At present, gout cannot be cured, but through reasonable medication and dietary adjustments and other treatments can control the condition and reduce recurrence.
Gout is a disease caused by purine metabolism disorder and/or uric acid excretion disorder in the patient’s body, urate deposition in the joints to stimulate inflammation, the disease usually can not be cured, the patient is diagnosed usually need long-term treatment in order to slow down the progression of the disease, and the current common treatment methods include drug therapy and dietary modification.
Commonly used medications include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as indomethacin, colchicine and other drugs that can alleviate the symptoms of acute attacks, and uric acid-lowering drugs such as febuxostat and phenylbromarone. In addition, patients need to actively make dietary adjustments, try to avoid eating high purine foods such as animal offal, soybean products, beer, seafood, etc., and drink a lot of water to avoid staying up too late to ensure that the rest time.
It is recommended that patients diagnosed with gout go to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital for detailed consultation.