It is false that gout cream is effective in treating gout, the main function of gout cream is to relieve pain and does not lower uric acid. The common methods of treating gout include general treatment, medication, surgery and so on.
1. General treatment: gout patients need to pay attention to diet and lifestyle in daily life, avoid eating animal offal, shrimp and crab and other high-purine food, active exercise, drink more water.
2. Medication: When gout patients have an acute attack, they can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as etoricoxib and colchicine as prescribed by the doctor to alleviate the symptoms of joint swelling and pain. During the remission period of gout, allopurinol, benzbromarone, febuxostat and other drugs can be taken to reduce uric acid as prescribed by doctors.
3. Surgery: When gout patients have serious gout stone deposits, they usually need to follow the doctor’s instructions for surgical treatment, which can be performed by gout lesion removal surgery or arthroscopic lesion cleaning surgery.
It is recommended that gout patients timely to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor standardized diagnosis and treatment, do not self-medication.