Due to the development of tophi in the wrong way, gout doctor Wang Wei helped alleviate his condition

Recently, Wuhan Tongpu Gout Hospital came a 55-year-old gout man, suffering from gout for 4 or 5 years, the man has never received formal treatment, should eat and drink, every gout attack is by taking painkillers to resist. When he came to the doctor, the man had grown tophi on his feet, the largest of which was 4-5 cm large. Wang Wei, the leader of Wuhan Tongpu Gout Hospital, said that gout stones are so large for 4 to 5 years that they are not common...

Wang Wei made a round of the group

　　After understanding, the man's surname is Huang, a Hubei Wuxue person, since the beginning of work, he has always been particularly fond of eating seafood, and he has to accompany some beer every time, and often eats continuously. Four years ago, Mr. Huang was diagnosed with gout at a local hospital due to redness, swelling, heat and pain in his left ankle. The doctor told him to change his eating habits and review them regularly.

　　However, after the onset of gout, Mr. Huang did not take the doctor's words to heart, he should eat and drink, and the beer and seafood were not wrong. For years afterward, his gout recurred, and each time it became heavier, but he never received systemic treatment.

　　Two years ago, Mr. Huang found that at the thumb of his right foot, a small bag was bulging! But even so, Mr. Huang still does not care, gout attacks still insist on standing firm at home, preferring to spend high-priced sea painkillers and refuse to treat them regularly. As a result, the tophi on Mr. Huang's feet has grown from a "small bag" to a "big stone", and there are also small tophis in other parts, which cannot move around normally when they are serious, which seriously affects daily life. Only then did Mr. Huang realize the seriousness of gout, so he looked for medical treatment everywhere.

　　In friends, I learned that Wuhan Tongpu Gout Hospital is a professional hospital specializing in the treatment of gout, and many patients with gout who are more serious than him have been cured here, so they immediately hung up and came to the hospital.

　　A series of test results by Mr. Huang showed that in addition to high blood pressure and high blood lipids, he also had high uric acid, and the upper limit of the normal value of uric acid was 420 μmol/L, but Mr. Huang's uric acid reached 720 μmol/L. Seeing such a patient, the leader of the Wang Wei group who received him was also very sad, if Mr. Huang had received formal treatment as soon as possible in the past 5 years and controlled his diet well, the condition would not have developed to such a serious extent.

For Mr. Huang's condition, Team Leader Wang Wei combined his examination results and specific symptoms to formulate a plan for treating gout from the source. After a period of treatment, Mr. Huang's symptoms improved significantly. Mr. Huang told us, "His tophi is gradually getting smaller, his legs are no longer painful, and the effect is more satisfactory." CT examination also showed that the largest tophi at the thumb joint of Mr. Huang's right foot was reduced by 2-3 cm.

　　After continuing treatment for a period of time, the examination found that Mr. Huang's various conditions improved, the symptoms disappeared, and the uric acid decreased, so The leader of the Wang group informed him to bring medicine home to consolidate treatment, during which Mr. Huang took the medicine on time and strictly controlled the diet, and finally at the end of December, Mr. Huang's CT review showed that the tophi on his feet disappeared by more than half!

Wang Wei, head of the gout research group at Wuhan Tongpu Gout Hospital, reminded patients: "Early tophi can be manifested without performance, but with the progression of the disease, tophi can be broken, and in severe cases, local skin infection, necrosis and sepsis appear. Tophi stones located in joints, bones, etc. erode the bones, resulting in persistent joint bone pain and limited mobility, resulting in severe damage to the physical function of the joint. The case fatality rate of cardiovascular disease in patients with gout will also increase significantly. "

Therefore, the formation of tophi not only affects the quality of life of patients, but also seriously threatens the lives of patients. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out standardized and effective treatment as soon as possible, and at the same time cooperate with long-term, healthy life interventions.