Red and swollen joints can't move. It's harmful to drink too much coffee and tea.

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Uncle Huang is a 60-year-old retired teacher. Because of his long-term love of viscera, strong tea, coffee and other irritating food, one day suddenly his fingers and ankles were red and swollen, and his legs were so weak that he could not walk. After seeing a doctor, he found an acute gout attack. After drawing blood, Uncle Huang found that the value of uric acid in his blood was even higher than that of 13mg/dl (the standard value is below 7mg/dl).

▲ 's joints are red and swollen. It's harmful to drink too much coffee and strong tea.

Primary gout is prone to obesity and heavy drinkers.

Gout is closely related to diet, work and rest, and genetic constitution. Qin Qiaohui, a nurse at Taoyuan Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, points out that primary gout is more common in obese people, heavy drinkers, patients with a family history of gout or hypertension. Complications are accompanied by hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease, which are hereditary diseases.

Remember to pay attention to 5 points in your daily diet to prevent gout.

Secondary gout can be caused by inflammation and pain caused by kidney disease, hematopathy, drugs, diet, habits and other reasons; clinical common small joints, such as fingers, toes where red and swollen, blood can be found in serum uric acid value increased, clinical common complication is hyperuricemia, easy to cause gout acute arthritis leading to recurrent attacks, gout deposition, gout chronic arthritis and joint deformities. Qin Qiaohui, a nurse, called on people to pay attention to the following five points in their daily diet to prevent gout:

1) reduce the intake of such foods /

Consume a small amount of food with high Purin content, such as animal offal, poultry meat and cauliflower, spinach, beans, asparagus, mushrooms and so on.

2) excessive restriction of protein content / protein intake in diet can enhance the formation of uric acid. Control at no more than 1 gram of protein per kilogram of body weight per day.

3) increase vitamin B1 and C /

Large amounts of vitamin B1 and C can promote the dissolution of urates deposited in the tissue.

4) Food with more alkali and less acid /

Eat less or avoid acidic food, such as vinegar, red bayberry, etc., so that uric acid is easy to crystallize and precipitate in acidic environment and easy to dissolve in alkaline environment.

5) eat less irritating food and drink more water /

Avoid alcohol, strong tea and coffee that excite the nervous system. Vinegar, spring onions, ginger, garlic and other spicy condiments should be limited. Daily intake of about 2000-3000 ml of water is recommended to dilute the concentration of uric acid in the blood and increase the excretion of urate.

Qin Qiaohui, a nurse, called on people with a family history not to panic. Although they have a family history, they can correctly understand the relevant contents of gout and pay attention to diet prevention, so that they can avoid suffering from disease and enjoy a normal and happy life.