The difference between acute gout and chronic gout is the difference in the duration of the disease, the difference in the treatment modality and so on.
1. Duration of the disease: if the gout is recurrent, lasting up to several years, without any symptoms in the remission period, no different from normal people, can be formed due to repeated attacks of gout stone, this belongs to the chronic gout; and acute gout onset of acute gout, the clinical symptoms are more obvious, mostly in the night time onset, the pain is severe, unbearable, usually a few days to 2 weeks or so of time the symptoms can be relieved.
2. Treatment: the treatment of acute gout is based on anti-inflammatory and pain relief, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac, indomethacin, etc. and colchicine to relieve the symptoms; while chronic gout is based on the lowering of uric acid, such as the application of drugs to inhibit the production of uric acid such as febuxostat, or Benzbromarone and other drugs to promote uric acid excretion.
Gout patients are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology departments of regular hospitals for detailed consultation and standardized treatment as prescribed by doctors.