Just after the cold dew, most places were greeted with a slight chill. Many patients left messages for consultation [I heard that gout is easy to attack in autumn and winter, how should gout be avoided]?
The following doctor clove will explain to you how to avoid gout attacks in autumn and winter.
1. Avoid food to continue
The dangerous goods in summer are [barbecue and beer], and the dangerous goods in autumn and winter are [hot pot] [rinse pot]. High purine, high fat and high salt are the three characteristics of hot pot, which should be avoided by gout patients.
It is best not to eat hot pot, if you have to eat it, you must not be greedy. Try to rinse taro, yam and other potato foods first, fill your stomach, and leave less space for big fish and meat. Try not to use oil dishes, and use vinegar as the main dip.
In addition, try not to touch beer and sweet drinks on the hot pot table. In order not to attack gout, it is also worthwhile to sacrifice a little bit of food.
2. Drink water without thirst
After the weather turns cooler, the body sweats less and many patients forget to drink water. This is definitely wrong.
Uric acid in the body is mainly excreted through urine, drinking less water and urine is insufficient, and the uric acid excreted with urine is also less, which is certainly not conducive to gout control.
Try to drink more than 2L of water every day to ensure that the urine volume is about 2L. Plain boiled water, soda water, light tea, etc. can be used.
Step 3: Don’t fatten up in autumn
Although autumn is drawing to a close, friends who still want to fatten themselves should pay attention. Obesity is also a big taboo for gout.
Obesity can cause hypermetabolic state in the body, hyperuricemia, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and other problems. Obese friends must pay attention to both diet and exercise to reduce their weight.
STEP 4 Don’t Forget to Exercise
After the weather gets cold, some friends stop exercising because they are afraid of the cold and other reasons, which is not good.
In autumn and winter, aerobic exercise should be carried out for more than 30 minutes every day as usual. If the outdoor temperature is too low, wear clothes and gloves when going out, and exercise indoors if conditions permit.
Step 5 Keep your joints warm
Theoretically, when the temperature drops, the solubility of uric acid will drop, making it easier to form urate crystals, thus inducing gout.
Gout patients should pay attention to keeping their toes, knees and other parts warm in autumn and winter to avoid catching cold and freezing.
6. Uric acid level should reach the standard
Gout is a chronic disease. Treatment cannot be achieved overnight and requires long-term persistence.
For patients without tophus, uric acid should be controlled below 360 mol/L for a long time. If there is tophus, it should be controlled below 300 mol/L.
In this way, existing urate crystals or tophus can be dissolved, new urate crystals can be avoided, and gout recurrence can be fundamentally reduced.
7. Prophylactic use of painkillers
When taking uric acid lowering drugs (allopurinol, febustat or benzbromarone), due to the decrease of uric acid, urate crystals have dissolved, which may lead to gout attacks.
Therefore, in the early stage of uric acid reduction, doctors usually recommend taking analgesic drugs such as colchicine to prevent gout attacks.