Gout disease is mainly caused by uric acid deposition due to high blood uric acid level. Patients will have joint pain, edema, joint deformation and other symptoms, and even lead to complications such as kidney calculi and renal failure. After the disease is diagnosed, we must actively adopt the correct treatment plan, which can prevent the disease from getting worse and cause greater harm. So how to treat gout?
1, cold compress: local cold compress can effectively relieve pain, swelling and other symptoms, but it must be noted that the cold compress time should not be too long and the temperature should not be too low, otherwise it will lead to the aggravation of local symptoms.
2, bed rest: especially patients with foot gout must stay in bed during the acute attack, reducing the amount of activity can prevent the condition from getting worse. When resting, the affected limb should also be raised, which can alleviate local discomfort symptoms.
3. Drug treatment: symptomatic drugs should be used in combination with symptoms. For example, when the pain is severe, you can take painkillers for treatment, such as naproxen tablets, diclofenac sodium sustained-release capsules, ibuprofen sustained-release capsules and so on. These drugs not only have antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects, but also have repercussive and analgesic effects, and have good curative effects on acute and chronic rheumatoid arthritis and gouty arthritis. When uric acid is high, uric acid excretion drugs should be used in time for treatment, such as: benzbromarone, allopurinol, probenecid, febuxostat, etc.
4, exercise therapy: when the condition is not serious, you need to adhere to aerobic exercise, such as: fast walking, slow walking, walking, swimming, cycling and so on. These aerobic exercises can not only improve immunity, but also control weight, which is beneficial to the adjuvant treatment of diseases.
5, diet: diet must give priority to eating low-purity foods, such as: eggs, dairy products, fresh vegetables, fruits and so on. Do not eat high-purity foods, such as animal liver, beef and mutton, anchovies, hot pot soup, sardines, fish eggs and so on. Otherwise, the condition will get worse.
6. Surgical treatment: Patients who have formed tophi should go to the hospital for surgery in time, and the tophi can be removed through surgery to reduce the damage caused by the disease.
The above six treatment schemes can all play a role in treating gout. Because each patient's condition is different, the treatment plan that needs to be taken is also different. Those who are not seriously ill can be treated conservatively by the first five methods, and those who are seriously ill should be treated by surgery in time to avoid delaying treatment and aggravating the condition. During the period, we must maintain a good attitude and not have too much pressure and burden.