People who have never experienced "gout" may find it difficult to imagine that they have "gout" when they have the first attack. They only feel a sudden sharp pain in their feet or toes and begin to feel edema. It was so painful that I couldn't walk or exert force at all. Gout attacks are not just caused by hot pot

Although a gout attack is really painful and life-threatening, the first gout attack may hurt for a few hours, but the pain is gone because the body has finally metabolized the uric acid. , making people think that this is just a symptom of edema in the lower limbs, or a symptom of bumping the foot at some point.

However, as long as "gout" attacks once, there will be a second and third time. Most people think that their metabolic function is good and they are not prone to gout. But in fact, in the past 20 years, gout attacks have occurred at the age of 20. The proportion has soared from 8 to 25, which means that 1 in 4 gout patients is a 20-year-old young man. You may have already had an attack, but you didn't realize that you have gout, and you continue to eat foods that can induce gout, or you may not pay attention to avoiding gout. Image source: freepik

Symptoms of gout attack

1. Sudden onset of "severe joint pain".

2. The location of pain is mostly in the "lower limbs", and it is more than one place, such as the big toe, ankle, knee, or it occurs together with the elbow and wrist.

3. Sudden severe pain usually occurs in the middle of the night or early in the morning. The joints suddenly become red, swollen, hot and painful, and you may even be unable to exert force or walk. 5 high-risk factors that cause gout

1. Love to drink sugary drinks

And the "sugary drinks" that everyone does not expect are actually the main cause of "gout youth". Yang Mengru, chairman of the Taiwan Primary Dialysis Association, said that when the fructose in sugar-sweetened drinks is metabolized, it will produce a by-product "adenine", which will then turn into uric acid, and finally evolve into gout. According to research, people who drink 1 to 2 cups of sugary drinks a day have an 85% greater risk of hyperuricemia than those who drink less than once a month. Image source: iStock

"I have a doctor friend who is a gout patient and dare not eat meat. However, he eats fruit every day and still suffers from pain every day. The main reason is because there is a lot of fructose in the fruit." Yang Mengru said. .

In addition to sugary drinks and fruits, honey also contains a large amount of fructose, not to mention high-sugar foods such as cakes, biscuits, and desserts. If you want to stay away from gout, it is better to eat less. .

2. Eat hot pot

Because the soup base of hot pot is usually cooked with large bones, chicken, fish heads, kelp, etc., all of which are high-quality, and the body is not healthy. Foods that are easy to metabolize, so even if the hot pot ingredients avoid seafood and choose vegetables and other relatively low-purine foods, you will still ingest too much purine.

But in fact, research in recent years has increasingly found that gout is not caused simply by eating high-quality foods, but whether these foods interfere with our metabolic system. For example, seafood is a highly toxic food, which can interfere with metabolism and easily cause gout. However, soybean products are also highly toxic, but do not interfere with the metabolic system, so they are less likely to cause gout.

Foods that are currently confirmed to cause gout attacks, such as offal, alcohol, and seafood, must not be eaten. Eat less dried mushrooms and dried seaweed. Bean products should be eaten only if you feel uncomfortable after eating them, or if you are suffering from diarrhea. Don't eat it when you have a gout attack, but you can still eat it normally; so if you want to eat hot pot, you can, choose clear soup or tomato as the soup base, and eat more vegetables and tofu to avoid the risk of gout. Image source: iStock

3. Cold weather

Cold weather is also the reason why gout is easily induced. It is not just because the weather is cold that people like to eat hot pot more. It is because the weather is cold. During the period, the body temperature of the extremities drops, which slows down the body's metabolism and makes it easier for uric acid to turn into crystals.

Especially when the temperature difference between day and night is large, when it is cold or hot, the body has no time to adjust the metabolic rate, so uric acid is easy to accumulate. After accumulation, it cannot be metabolized, and it will turn into pieces of crystal. "Stones" cause gout. Therefore, when the temperature difference is large, special attention must be paid to keeping fingers, toes, knees, shoulders and other joints warm. Image source: freepik

4. Love to drink

Alcohol is not actually a gout food, but it is a factor that can easily cause gout. Because when drinking alcohol, a lot of lactic acid is produced, and both lactic acid and uric acid need to be metabolized, but there is only one channel, and lactic acid takes up the place of metabolism. Uric acid cannot be metabolized, which naturally causes gout.

5. Drinking too little water

Drinking too little water and always drinking tea and coffee is a common problem among modern people. Especially now that the temperature has dropped, many people don’t like to drink water. However, uric acid is excreted through urine. If you don’t drink water, your urine will become thicker and your urine output will decrease, which will naturally lead to gout. Even in winter, it is better to drink 1800 to 2200 water a day.

Therefore, if you want to avoid gout, it is best to drink more water every day, keep warm, eat less sugar, and drink less alcohol. You should choose healthy ingredients for hot pot so that you will not be immobilized by gout.