How do gout patients judge their condition? How can patients relieve gout?

Gout is a chronic disease, so after treatment, patients need to strengthen control in daily life and effectively avoid risks. This inevitably requires various examinations to judge the development process of gout. In daily life, patients also need to check their bodies, so that they can not only evaluate the development of the disease, but also judge the effectiveness of their treatment of the disease. In the early stage, patients can observe the joint manifestations to judge the condition. Because gout will cause redness, heat, pain and many other problems before the attack, the condition can generally be judged by these manifestations. In addition, some patients have long-term gout and therefore need to be aware of the risk of gout stone formation. Observing the joints can also determine whether gout stones have formed, because when gout stones form in the early stages, patients will have some deformity problems.

Gout is sometimes related to blood pressure. This is because hyperuricemia that causes gout is a typical metabolic disease, so when it develops to a certain stage, blood pressure may increase, which is a secondary hypertension problem. Therefore, if patients with gout want to assess the risk and progression of the primary disease, they can make a preliminary judgment by measuring blood pressure. If your blood pressure is elevated, it may be due to hyperuricemia. Painful symptoms often occur after a gout attack, which is a typical disease in the acute stage of gout. In daily life, patients will still have some pain problems, although they will not have various severe symptoms in the acute phase. Gout patients need to pay more attention when they experience pain, because observing the nature and duration of pain is a way of physical examination. Depending on the nature of the ventilation and the duration of gout pain, the risk of attack can be judged and the patient's uric acid concentration can be assessed.

Some gout patients may develop systemic symptoms after developing to a certain stage. This is due to gout affecting the endocrine system or endangering kidney function. This usually means that the patient's gout problem has progressed to a moderate to advanced stage and complications are beginning to appear. Therefore, it is necessary to judge the induced secondary diseases based on systemic symptoms and control them in time. When gout attacks, you can use ice packs or ice mineral water to compress the painful joints for 20 to 30 minutes. Cold compresses can relieve local inflammation and pain. Be careful not to apply heat or soak your feet in hot water, as rising temperatures can aggravate inflammation, edema and pain. Drinking more water can produce more urine, take away more uric acid, and prevent urinary tract stones. The average daily urine output of normal people is about 1.5 L, but friends with gout should ensure that they drink more than 2 L of water every day. Low-calorie, alkaline drinks, such as soda, are great for gout sufferers. Of course, friends who don’t like soda can also choose boiled water and light tea.

When gout attacks, there is usually edema in the painful area. You can use the principle of "water flows to lower places" to raise the lower limbs to reduce edema. For example, when sleeping, put a pillow under your feet and shorten the standing time when getting out of bed. During a gout attack, the joints are painful and swollen, and wearing a pair of shoes can aggravate the condition. Some patients must wear loose-fitting shoes if they have to move around. Also, be careful when wearing socks. You can wear socks if the weather is cold, but they should not be too tight. Some friends lie still during a gout attack. Everyone knows the pain. But if you lie still in bed and focus on the joint pain, fully immersing yourself in it, the pain will be noticeable. So when you have a gout attack, try to divert your attention, watch movies, talk more, and divert your attention.