Fishermen shall not gout is not true, this statement lacks scientific basis, gout and purine metabolism disorders and uric acid excretion abnormalities related to heredity, disease, diet and other factors can lead to gout attacks.
Gout is a purine metabolism disorders, uric acid production or uric acid excretion disorders caused by joint and soft tissue diseases, heredity, disease, diet, drugs, organic acid production and other factors may lead to gout, but the specific cause of the disease is not yet clear, and the prevalence of ethnicity, geographic area, dietary habits and other factors.
Fishermen refers to fishing for the industry, the diet structure of fish, crabs, shrimp and other fish catch accounted for a relatively high proportion of these foods tend to purine content is also relatively high, long-term high-purine diet of fishermen higher risk of gout, so “fishermen shall not gout” this statement is the lack of scientific basis.
It is recommended that patients who have questions about gout go to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital for detailed consultation.