There is no fastest way to reduce swelling in gout patients as the degree of swelling cannot be determined when the feet are swollen. Physical therapy such as ice packs or medication such as colchicine tablets and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to relieve the symptoms.
1. Physical therapy: Gout patients with swollen feet can use ice packs to reduce swelling, ice can stimulate the dermal vasoconstriction, reduce intravascular fluid infiltration into the subcutaneous, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing swelling, pain relief, and symptomatic relief.
2. Medication:
(1) Colchicine tablets: Colchicine can reduce the release of prostaglandins and leukotrienes from monocytes and neutrophils, which can control the local pain, swelling and inflammatory reaction of joints. So it can relieve the symptoms of swollen feet in gout patients.
(2) non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: such as diclofenac sodium capsules, with analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects, can relieve gout patients due to joint inflammation resulting in swelling of the feet, with the effect of swelling.
Patients with swollen feet need to go to the rheumatology and immunology department of the hospital as soon as possible, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, oral medication should be taken in strict accordance with the doctor’s instructions, and regular follow-up.