How to Handle Acute Gout?
When acute gout occurs, the first step is to find a way to alleviate the patient's pain, which can be achieved through local cold compresses. Wounds, bacteria, and diseases are all causes of acute gout. Doctors will design reasonable treatment plans based on different causes of illness. However, if the patient experiences severe pain, they can also take anti-inflammatory medication under the guidance of a doctor to reduce the pain.
1. Patients should avoid scalding their feet or using hot compresses, as this can worsen the condition and increase pain. Instead, they can apply ice cubes locally to alleviate symptoms.
2. The affected joints should be avoided from exertion and can be appropriately elevated to reduce inflammatory reactions.
3. Colchicine and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should be taken within the first few hours of onset to treat inflammation and pain.
1. Trauma, surgery, hunger, excessive intake of ethanol, and excessive protein intake.
2. Spinal proliferative or lymphatic tissue proliferative diseases, leading to significantly elevated white blood cell counts.
3. Chronic renal insufficiency. Patients with chronic renal insufficiency have uric acid metabolic disorders, which may induce acute gout.
4. Endocrine factors, such as hypothyroidism and obesity. Obese patients may have metabolic syndrome.
5. Other diseases, such as hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, psoriasis, etc.
