What to do about ankle gout

In the acute attack period of ankle gout, the main focus is to relieve the pain symptoms and terminate the attack, the drugs include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as etoricoxib, colchicine, glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone, etc. In the inter-attack period and the chronic period, the main focus is to control the value of uric acid and delay the progression of the disease, and in terms of treatment, it includes medication and dietary regimen. 1. Drug therapy (1) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, which can control the symptoms of ankle gout, commonly used drugs are celecoxib, etoricoxib and so on. (2) Glucocorticoid drugs can inhibit the inflammatory reaction and relieve the joint pain caused by gout. Commonly used drugs are methylprednisolone, prednisone and so on. (3) Alkaline drugs can alkalize the urine, increase the solubility of uric acid in the urine, and increase the excretion of uric acid, commonly used drugs are sodium bicarbonate, citrate and so on. (4) Uric acid-lowering drugs can reduce the synthesis of uric acid and increase the excretion of uric acid, commonly used drugs are allopurine, febuxostat and so on. The use of the above drugs should be in accordance with the doctor’s instructions. 2. Dietary care: gout patients need to pay attention to dietary care, avoid large amounts of intake of high-purine foods such as animal offal, seafood, etc., the daily diet should be based on low purine, light diet. Patients with ankle gout are advised to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor for standardized treatment to avoid the development of the disease.