Gout patients can drink milk appropriately.
Gout is a group of heterogeneous diseases caused by purine metabolism disorders and (or) uric acid excretion disorders, which are clinically characterized by elevated serum uric acid, recurrent acute arthritis, gouty stones and joint deformities, uric acid renal calculi, glomerular, tubular, interstitial, and vascular renal lesions.
Gout patients should avoid high purine diet such as seafood, high soup and animal offal intake, should be limited to beef and lamb, fish and other medium purine food, but milk belongs to the low purine food, so gout patients can be appropriate to drink milk, especially skimmed milk and its products, but it is not recommended to drink more, so as not to cause discomfort.
Milk can supplement calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc and other minerals for gout patients, and calcium and phosphorus ratio is appropriate, is conducive to the absorption of calcium, in addition to gout patients can also choose eggs, fresh vegetables and other foods, to maintain balanced nutrition, and should also increase the amount of daily water to promote uric acid excretion.
Gout patients are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology departments of regular hospitals in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized diagnosis and treatment.