Presumably, gout patients will have the experience that gout is relatively more likely to occur in winter.
The reason why gout is easy to occur in winter is that the winter weather is cold, the patient's intake of water, and the excretion of urine and sweat will be relatively small, so that uric acid will accumulate in the body because it cannot be discharged in time, thus inducing gout to attack.
At this point, presumably many gout patients can't help but ask: "Then how can we avoid the frequent occurrence of gout in winter?" "In fact, if gout patients want to reduce the onset of disease in winter, they only need to adhere to the following 5 small habits.
Which 5 small habits can be adhered to to reduce the onset of gout in winter?
1. Strengthen the intake of water
Patients with gout should develop the habit of being able to drink water actively, and the daily water intake should not be less than 2000ml, especially the total daily urination of patients should be maintained at more than 2000ml.
The choice of water for patients with gout may be boiled water, soda or light tea, but alcoholic beverages should be absolutely prohibited, especially when the patient is in the acute onset of gout.
In addition, various sugary drinks should also be avoided, because too much sugar in the drink will inhibit uric acid excretion.
2, do a good job of keeping warm
For gout patients, if the body is suddenly stimulated by cold, it is easy to induce gout attacks, because in low temperature environments, urate will be more likely to crystallize.
Therefore, if gout patients want to reduce the onset of the disease in winter, they must do a good job of keeping warm, especially the joints.
In addition to keeping warm, most of the gout patients will be accompanied by obesity or overweight, and obesity will affect the body's metabolism of uric acid, so gout patients should not only strengthen the warmth in winter, but also actively control their weight.
3. Ensure a moderate amount of exercise
In the cold winter, many people like to hide at home to keep warm, so that people's exercise will be seriously reduced, the decline in exercise will not only have an impact on the body's immunity, but also lead to a slowdown in the body's metabolism.
However, gout is originally a metabolic disease, so the reduction of exercise is bound to affect the excretion of uric acid by the body, which will also increase the chance of gout attacks.
Therefore, even in the case of cold weather, gout patients should adhere to appropriate exercise to improve their metabolic function, so as to reduce the risk of gout attacks.
However, it should be noted that before exercising, you must do a good job of keeping warm, and the intensity of exercise should not be too intense, so as not to cause damage to bones and joints.
4. Strictly control their diet
When the weather is relatively cold, for eating this matter, in order to be able to better resist the cold, people will not only prefer to eat some foods with high calorie and fat content, but also prefer to eat foods such as hot pot.
Such a diet is nothing for healthy people, but it can only lead to worsening of the disease for gout patients, because these foods contain higher purines in addition to fats that affect uric acid metabolism.
Purine will form uric acid after being metabolized by the human body, and a large amount of uric acid accumulation in the body will induce gout attacks, so gout patients should strictly control their diet even in winter and avoid eating high-calorie, high-purine foods.
5. Rational use of drugs
It is well known that gout occurs because the blood uric acid in the patient is supersaturated, causing it to form urate crystals and deposit them in the joint area.
Therefore, if gout patients want to avoid gout attacks, they should actively control their own blood uric acid level, and promote the dissolution and excretion of urate crystals by taking uric acid-lowering drugs reasonably.
Through the above reading, I believe that everyone has a certain understanding of which 5 small habits should gout patients adhere to in the cold winter to effectively prevent gout attacks, including: strengthening water intake, doing a good job of keeping warm, ensuring moderate exercise, strictly controlling their diet and rationally using drugs for the treatment of gout.
In addition, it should be noted that if the patient is in the acute attack period, uric acid-lowering drugs should not be used directly, but should first be anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and then treated with uric acid-lowering drugs after the symptoms are completely relieved.