twice a day. 25 days is a course of treatment. There is a 5-day break between each course of treatment.

Efficacy: After 1-2 courses of treatment, the effective rate reaches 100%.