Generally speaking, scorpions are not recommended for gout patients.
Gout is a chronic metabolic disease, the main pathophysiological process is the obstacle of uric acid excretion and purine metabolism disorders in the body, when a large amount of purine intake or consumption of high-purine food easily triggered gout attacks, so gout patients need a low-purine diet.
Scorpion has high medicinal value and food value, with detoxification, anti-inflammatory pain, wind spasm and other effects. Scorpions contain high purine content, therefore, gout patients are not recommended to eat scorpions, so as not to metabolize the body to produce a large number of purines, induced gout attacks.
Gout patients are recommended to the regular hospital rheumatology and immunology, nutrition and other related departments for detailed consultation, and follow the doctor’s instructions for a reasonable diet.