Gout patients with joints or other parts of the swelling may be due to acute attacks of gout or gouty nephropathy, the cause should be further clarified and targeted to the appropriate drug treatment. 1. Acute gout attack: urate deposition in the joint capsule, cartilage, bone and bursa and other parts of the joints can lead to gout, and cause severe pain and redness and swelling of the joints and other symptoms, patients with acute attacks of gout can take a small dose of colchicine or ibuprofen, etoricoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment, and at the same time can also take sodium bicarbonate and other drugs alkalinization of the urine. 2. Gouty nephropathy: gouty nephropathy is one of the complications of gout, the disease has an insidious onset, which can lead to increased blood pressure, hypoproteinemia and edema and other manifestations of gouty nephropathy can be caused by limb edema, first of all, should be actively taking febuxostat, allopurinol and other drugs to correct high uric acid, if the development of uremia, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis treatment can be considered. Drugs should be used under the guidance of a physician, gout patients are recommended to the rheumatology and immunology department of the regular hospital and other related departments for detailed consultation, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized diagnosis and treatment.