Gout with swollen feet may be caused by gouty attacks or gouty nephropathy, and should be treated with NSAIDs, uric acid-lowering drugs, diuretics and other medications after the cause is clarified.
1. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): Uric acid crystals deposited in the joints and surrounding soft tissues can cause inflammation leading to gouty attacks, joint pain and joint swelling and other symptoms, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take etoricoxib, diclofenac and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve the symptoms.
2. Uric acid-lowering drugs: gout attack intermittent need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take uric acid-lowering drugs, such as febuxostat, allopurinol, benzbromarone, etc. to reduce blood uric acid levels, in order to prevent gouty arthritis recurrent attacks, improve the prognosis.
3. Diuretic drugs: the deposition of urate crystals in the kidneys can lead to kidney damage, gouty nephropathy patients due to the loss of protein in the body can appear lower limb edema symptoms, need to follow the doctor’s instructions for diuretic drugs, such as furosemide and other symptomatic treatment.
Drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, gout patients can go to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital, under the guidance of a doctor to standardize the diagnosis and treatment, do not self-medication.