April 20 is the "National Concern About Gout Day", the human body's blood uric acid index exceeds 420, there is a risk of gout, so the "National Concern Gout Day" was set on April 20. Affected by lifestyle and diet structure, the number of gout patients in mainland China has increased year by year, and it has become the second largest metabolic disease after diabetes, and there has been a trend of rejuvenation. Why does gout entangle young people? How to prevent it? Let's listen to the experts.
Gout is a common metabolic disease, the most direct cause is the increase in uric acid levels in the body, the formation of urate crystals deposited in the human joints, kidneys and other organs, resulting in severe pain, redness and swelling of the joints in the hands and feet. According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of gout patients in the mainland has exceeded 80 million. In the past 15 years, the initial age of gout patients is 41.5 years old, and 70.3% of patients under 40 years old are new onset, and gout patients around 30 years old are very common.
Guo Feng, deputy director of the Rheumatology Department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told reporters that some of the young patients he met in the outpatient clinic were only seventeen or eighteen years old: "Now there are studies that find that the age of onset of gout in mainland China is an overall advance, basically between the ages of 25 and 45, that is, the incidence of young and middle-aged groups accounts for more than 55%. ”
To reduce the risk of gout, it is important to eat a reasonable diet. People with high uric acid should pay more attention to their diet structure. In addition to seafood and animal offal, foods containing high purines also include some common vegetables. Guo Feng introduced: "All kinds of beans, such as peas, cowpeas, soy products purine content is very rich. Inside the meat, the broth is the most careful not to drink. Some people say that I want to make up for the child, the child's school is more difficult, stew some chicken soup for him to eat. This nutrition is enough, but at the same time of nutrition, the child's purine intake is also significantly increased, which will bring him a certain burden. ”
In addition, doctors remind that gout patients should develop healthy living habits, stay up less, drink less alcohol, drink less sugary drinks, eat less meat, eat more vegetables and fruits, and drink more water.
(Source: Jiangsu Radio and Television Rong Media News Center/Zheng Wei Editor/Li Shi)