Gout-the disease more dangerous complications !

More modern society, quality of life is increasingly enhanced, following the spread of nhậu drunk, excessive use of healthy ... is the threat to our health every day. One of the main direct risk is gout.

Artwork: tophi gout in patients

Today, the ratio of people with gout in Vietnam increasingly tends to increase, they comprise from 2-4% of the patients on the joints, reached number 4 in the common joint diseases 15.

Gout does not cause acute mortality but causes painful bouts of terror. If the disease is not redundant, the proper and timely treatment, the arthritis will occur more often, longer and cause more serious complications. One of them was when gout, chronic phase will appear the seeds or Protuberance tophi.

Dr. Naik College, Hopkins said, the u.s. Bureau of from a few millimeters to several centimeters, often appeared in the ring joints, bone Spurs, elbow, next to the joints hurt, in the feet, hands, and wrists.May also appear in the vein, the vein; The circle or ovan. Through the layers of the skin are visible pale whitish urate crystals crystals within the County of tophi. Normally they do not hurt but just as unsightly. However, in acute inflammation, skin may be red or hot flow and white as chalk or water flowing out of gold leading to skin necrosis is very dangerous.

Gout progresses gradually in 10-20 years. To the last phase, the patient lost motor skills due to proliferation, there are many complications in the kidney, such as kidney stones and kidney failure is the more dangerous, the gradual depletion and can lead to death.

To prevent and limit the development of gout, the patient should abstain absolutely alcohol and stimulants. Limit the use of beer and other proteins such as red meat, covered with by-products of animals and seafood. Should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, drink at least 2 liters of water a day, particularly should drink mineral water containing bicarbonate (chocolate sauce). In addition, the need to avoid overwork and excessive eating, do not let the body suddenly caught a cold when the season ...