With the continuous improvement of living standards on the mainland in recent years, the incidence of gout is also increasing rapidly at a rate of 9.7% per year, and the total number of patients has reached nearly 80 million.
It has gone from a rare disease to a high-incidence, common joint disease. So the question is, what are the reasons behind gout attacks?
First, gout is a crystal-associated joint disease whose appearance is associated with a condition called hyperuricemia. When the uric acid production or metabolism in the patient's body is out of balance, it will lead to a large amount of uric acid accumulating in the body, and then develop hyperuricemia. Patients at this stage basically do not have any typical symptoms.
Next, these uric acids that accumulate in the blood precipitate a special crystalline substance, which is clinically called monosodium urate crystals. They accumulate at the patient's joints, and the more the skin covers weak areas, the easier it is to deposit this crystal. When it accumulates to a certain extent, it will cause irritation and pro-inflammatory reactions to the joints, leading to the onset of acute gout.
Tracing the causes of hyperuricemia and gout involves many aspects, including age growth, ethnicity, genetics, weight, acquired unhealthy diet and living habits. The key thing to mention here is diet, if you don't want to let gout find yourself in the future, it is necessary to maintain the following two good eating habits:
1. Stay away from homopurines
Uric acid is actually the terminal product of human purine metabolism, and the source of human purine has two main aspects, the first is the purine substance produced inside the body, and the second is the high purine intake through food.
In life, there are many foods that belong to the type of high purines, such as all kinds of red meat, animal offal, seafood, soy products, fructose processed snacks, etc., which are typical of the high purine class. Long-term large intake of such foods will promote uric acid synthesis, inhibit uric acid excretion, and then develop hyperuricemia;
2. Maintain a light diet
In addition to high-purine foods, high-calorie, high-sugar, high-fat foods, everyone should also reduce their consumption in daily life. Because this kind of food is the murderer behind the promotion of obesity and metabolic disorders. There are relevant data that obesity is a high risk factor for gout, which increases the risk of gout attacks, and the age of gout onset in such people is relatively early.
In addition, high blood lipids and insulin resistance caused by obesity can also inhibit uric acid metabolism through a variety of mechanisms. Therefore, everyone should maintain a light, regular, nutritionally balanced eating pattern in daily life to avoid excessive calorie intake.
In addition to the above two points, if you want to prevent gout in an all-round way, you must start from many aspects, such as actively controlling weight gain, cooperating with effective sports, and maintaining adequate sleep.
In addition, if hyperuricemia has occurred and acute gout has been combined, while adjusting life, patients should also choose medication according to doctor's recommendations to avoid repeated attacks of gout.