Can people with gout eat beef tongue?

Gout is a common disease and there are many gout patients. Gout patients usually experience sudden swelling and pain in a joint. The most commonly affected joint is the joint of the big toe. Gout is a recurring inflammatory disease caused by excessive uric acid. Gout patients need to pay attention to many things in their daily diet, such as not drinking beer, eating seafood, etc.

Although gout attacks are very painful, gout patients generally do not suffer from gout attacks if they pay attention to their daily diet. However, gout should not be ignored just because it is an ancient disease. Nowadays, the more advanced a country is, the higher the incidence rate is, especially in economically wealthy countries.

Gout is a lifelong disease. People without renal damage or joint deformities can generally maintain normal life and work with effective treatment, and it will not affect their life expectancy. However, if not treated properly, repeated attacks of acute arthritis can cause great pain. The quality of life of those with joint deformities and kidney stones will be affected to a certain extent. The prognosis is poor for patients with severe renal impairment.

All current treatments are symptomatic. The severity and rapidity of untreated gouty arthritis vary greatly. Some patients only have a few attacks in their lifetime, but for most, if left untreated, the frequency and severity of attacks will gradually increase with recurrence. Some statistics show that the life expectancy of gout patients is 5 years shorter than that of normal people, but this is entirely related to the individual condition and the effectiveness of treatment. When the articular cartilage disappears, the subchondral bone is eroded and the peri-articular tissue is infiltrated, causing progressive disability, a few severe patients can develop huge tophi and severe damage to the joints within a few years. What affects the lives of most patients is the presence or absence of complications.

During the acute stage of gout, the patient's joints should not be moved, and should not be rubbed or applied with hot compresses. The patient should drink plenty of water and try to eliminate uric acid. It is emphasized again and again here that gout patients should pay special attention to their diet and avoid eating foods that can easily increase blood uric acid, such as the foods mentioned above. It is also best not to eat animal offal and beef tongue.