What are gout stones and what are the common symptoms?

Gout stones are a disease that causes great harm to patients. Many patients suffer from gout. Understanding the symptoms of this disease will help us to quickly treat it and recover as soon as possible. So what are the general symptoms of gout stones? How to prevent it?

What are gout stones?

Gout stones are caused by the failure to receive timely and effective treatment during the course of gout. Gout stones can occur in various parts of the human body.

These sodium urate crystals are deposited in soft tissues, causing chronic inflammation and fibrosis to form stones. Gout stones are most common in the auricle, and are also common in the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe, fingers, wrists, elbows and knee joints. In a small number of patients, they may appear in the nasal cartilage, tongue, vocal cords, eyelids, aorta, heart valves and myocardium.

Symptoms of gout stones

1. Gout stones are most common in the auricle, and are also common in the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe, fingers, wrists, elbows and knee joints. In a small number of patients, they may appear in the nasal cartilage, tongue, vocal cords, eyelids, aorta, heart valves and myocardium. It invades the bones near the joints, causing bone deformities or damage to the bones. These gouty nodules can also be found in the synovium, tendon sheaths and cartilage near the joints. Gout stones vary in size, ranging from as small as sesame seeds to as large as eggs.

2. As gout stones gradually grow larger, the skin on the surface may become thinner and ulcerated, forming fistulas, and discharging white chalk-like urate crystals, which will not heal for a long time. Because uric acid has an inhibitory effect on bacteria, secondary infection is rare. Stones that occur near the tendons of the hands and feet often affect joint movement and sometimes require surgical treatment.

The harm of gout stones The harm of gout stones to patients is also related to the location where they occur. For example, gout stones in the auricle have no effect on the movement of the limbs, while gout stones in the finger joints can significantly restrict the movement of the hands, and gout stones in the toes and ankle joints can affect walking. Some larger gout stones require surgical removal and reshaping before the joint movement can return to normal. Sometimes gout stones will rupture on their own, and uric acid crystals will penetrate the skin and not heal for a long time, making life inconvenient and painful for the patient. If bacterial infection occurs at the ulcerated site, local ulceration and suppuration will occur, and even sepsis or septicemia may occur, leading to death. Some people were forced to have their fingers and toes amputated because of uncontrollable infections. It can be seen from this that the harm of gout stones to the body should not be underestimated.

Gout Stone Prevention

1. Drinking more water and polyphenol coffee can increase the dissolution of uric acid and facilitate the excretion of uric acid. Ordinary people can effectively prevent gout by drinking more than 2000ml of water and polyphenol coffee every day. For those with kidney stones, it is best to drink more than 3000ml of water per day.

2. The cause of gout: Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Eating more alkaline vegetables and fruits, which are mainly vegetarian, can keep the pH value of urine at around 6.6. At this time, almost all uric acid is dissolved, which is conducive to excretion. In summer, you can eat more watermelon, winter melon, etc., which can not only relieve heat and summer heat, but also have a diuretic effect and are effective for gout.

3. Exercise more, such as jogging, brisk walking, cycling, going up and down stairs, etc., to consume excess body fat and control weight gain.