Can you stick a needle in gout and bleed it out?

Gout patients can carry out the needle bloodletting, the therapy can play a certain role in the release of heat, swelling, pain, can be used as an adjunctive treatment of the disease.
Gout patients should pay attention to the aseptic operation of the bloodletting therapy, bloodletting site as far as possible to avoid the gout stone deposition site, in order to avoid causing infection. In addition, bloodletting therapy is not suitable for use in pregnant women, bloodsickness and other people.
The therapy is mainly applied to improve the clinical symptoms of pain and other discomforts, but patients are recommended to cooperate with the treatment of western medicines such as lowering uric acid, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hormone drugs at the same time. The main mechanism is to promote uric acid excretion or inhibit uric acid production.
The use of the above drugs should be under the guidance of a physician, do not use drugs on your own. If gout patients need to carry out the needle bloodletting therapy, should be guided and operated by a physician, do not operate blindly to avoid adverse consequences.