How To Cure Gout Toes
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What are the symptoms of gout?
Typically, the person with Gout is awakened in the middle of the night by a sudden pain in the big toe (but sometimes other joints are affected: finger, elbow, knee, ankle). Articulation is hot, red, swollen and extremely painful. The crisis usually stops after a few days: the toe itches and peels.
After a crisis, it is likely that a new crisis occurs months or years later. If blood levels of uric acid is high, it may continue to be deposited in joints (without causing symptoms) and progressive deformation: it is chronic gout.
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How does one diagnosed gout?
An excess of uric acid in the blood is often discovered during a routine examination for screening or routine surveillance. In a crisis, loss of toes and typical pain intensity sufficient to diagnose the disease in most cases.
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What are the complications of gout?
In chronic gout (also called gouty arthritis and urate), the joints can be very distorted. The ankles and knees are affected after the toes. The wrists and hands may also be affected. The pain becomes permanent. At radiography, signs of wear can occur at the joints.
In addition, deposits of uric acid may be at the kidneys. For this reason, people prone to gout should be monitored regularly to detect possible kidney damage.
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What causes gout?
Gout affects mostly men between 50 and 60 and especially from a family of “gout” (that tend to make many of uric acid, about 1% of the French population). People with gout are often subject to attacks of renal colic. Obesity and overeating aggravate the disease.
Other conditions may also cause gout toes, especially in women after menopause: renal failure, hypertension, thyroid disorders, psoriasis, alcoholism, etc.. Medications (eg, some diuretics) can cause high uric acid and require regular monitoring.
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Can I prevent gout?
In people who have high levels of uric acid, it is possible to minimize the risk of gout.
* Avoid alcohol. It promotes the formation of uric acid. Attacks of gout are often following meals well watered.
* Drink at least one and a half liters of water per day to eliminate uric acid. An alkaline pH water (water from Vichy, for example) is recommended.
* Do not overuse certain foods can raise uric acid levels: cured meats, organ meats, sauces, oily fish, seafood, meat and poultry, game and some vegetables such as mushrooms , spinach, cauliflower, asparagus, sorrel or lenses.
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What are the treatment of gout?
The treatment of gout are aimed at relieving the symptoms of crises and, if necessary, to prevent recurrences.
Medications to relieve the crisis
An attack of gout is treated with colchicine or anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs or possibly steroids). Sometimes the two classes of drugs are associated.
Drugs that prevent recurrences
After the crisis, the high rate of uric acid is attacked by an appropriate diet (see below) and, possibly, drugs to promote its elimination by the kidneys (probenecid) or inhibiting its production by the organism (allopurinol ). This type of treatment is to prevent recurrences. It must be taken lifelong and it is rather prescribed for people with at least two gouty attacks per year, or who also suffer from bladder stones, or nodules of uric acid in the joints (tophi). These preventive medicines act after several months, and it is not uncommon for gout to occur during the first six months of treatment.
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What foods are not recommended in cases of gout?
People prone to gout should avoid the following foods in large quantities or too frequently: offal, game, sausages, goose, duck, anchovies, sardines, salmon, herring, trout, shellfish, mushrooms, spinach , cauliflower, asparagus, sorrel and lenses. Such foods are rich in substances that are degraded to uric acid by the body.
Moreover, it is advisable for people gouty not to abuse alcohol and eat less than 150 grams of meat per day. People who are obese tend to be more prone to attacks of gout are advised to take steps to lose weight.
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