Gout attack is very painful, teach you to drink water to excrete uric acid and stay away from its torture
Gout, do you know this disease? According to statistics, the current number of gout patients in China has exceeded 78 million, showing a trend of increasing year by year, and gout is getting younger and younger, and many young people in their twenties and thirties are beginning to suffer from gout. Gout is a wealthy disease. It is caused by excessive intake of purines, resulting in the production of a large amount of uric acid. When it cannot be eliminated in time, uric acid crystals will be deposited on body tissues or joints, causing severe pain and joint deformation. Some people describe a gout attack as if the devil keeps biting your feet, and this metaphor makes people tremble.
If you have gout, drink plenty of water to help you get rid of uric acid
- Drink at least 2 000 ml of water every day: the real culprit of gout is high uric acid, and 80% of the uric acid in the body is excreted by the kidneys. So to stay away from gout is very simple, drink more water and urinate more. A normal person excretes about 1000-2000 ml of urine per day, and for gout patients, in order to excrete more uric acid than normal, they must excrete more urine than normal.
Generally speaking, the daily urine output of gout patients should reach more than 2000 ml. To this end, gout patients should ensure that the daily water intake is at least 2 000 ml, so that the addition of water in the diet can promote the excretion of excess uric acid in the body.
- Soda water can alkalize urine and make it easier to excrete uric acid: what kind of water gout patients drink also has a hidden mystery. Soda water contains sodium bicarbonate, which is alkaline due to the dissociated bicarbonate ions in the water, which helps patients with gout to alkalize urine and excrete uric acid. Studies have confirmed that if gout patients continue to drink weak alkaline water for half a month to a month, the concentration of uric acid in the blood will drop significantly, which can not only relieve pain, but also promote the discharge of tophi.
If you don't like to drink soda water, boiled water and light tea are all good choices. Drinking beverages is not recommended for gout patients, as it will increase the level of uric acid in the body and aggravate the condition.
- It is recommended to develop the habit of actively drinking water: if you suffer from gout, don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink water, wait until you are thirsty, and the uric acid in the concentrated state in the body will start to secretly spoil it. The effect of uric acid excretion is not ideal. The survey shows that 65.9% of people drink water only when they are thirsty, and only 5% of them have the good habit of drinking water regularly and quantitatively. Therefore, gout patients may wish to bring a water cup with them, and drink some water when they have something to do.
However, people with gout combined with severe cardiac insufficiency, severe renal insufficiency, and obvious edema should not drink more water.
In addition to drinking lots of water, we need to do
Limit high purine intake: Disorders of purine metabolism are the root cause of gout. Beer, seafood, barbecue, and hot pot all contain high levels of purines, which can easily cause gout attacks. Purines in acute gout should be limited to less than 150 mg.
Limit total heat energy: gout patients should control their body weight. The total daily heat energy should be reduced compared with normal people, but heat energy should be gradually reduced. Excessive weight loss will cause ketoacidosis, which will induce acute gout attacks. In severe cases, plant protein should be the main source of energy, and carbohydrates should be the main source of energy.
Promote blood circulation: You can often take a hot bath or soak your feet in hot water to promote blood circulation and increase uric acid excretion.