Gout causes foot pain can be divided into acute, intermittent or chronic phase, acute phase is not recommended hot water foot soak, intermittent or chronic phase can be warm water foot soak, according to the patient’s own condition to decide. 1. Acute stage: when gout is in acute attack, the local inflammatory reaction is obvious, which will cause vasodilatation, local blood exudation, causing soft tissue congestion, redness and swelling. At this time, the use of hot water foot soak will further increase local blood flow, resulting in increased local inflammatory exudate, aggravating the patient’s pain and edema symptoms. At this time, patients can use ice packs or wet compresses to reduce local pain and promote swelling. 2. Intermittent or chronic period: gout in the intermittent or chronic period, you can generally use warm water to soak your feet, by accelerating the blood circulation of the gouty arthritis parts, so that urate excretion accelerated to reduce the deposition of urate crystals. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the control of water temperature and foot soaking time, and foot soaking should not be forced to press the joints locally, otherwise it may induce gouty arthritis attack. It is recommended that patients with gout causing foot pain go to a regular hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of a doctor to standardize the treatment, so as not to delay the condition.