Gout is a “martial arts master” who has a “martial arts secret” that can make your joints swell and hurt overnight for days or even weeks! When you get to know this “master” with the help of your doctor and raise your guard to prepare for the battle, he disappears like the “wind” and your joints no longer swell and hurt. So, your vigilance relaxed, continue to “drink as a song”, this “master of martial arts” will see the opportunity, and in a “dark and windy” night, sneak attack your joints! In the long run, if you continue to give up on yourself, he will become a “quiet killer”, continue to occupy your kidneys, cardiovascular …… gout, is one of the oldest and most common rheumatic diseases. It is characterized by hyperuricemia, recurrent acute and chronic arthritis and gout stone formation. In addition, uric acid crystals can be deposited in the kidney tubules causing kidney stones and eventually leading to gouty nephropathy and even chronic renal insufficiency. Acute gout manifestations and treatment measures 1. Classical gout attack: it mostly starts suddenly at midnight or early morning, mostly with severe pain, redness, swelling, heat, pain and dysfunction of the affected joints, the first metatarsal phalangeal joint is the most common, followed by ankle, knee, wrist, finger and elbow joints. 2, gout attack treatment misconceptions: patients often mistakenly believe that gout attack should immediately take uric acid-lowering drugs, but as a result, the joints become more and more swollen and painful. Even some non-specialist doctors have such misconceptions. 3. Treatment measures: The primary goal is to rapidly reduce joint pain and swelling. Let the affected joints rest, give ice to the affected joints are measures that patients should pay attention to and can perform on their own; experienced patients can always keep some painkillers on hand and take them immediately when they find joint discomfort, which can often stop the progress of arthritis; medication should be given in adequate amounts of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, small doses of colchicine, appropriate amounts of glucocorticoids, etc. Why do you need to treat gout when it is not painful? Many gout patients never go to the hospital during the period when their joints are not painful, nor do they undergo regular checks for uric acid and blood lipids, but take some painkillers when the joint pain strikes. 1, the dangers of gout: in the interval, although patients do not discomfort, but uric acid is still in the body to do damage, if not treated, gout attacks will become more frequent, and in the long run, gout stones, joint destruction deformity, complications of uric acid nephropathy, urinary stones, and eventually lead to renal insufficiency. In addition, gout is easy to combine with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular accidents. 2.Treatment purpose: to control blood uric acid, prevent gout attack and its complications. 3.Pharmacological treatment: uric acid excretory drugs (such as benzbromarone) and uric acid production inhibitors (such as allopurinol) to maintain blood uric acid below 327 umol/L. Colchicine can be given to prevent gout attacks during treatment.