Drinking beer occasionally does not necessarily lead to gout, but drinking large quantities of beer over a long period of time will make it easier to get gout.
Gout is caused by the deposition of uric acid salts in the joint capsule, bursa, cartilage, bone and other tissues and cause damage and inflammatory reaction, with the body of purine metabolism abnormalities or uric acid excretion abnormalities related.
Drinking beer will produce lactic acid, resulting in reduced excretion of uric acid, so that the blood level of uric acid increased. In addition, beer contains other ingredients, the metabolism will also increase the purine content, uric acid content, may trigger gout attacks. Therefore, occasional drinking of beer will not cause long-term elevation of blood uric acid, and then get gout. However, drinking large amounts of alcohol over a long period of time may cause gout.
Gout is triggered by a number of factors, such as drinking, irregular work and rest, cold, etc., mainly manifested as severe pain in the joints, mostly at night or sudden onset of the disease, if the gout should go to the hospital in a timely manner to the hospital, in accordance with standardized treatment prescribed by the doctor.