Gout is a disease caused by long-term purine metabolism disorder and high blood uric acid. In recent years, the incidence of gout is on the rise, with a prevalence rate of about 1.14% in the general population in China. Gout not only causes damage to human joints, but also forms gout stones, urinary stones, kidney stones, kidney failure, uremia, and even life-threatening diseases. The second People’s Hospital of Guangdong Province, director of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology Li Tianwang reminded that if you find joint pain, swelling and other conditions, you must seek treatment as soon as possible, “as long as you adhere to the medication with a healthy diet, gout also has the possibility of cure.” Mr. Wu, 50, from Shanwei, and many seaside residents like to eat seafood and drink beer. About 10 years ago, Mr. Wu’s left middle finger and index finger joints appeared red spots, a pain in the joints to move, the examination showed that the uric acid exceeded the standard, diagnosed as gout. At first, Mr. Wu was more careful, but still could not control his mouth, seafood, wine and meat to eat as usual. In the past two years, his gout has become more and more serious, and nodules have appeared in the joints of his fingers and toes, i.e. gout stones, which hurt when he touches them, and at night it hurts so much that he can’t sleep. A few days ago, Mr. Wu’s gout again acute attack, toes swollen like eggs, walking is difficult. In the company of his family, Mr. Wu went to the rheumatology department of the provincial second doctor for immunological consultation. The surgery only treats the symptoms and the uric acid side to cure the root cause Li Tianwang, director of many chronic gout patients, especially those with a history of more than five years, inevitably suffer from the gout stone. Mr. Wu’s gout was so severe that his joint movement was limited and had to be removed through surgery. During surgery, Director Li Tianwang removed a peanut-sized gout stone from the joint of Mr. Wu’s big toe. ”The surgery solved Mr. Wu’s gout stone, but this is only symptomatic treatment, not the fundamental solution to treat gout.” Director Li Tianwang explained, gout is a systemic metabolic disease, surgery is not meaningful for the treatment of systemic lesions, but only to solve the local deformities of the lesions. Therefore, if surgery alone is not carried out to lower uric acid measures, gout stones will continue to occur. At present, Mr. Wu is taking uric acid-lowering drugs under the guidance of Li Tianwang, and staying away from seafood and alcohol, his condition is stable and gradually improving. If left untreated for a long time, it can be life-threatening. Director Li Tianwang pointed out that gout is not only harmful to human joints, but also to the kidneys. Gout causes kidney lesions, which eventually develop into renal failure and uremia, leading to death, which accounts for about 20-30% of gout deaths. Gouty kidney stones or hydronephrosis or bladder stones can easily cause stubborn urinary tract infections, especially pyelonephritis, which can sometimes lead to septic kidney or necrotizing renal papillitis and sepsis and death if not treated thoroughly in time. In addition, if gout stones are not treated in time after breaking down, and if no attention is paid to hygiene, serious bacterial infections can cause bacteremia and sepsis, which can lead to death. Finally, some diseases complicated by gout, such as hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction, heart failure, fatal heart rhythm disorder and some acute and chronic complications caused by diabetes, are important causes of death in gout patients. Therefore, Director Li Tianwang reminded that if you find joint pain and swelling, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible to check whether you have gout. Gout patients must adhere to their medication, stay away from alcohol and tobacco, abstain from high purine foods, eat a light, low-fat, low-sugar diet, and drink more water.