Why does gout still attack if you don’t drink or eat meat?

Mr. Wu is 40 years old this year. Due to his work relationship, he has more opportunities to eat and drink. He also prefers seafood and beer at ordinary times. As he gets older, his stomach is getting bigger and bigger. Gout is coming in One night, Mr. Wu’s left big toe suddenly suffered from pain, just like a knife. His shoes could not be worn and he could not walk on the road. Later, I went to the hospital for examination. Only then did I know that I had gout and my blood uric acid was much higher than normal. After that, Mr. Wu began to control his diet according to the doctor’s requirements, but he did not listen Read More …

Can gout be cured?

Gout cannot be cured. This is what Dr. Clove has said many times. However, today we want to say that gout can also be cured. Professor Zhao Yan of Peking Union Medical College was one of the first experts in China to propose that gout can be cured. At the same time, the 2013 annual meeting of the European Union against Rheumatism also proposed that gout is a curable and refractory disease. Can gout be cured? If you want to cure gout, you must first understand the cause of gout. If the cause of a disease is not clear, then there is no cure or radical cure. However, the cause of gout is relatively clear, namely hyperuricemia. Every patient with Read More …

Why should gout reduce uric acid?

Many people will [forget the pain after healing the scar], and I am no exception. As a rheumatologist, I often remind gout patients: Don’t forget the pain after the scar is healed! In order to improve the lifestyle, take uric acid-lowering drugs and control uric acid well. Those without tophus are less than 360mol/l and those with tophus are less than 300mol/l. However, facts have proved that many gout patients will put these words behind them after they do not suffer from pain. When gout attacks again, I have to stress it again. What’s good about lowering uric acid for a long time? At ordinary outpatient clinics, I don’t have time to explain it clearly to gout patients. Today, I Read More …

Why does gout attack at night?

I believe everyone will not be unfamiliar with gout. With the change of people’s diet and living habits, this ancient [rich and noble disease] has long been [flying into the homes of ordinary people] and is no longer the patent of dignitaries. The occurrence of gout originates from the fact that the concentration of [uric acid] in the body is too high. After exceeding its own solubility, fine urate deposits will be formed in the joint cavity, activating the body’s autoimmune system and causing acute joint pain. < < Romance of the Three Kingdoms > > has a vivid description of gout attacks: