Gout patients can drink barley tea in moderation.
Gout is a heterogeneous group of 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 need to avoid high purine food such as seafood, animal offal, beer and other intake, barley tea is mainly made from barley fried, mainly contains carbohydrates, protein and insoluble dietary fiber and other substances, and the purine content of barley tea is relatively low, so patients with gout can drink barley tea in moderation, usually does not lead to increased levels of blood uric acid, resulting in the gout patient’s condition worsened.
Gout patients also need to avoid drinking beer, yellow wine and other alcoholic beverages, eat less beef and lamb, fish and other purine food.
It is recommended that gout patients promptly to the regular hospital rheumatology and immunology departments and other related departments, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions standardized diagnosis and treatment.