You can have sex if you have gout. During the acute attack of gouty arthritis, sex is definitely not allowed. In addition, gout patients should keep their blood uric acid levels within the normal range. If the patient is not treated with uric acid-lowering drugs during the interval between gouty arthritis attacks, the blood uric acid level is still at a relatively high level, and these factors are likely to trigger a gouty arthritis attack when having sex due to strenuous exercise and a lot of sweating in a short period of time. This can only be avoided if the blood uric acid level is kept within the normal range. Patients with gout also need to avoid eating foods high in purines, avoiding cold and overexertion, which are all possible triggers for gouty arthritis attacks. Gout patients can live and work like normal people and achieve clinical remission of gouty arthritis as long as they can adhere to medication and keep their blood uric acid levels within the normal range.