The most common symptom of gout is the redness, swelling, heat and pain caused by the joints. The methods to reduce the swelling of gout are: 1, diet control, the need for a low purine diet, light diet; 2, many patients like to come to the heat when the joint swelling, with hot water bubble is wrong. Ice should be used to control the degree of joint swelling; 3, drugs, the most common drugs with painkillers, such as Fenbid, diclofenac sodium, meloxicam, etc.; 4, colchicine can be used to control the acute gout attacks in the joints; 5, if the above drug control effect is poor, you can use a small dose of glucocorticoids, generally within a few days the redness, swelling, heat and pain in the joints can disappear.