When it comes to the word gout, the first thing that comes to mind is that the joint pain is unbearable. Yes, the most typical symptom of an acute gout attack is that the patient's small joints will appear red, swollen, and intense and unbearable heat and pain.
Even a strong young, middle-aged man can't resist the pain of gout, which is the most intense of all types of arthritis.
According to the current clinical data, the emergence of gout is mainly related to hyperuricemia, which is the basis for the onset of gout.
The damage caused by gout is not just acute joint pain.
If long-term blood uric acid levels are not effectively controlled, gout recurs, and the following hazards will also find patients:
1. Urinary system stones: as mentioned above, the basis of gout onset is actually excessive blood uric acid levels.
Under normal circumstances, the newly generated uric acid and metabolic uric acid in a person's body show a dynamic equilibrium relationship every day, and the organ that metabolizes uric acid is actually the kidney.
When the blood uric acid level exceeds the standard, the uric acid content in the original urine is more, and they precipitate crystals and accumulate in the kidneys, which may develop into urinary system stones over time;
2. Acute obstructive nephropathy: If the patient with gout has not been able to control the level of blood uric acid, the uric acid value in the body exceeds the standard, which will not only cause repeated attacks of gout and urinary stones, but also may lead to the sudden outbreak of obstructive nephropathy.
Because uric acid precipitates crystalline substances, uric acid crystals tend to cause extensive obstruction.
At this time, even if the patient takes drugs that reduce uric acid, the blood uric acid level will not decrease in a short period of time, and even cause acute renal parenchymal or renal interstitial damage;
3. Gout kidney: The full name of this disease in the clinic is gout nephropathy, which refers to the kidney damage caused by hyperuricemia, and its clinical manifestations include uric acid stones, proteinuria, edema, increased number of nocturia and hypertension.
Relevant data surveys show that 85% of the disease is found in middle-aged and elderly people, especially gout patients who are obese, like to eat meat and like to drink alcohol are more likely to appear.
If it is allowed to develop, problems such as renal insufficiency and kidney failure may also occur in the later stage;
4. Tophi: In the process of the development of gout patients, each joint may appear a small nodule that is hard as a stone, and this change is clinically called tophi and gout nodule.
This is the case because sodium urate crystals are easily deposited in soft tissues, and excessive deposition can cause chronic inflammation, fibrous tissue hyperplasia, and eventually the formation of nodules.
Not only will it appear on the joints, but the patient may also have tophi in the ear chakras, nasal cartilage, tongue, and even the aorta;
5, joint deformities: tophi is only a stage of gout development, then the formation of tophi more and more, in all parts of the body, especially the formation of tophi in the limb joints, not only will seriously affect the shape of the limbs.
At the same time, it may also invade the patient's bone, resulting in severe bone damage, followed by bone or joint deformities, dysfunction, nerve compression, skin ulcers and other problems, in severe cases, the patient even needs to undergo surgery;
6. Complications: relevant research and investigation show that there is a certain correlation between gout and obesity.
It can be a standalone disorder or may be a combination of other problems, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and so on.
And the disease of hyperuricemia itself is also closely related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and the longer the disease, the higher the risk of future disease.
From the above content, it is not difficult to see that gout is indeed a disease that seriously endangers the health of residents, and its various hazards cannot be ignored.
Therefore, as long as the diagnosis is as long as gout is diagnosed, it is necessary to cooperate with the doctor to carry out related treatment, especially to pay attention to life and dietary adjustments, so as to restore the blood uric acid level to a normal state and reduce the chance of repeated attacks of gout in the later stage.