Swimming is not allowed during the acute stage of gout, but you can swim appropriately during the chronic remission stage, which will help your condition to recover. To determine whether gout can swim or not, it needs to be based on the actual situation, can not be generalized, mainly depends on the condition. If the patient is in the acute stage of gout, there are obvious redness, swelling, heat, pain and dysfunction in the affected joints, swimming is generally not allowed to prevent the pain from aggravating, or stimulation of blood vessels caused by muscle spasms during swimming, which may pose a threat to life. However, patients in chronic remission of gout, you can swim appropriately, at this time exercise to a certain extent to help the disease get better, but also for the functional recovery of the joints are also beneficial. However, patients should avoid strenuous exercise, and after swimming should pay attention to keep warm, to ensure that there is sufficient rest time. To sum up, gout patients need to strengthen the management of daily life, reasonable arrangement of exercise and rest time, regular visits to the hospital, exercise and standardized treatment under the guidance of doctors.