Cold-damp gout and damp-heat gout can be recognized by their pathogenesis as well as their symptoms.
1. Cold-damp gout:
Cold-damp gout is mainly due to the external evil attack living in the wetlands for a long time, greed for cold camping (in the more cold place camping), night lying when the wind (sleep at night do not avoid the thief wind), wind and cold to take advantage of the weakness of the entry.
This leads to internal depression and toxicity, condensation of qi and blood, invasion of the muscle and coupling, blockage of the meridians, retention of poisonous evils, eating bones and damaging the muscles, resulting in redness and swelling of the joints, pain and bone defects. When encountering cold, the pain will be aggravated.
2. Damp-heat gout:
Damp-heat gout is mainly due to spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction, the spleen is the master of ascension, clearing and transportation, and when the spleen is strong, it transfers essence and micro-organisms, while when the spleen is deficient, phlegm and drink (pathological products formed by the impaired metabolism of water and fluids), dampness and turbidity are generated within the body, obstructing the qi, and the accumulation of long time transforms into heat and toxicity, which runs away from the body.
So much so that the patient may appear localized pain, redness and swelling and other symptoms, and accompanied by thirst, irritability.
If the patient wants to clarify whether it is cold-damp gout or damp-heat gout, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital to find out the cause of the disease, do not self-medication, so as not to cause damage to the body.