Swimming is helpful in lowering uric acid, but the effect is not great. Patients with acute attacks of gout should not swim, while patients with gout in remission or hyperuricemia need to swim and other sports under the guidance of a doctor.
Elevated blood uric acid is usually caused by a disorder of uric acid metabolism, which is associated with increased production and decreased excretion. Some patients with hyperuricemia may be combined with gouty attacks, gout stones and other manifestations, which have a greater impact on the quality of life. As an aerobic exercise, swimming can promote body metabolism to a certain extent, accelerate uric acid metabolism, and have a certain helpful effect on lowering uric acid, but the effect is not great.
Patients with acute attacks of gout should not swim, and should rest in bed, elevate the affected limbs, strict braking. In addition, strenuous exercise without timely hydration leads to a transient increase in blood uric acid, can also induce gout; and swimming water temperature is too cold may also induce gout, so gout patients in remission or patients with hyperuricemia need to comply with medical advice to exercise, and pay attention to hydration, keep warm.
Gout or hyperuricemia patients can be under the guidance of a doctor to apply febuxostat, allopurinol and other drugs to inhibit uric acid production, or benzbromarone and other drugs to promote uric acid excretion for uric acid treatment, and pay attention to adjust the lifestyle, reduce seafood, animal offal and other high-purine food intake, and avoid drinking a lot of alcohol and so on.
Patients with elevated blood uric acid are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology department of the hospital as soon as possible, and under the guidance of the doctor for standardized drug treatment.