Gout symptoms and treatment

Gout is a recurrent joint inflammatory disease caused by excessive production of uric acid or poor excretion, which leads to increased uric acid in the blood and deposition in the synovium and joints. It is also a common disease that causes joint deformity and dysfunction. Joint pain, joint pain in daily life is the main symptom of gout, as well as overeating or related diseases, especially uric acid stones and angina pectoris.

The main symptoms of the skin are the deposition of urate under the skin and the growth of other types of skin ulcers. Medication treatment in daily life is also the main way to treat gout joints by yourself, combined with some systematic treatments. Below we briefly introduce some of the acute gout attacks.

Acute onset of joint pain is a typical symptom of acute gout. The disease often occurs after minor injuries, overeating or related diseases, and is particularly prone to occur in the distal joints of the limbs. Typical symptoms occur in the toes (foot gout). Urate stones can also cause renal colic. Chronic gout is characterized by destructive joint changes.

Skin symptoms: In about half of cases, urate is deposited under the skin. These nodules are called gouty nodules or tophi. Gout stones often appear as white or pearly nodules (gout pearls) and occur on free curved skin edges (such as the auricle). Other characteristic symptoms of tophi are white or yellow nodules on the finger (toe) joints. Urate deposits in the skin. Round stones may be visible through thinning skin, and they may rupture. Gout nodules near joints tend to occur in groups or fuse. Tophi occur after an acute attack and are painless. If the skin is broken, a white lime-like substance may be released. Microscopic examination shows a carcinogenic mixture of bundles of needle-like substances, which are identified as sodium urate.

Medication is used to remove gout nodules that affect functional activities, and systemic treatment is also provided. Acute gout attack: rest in bed, take colchicine 0.5 μg/h until pain is relieved or diarrhea occurs. Analgesics such as indomethacin 100 μg/d for 2 to 3 days. Chronic gout: low-purine diet and long-term use of probenecid (carboxybenzenesulfonamide) 1-2g/d to increase renal uric acid excretion. Lose weight. Reduce body weight.

The above are the symptoms and treatment methods of gout. It is mainly a common disease, joint deformity and dysfunction, joint pain, joint pain in daily life is mainly the main symptom of gout, as well as overeating or related diseases, especially some uric acid stones and angina pectoris. The main symptoms of the skin are the accumulation of urate under the skin and the development of another type of skin ulcer.