| Gouty arthritis can cause a sudden attack of stiffness, | | | | medications in a daily basis. Effects of the medications |
| burning pain and joint swelling. These sudden attacks | | | | usually start within twenty-four hours. |
| can occur repeatedly unless gouty arthritis is treated. | | | | To lessen the pain of gout attack, it is best to rest the |
| Eventually, this condition can be harmful to your | | | | joints. Taking anti-inflammatory medicine or ibuprofen |
| tendons, tissues and joints. | | | | can help ease the pain. However, do not take aspirin |
| Gouty arthritis is caused by excessive uric acid in the | | | | for it may worsen the gout as it may increase the |
| blood. People with high levels of uric acid in the blood | | | | level of uric acid in the blood. |
| do not usually get gout but when the levels of uric acid | | | | In order to prevent gout attacks in the future, there are |
| gets too high, it may create hard crystals in the joints. | | | | prescribed medications to help lessen the buildup of |
| Individuals drinking too much alcohol, who are | | | | uric acid in the blood. Make sure to follow the doctor's |
| overweight or eat too much fish and meat rich in | | | | advice to lower uric acid levels. Many people continue |
| purines are more prone to getting gouty. In addition, | | | | taking the medicine for the rest of their lives to |
| some medications such as water pills can bring gout | | | | experience permanent effects. |
| as well. | | | | It is important to pay attention to what kinds of food |
| Some of the common signs of gout are sudden | | | | you eat in order to manage the condition. Eating |
| attacks of tenderness, redness, swelling and intense | | | | moderate amounts of healthy foods to control weight |
| pain in the big toe. It is also possible to experience | | | | is essential. Prevent eating too much seafood, meat |
| attacks in the ankle, foot and knees. These attacks | | | | and alcohol. It is also recommended to drink a lot of |
| usually last for a few days or several weeks and | | | | water and other fluids. |
| another attack may happen after months or even | | | | Resting the affected area for twenty-four hours can |
| years. It is necessary to see a doctor even you are | | | | ease the pain caused by the attack. In addition, you |
| no longer experiencing pains from gout because the | | | | need to control your weight and having a low-fat diet |
| uric acid buildup can still be harmful to the joints. | | | | can help. However, prevent fasting or diets that have |
| In order to diagnose the condition, the doctor asks | | | | very low calories because these diets tend to |
| questions regarding the symptoms and performs a | | | | increase the uric acid amount produced by the body. |
| physical examination. In addition, the doctor may take | | | | In the past, gouty arthritis was believed to be because |
| fluid samples from the joints to look for crystals | | | | of too much alcohol intake and eating too much rich |
| formed by uric acid. It is also required to do a blood | | | | foods. Though drinking alcohol and eating certain foods |
| test in order to measure the uric acid amount in the | | | | can trigger gout attacks, these factors may not be the |
| blood. | | | | major causes of gout. The condition is actually caused |
| To stop the attack of gout, the doctor can prescribe | | | | by an excessive production of uric acid in the blood. |
| corticosteroids or a large dose of one or more | | | | |