Can you apply cold compresses when your joints are swollen due to gout?

Gout causes patients to appear joint swelling and other symptoms can be through cold compresses to temporarily relieve the symptoms. Gout attack patients often appear joint pain and joint swelling symptoms, this period of treatment to oral colchicine and etoricoxib, celecoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for anti-inflammatory, analgesic treatment is based on the ice packs on the affected area can make the blood vessels contraction, to avoid the spread of inflammation, and play a temporary relief of the symptoms of the patient’s swelling and pain effect. Gout attack patients should strictly control the diet, try to avoid seafood, animal offal and broth and other high-purine diet intake, but also appropriate increase in water to promote uric acid discharge. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a physician. It is recommended that gout patients go to the rheumatology and immunology departments of regular hospitals in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized diagnosis and treatment.