What should I do if my gouty feet stay swollen for three months?

Gout patients feet swelling for three months does not subside may be due to recurrent gout attacks or gout involving the kidneys, need to further clarify the specific causes, and then depending on the specific circumstances of the correction of poor diet and lifestyle habits, anti-inflammatory analgesic, to correct the high uric acid, the treatment of renal lesions and other therapeutic measures. 1. Repeated gout attacks: If the patient does not strictly avoid food, perform strenuous exercise, or take medication in time as prescribed by the doctor during the acute attack of gout, it may lead to repeated attacks of gout, at this time, it is necessary to correct the above bad dietary and living habits, and at the same time, carry out anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment such as etoricoxib and indomethacin, etc., and then correct the hyperuricemia with the medicines of febuxostat and allopurinol when the symptom is relieved. 2. Gout involving the kidneys: with the gout patient’s condition progresses, the disease may involve the patient’s kidneys and lead to gouty nephropathy, acute renal failure and other diseases, the patient’s common symptom for limb edema, this time need to be given non-buxostat, allopurinol and other medications to correct the high uric acid, and at the same time for the treatment of different types of renal disease. Gout patients with swelling in the feet for three months does not subside may have other reasons, it is recommended that patients to the regular hospital rheumatology and immunology department to further clarify the cause and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.