Softening of gout stones may be a sign of improvement, but it needs to be judged based on a combination of conditions, and there are also patients who experience breakouts due to softening of gout stones. Gout stone is caused by the high concentration of uric acid in the blood, uric acid crystallization and deposition. Normally, gout stones are hard, but if gout patients actively cooperate with uric acid lowering therapy during treatment, it will make the uric acid crystals inside the gout stone dissolve, so that the gout stone will gradually become softer, and may even become smaller or disappear. After the gout stone becomes soft, it is recommended that the patient should not take care of the gout stone by himself, squeeze the gout stone with his hands, because once squeezed, it will cause the gout stone to break down, which will lead to trauma infection. Secondly, for the gout stone has broken after softening, it is recommended to go to the hospital outpatient clinic in a timely manner to do a good job of disinfection and bandage treatment, during the period of regular change of medicine, keep the wound dry. At the same time, it is recommended that patients need to continue to take uric acid-lowering drugs to help treatment, such as febuxostat, dietary needs to be low-purine diet, to avoid the intake of high-purine foods, such as animal offal, seafood products, etc., you can drink a lot of water, to promote the excretion of uric acid.