The relief of gout with severe foot pain includes general treatment, acute phase drug treatment and so on.
1. General treatment: gout attack with severe foot pain patients need to keep braking, elevate the affected limbs, local cold compresses are conducive to reducing the amount of synovial exudate and relieve inflammation joint pain. Strictly limit the intake of high purine food, including seafood and animal offal; reduce the intake of alcohol and high fructose drinks; at the same time, drink more water to increase uric acid excretion.
2. Acute drug treatment: patients often have severe pain in the affected joints, and it is best to take anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs within 24 hours after the onset of the attack, commonly including non-steroidal anti-drugs such as ibuprofen and etoricoxib, as well as colchicine and glucocorticosteroids, etc. Commonly used glucocorticosteroids, such as prednisone and dexamethasone, can effectively improve the symptoms. Drug application needs to be implemented in strict compliance with medical advice.
Patients with gout accompanied by severe foot pain are advised to go to regular hospitals as soon as possible for early and standardized treatment under the guidance of specialists.