Who gets gout? People who love seafood, beer, or obese people with big bellies? Probably that's what most people think. Parents of 10-year-old children think it is growing pain [10-year-old children can actually get gout?] Experts: Many parents treat gout as growing pain. People who love seafood, beer, or obese people with big bellies? Probably that's what most people think. But recently, Wang Min, who lives in Chongqing's Yubei district, got a completely unexpected answer, and her 10-year-old son was diagnosed with hyperuricemia by doctors, "if not controlled in time, it may develop into gout." The son always said "foot pain" Mom thinks it's "growing pain" Does the child really have gout? In this regard, the upstream news reporter interviewed Professor Tang Xuemei, director of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University.
Professor Tang Xuemei said that children's high uric acid is not rare, hyperuricemia refers to blood uric acid levels higher than ordinary people, uric acid in the body can not be normal metabolism, if high uric acid can not be controlled in time, about 1/3 will develop gout. In 2021, the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of the Children's Hospital affiliated to The Heavy Medical University received nearly 100 cases of children with hyperuricemia.
Professor Tang Xuemei reminded that many parents mistakenly think that children will not get gout, so when children have joint pain, they will naturally think that it is "growth pain", and ignore the possibility of high uric acid, delay treatment, and bring pain to children. In fact, hyperuricemia, pain caused by gout, and growth pain are not the same. Growth pain mostly appears at night, and there will be no external manifestations such as joint redness and swelling, and gouty arthritis caused by hyperuricemia often causes children's joint redness and swelling pain, which is persistent, and parents should pay attention to checking whether the child's painful part is abnormal, and learn to distinguish. In addition, long-term high uric acid can also cause kidney damage. Upstream news
Source: Chongqing Morning Post
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