Obese men are prone to gout

  Primary gout (referred to as gout), which occurs in obese adult males aged 40 to 65, is caused by the lack of an enzyme in the body that cannot break down a substance called purine in food, resulting in the normal metabolism of uric acid and a continuous increase in the concentration in the blood, which leads to gout symptoms at a certain time.  In recent years, with the improvement of living conditions and changes in the working environment, the age of gout attacks is gradually decreasing, and the number of patients at the age of 18 and 20 has increased.  The most typical first symptom is sudden joint pain in the unilateral big toe (commonly known as foot gout), followed by symptoms of acute gouty arthritis, which is clinically characterized by sudden onset of pain in the unilateral knee joint, heat and redness in the diseased joint and its surrounding soft tissues, and severe pain at night, with symptoms often lasting 7 to 10 days to resolve on their own.  If left untreated, about half of the patients will develop significant gout “stones” (such as kidney stones) and permanent joint deformities.  Foreign studies have pointed out that vitamin C supplementation can help prevent gout in men.