Cold compresses are good for acute attacks of gouty arthritis, while hot compresses are good for chronic remission with joint symptoms.
Gout people choose hot or cold compresses, need to choose according to the progress of the disease. If you are in an acute gouty arthritis attack, you can choose cold compresses, especially if the local skin is red and swollen and the pain is more intense, it can play a certain role in reducing swelling, if you choose hot compresses may accelerate blood circulation and aggravate the phenomenon of red and swollen joints.
When in chronic remission of gouty arthritis, there are joint symptoms, but the joints are not localized redness, swelling, heat, you can choose hot compresses. But when the chronic remission period, joints have no symptoms, at this time for hot or cold compresses are meaningless, to control uric acid is the main.
It is recommended that gout patients can go to the rheumatology and immunology department of regular hospitals and other related departments for detailed consultation, and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized diagnosis and treatment.