What Causes Gout of the Foot?

Foot gout is caused by abnormally elevated uric acid after purine catabolism in the body, and hyperuricemia occurs. Gout can be divided into two categories: primary gout and secondary gout. Gout is high in 30 to 50 years old.

Foot gout

Foot gout is caused by abnormally elevated uric acid after purine catabolism in the body, and hyperuricemia occurs. Gout can be divided into two categories: primary gout and secondary gout. Gout is high in 30 to 50 years old.

Western Medicine Name

Foot gout

Disease site

Feet, thumbs, ankles, behind the feet

The main symptoms

Multiple joint deformities occur

If uric acid is not discharged in time, further accumulation will form crystals. These crystals are deposited on the joints and their surrounding tissues,

About 10% to 25% of patients with primary gout have a family history of positive gout; about 1% to 2% of patients have a congenital enzyme defect that causes disorders in purine synthesis and catabolism; other causes are unknown. Secondary gout is caused by certain diseases, such as kidney disease,

1. Multiple joints deformed and appeared

Preventive gout treatment: through diet and other methods, one is to prevent the excessive production of uric acid, and the other is to promote the excretion of uric acid by the kidneys to prevent gout; gout can cause microcirculation disorders due to the deposition of uric acid in various organs It is necessary to actively prevent heart, cerebrovascular and renal complications. ^[2]

Diet therapy is a relatively common and healthy treatment. Diet therapy mainly includes the following aspects: reduce consumption of high purine foods, high fat foods, such as meat, game, seafood, yeast-containing foods and beverages; eat foods with lower purine content, such as rice, wheat, starch, sorghum, as much as possible , Eggs, pig blood, duck blood, etc. In addition, patients with gout should also drink more fruits and vegetables, after drinking more tea, you can excrete uric acid through the urine; exercise more, strengthen exercise, and discharge excess body fat. ^[3]

1. Do not drink

even if

Gout treatment compliance rate is less than 40%

The acute attack of gout brings great pain and inconvenience to patients, which seriously affects their work and life. Gout, as a metabolic disease, strengthens the long-term standardized management of life and controls the continuous achievement of blood uric acid levels, which is not only important for the disease control of gout patients, but also a medical challenge that needs to be solved urgently. ^[7]

1. Healthy lifestyle and adjustment of diet structure: light diet is the main, eat more vegetables, less salt and oil, and less high purine foods (such as animal offal, soy products, etc.);

2. Quit smoking and limit alcohol;

3. Reduce weight: use yoga, fitness, jogging and other aerobic exercises, or massage, massage and other methods to clear the meridians and control weight;

4. Preventive gout treatment: through diet, tea and other methods, one is to prevent the excessive production of uric acid, and the other is to promote the excretion of uric acid by the kidneys to achieve the purpose of preventing gout;

5. Gout will cause microcirculation disorders of the organs due to the deposition of uric acid in various organs, and it is necessary to actively prevent heart, cerebrovascular and renal complications. ^[8]

1. Gout attack is related to the concentration of uric acid in the body. Gout will form urate deposits in the joint cavity and other places, activate the body's own immune system, and then cause acute joint pain. At night, the human body is in a relatively dehydrated state, which makes it easier for uric acid to deposit and accumulate in joints and other parts, causing gout. ^[12]

2. Glucocorticoids have the effect of inhibiting inflammation, but because the secretion of glucocorticoids has a circadian regularity, which is the lowest at zero to two in the morning, the level of hormonal hormones is low at night, and the secretion of glucocorticoids in the human body is less. The ability to urinate declines and gout enters at this time. ^[12]

3. When we are sleeping, the metabolism rate of the body is at a trough. At this stage, the temperature of the human body is lower. The lower the temperature, the lower the saturation of urate and the more likely it is to precipitate. ^[12]

4. Sleeping snorers are prone to sudden gout at night. Snoring is medically known as sleep apnea syndrome. Snoring severely will cause the blood concentration of the body to decrease, resulting in hypoxia. In order to cope with tissue hypoxia, the nucleoside metabolism of the human body is increased, so that although patients do not eat or drink, a large amount of endogenous purines are produced in the body, and the final product of purine metabolism is uric acid. ^[12]