What causes toe pain?

Toe pain is a phenomenon that many people experience. Toe pain is generally more common in middle-aged and elderly people. Many people do not care much about toe pain because they think that toe pain will not cause much harm to our health, so they do not treat toe pain. In fact, we should find out what causes toe pain. Toe pain may be a symptom of 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.

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.

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 is relieved within a week and often stops.

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 serious pain to the patient. As the disease continues to progress, the patient's tophi will continue to grow.

Things to note about 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.

Above we introduced the impact of toe pain on our body. Many patients with toe pain do not care much about it. In fact, toe pain may be a manifestation of gout, so once we have toe pain, we should go to the hospital for diagnosis. If toe pain is really caused by gout, we must use medication and pay attention to our diet.