Gout description of the disease and treatment If you translate the word "gout" from the Greek, it means "foot in the trap".This disease, the description and treatment of which was known in ancient times. More details about this disease we will tell in the article "Gout description of the disease and treatment."

Description of the disease.

What is gout? Gout is a joint disease that is chronic. This disease is directly associated with a metabolic disorder. In the blood there is an excess of uric acid. Usually, in healthy people, uric acid is excreted from the body together with urine. When the disease in humans, it is stored in the form of crystals in the joints. The work of the joints is disrupted. It happens that the disease begins with the knee or ankle joint. Medical practice shows that this disease affects men more often. There are a number of products that contain purines, when digested by the body they form uric acid. When studying under a microscope a drop of living blood, uric acid crystals are clearly visible. They have the form of either a diamond or a shape in the form of a rhombic plate. Such crystals can not be confused with anything. At the beginning of the disease the disease has a paroxysmal character. Most often it is 2-3 times a year. If the disease is not treated, then each time more and more joints will be affected.

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Description of the modern "gout".

This is an active middle-aged man. He has a good income, possibly holding a senior position. Temperament is usually a choleric. In other words, it is a disease of a lifestyle. Promote the development of the disease from day to day, repeated receptions, flowing into the feast, as well as stress and other excesses. In women, this disease is very rare.

What are the symptoms of the disease?

  1. In the area of ​​the auricles and near the joints, dense nodules are felt. These are the so-called gouty nodes.
  2. Severe pain at night in the foot joint. With topa becomes crimson, a cyanotic tumor appears. The temperature rises to 40 degrees. Such attacks can last up to 7 days. Then the pain is waning.

Gout may be primary and secondary.

  1. The cause of primary gout is a genetic defect. There is no enzyme that converts uric acid into a soluble compound. When there is an overabundance of uric acid in the blood, its salts in the form of microcrystals will begin to settle in the joint cavity. Crystals sometimes settle in the kidneys, which leads to the formation of stones. Gout can be combined with other metabolic disorders. Symptoms: the presence of hypertension, a predilection for diabetes, overweight.
  2. The cause of secondary gout is usually endocrine pathology, kidney disease, blood disease, long-term use of certain drugs. In the body, either the amount of uric acid increases or the excretion of the kidney from the body decreases.

Strictly forbidden to eat: fried meat, offal, smoked meat, fish and meat canned food, spicy seasonings, spirits, chocolate, coffee and strong tea.

What should you limit yourself to. Do not abuse salt, sausages, lard. Use less mushrooms, legumes, boiled meat. Limit the consumption of sorrel, cauliflower, spinach, radish.

Usage allowed :

  1. Vegetables-fruits: potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, carrots, onions;
  2. milk, dairy products;
  3. cheese of low-fat varieties;
  4. cottage cheese;
  5. eggs;
  6. vegetable oil( mainly olive and linseed oil), butter;
  7. cereals, flour products;
  8. nuts and honey.

Treatment of a disease. Treatment of acute joint pain is not particularly difficult. But the main thing is this treatment during the period between attacks. The task is not only to prevent a second attack, but also to reduce the risk of complications. Only disciplined patients are able to avoid complications of the disease. The doctor will advise you to thoroughly examine the kidneys in order to determine the presence of stones and the degree of functional impairment. The patient will need to check the condition of the heart and also the endocrine glands. Treatment is always complex. It is necessary to keep the disease under control, not allowing it to manifest itself. It is necessary to carry out all the doctor's recommendations, to follow a diet, to change the way of life. And only in this case gout will start to recede. Only with medical supervision can you save the patient from the terrible consequences of this disease.

  1. Protect your joints from physical activity and from trauma. Do not wear narrow shoes.
  2. Subcooling should be avoided.
  3. Watch your pressure. If you also have pressure problems, then you are at double risk. The fact is that some drugs, while lowering blood pressure, raise the level of uric acid. In such conditions, you must try to bring down the pressure, refusing to consume salt and watching your own weight.
  4. Keep an eye on the food. Do not starve or overeat.
  5. Do not forget to take medication.

Some folk recipes.

  1. Roots of parsley, parsnip, celery chop. Add chopped garlic head. In this mixture you need to squeeze 1 lemon.1, 5 tablespoons of the mixture should be diluted with 2 glasses of water. Then boil. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.
  2. You need to take 300 g of onions, then chop it, add 100 g of honey. All this dilute with white dry wine. Wine should be taken 500 ml. Insist 2 days in a dark cool place, while periodically shaking the contents. Strain, take 2 tablespoons daily.
  3. Boil turnips, rub into gruel. Apply it to the sore spots.