What is a disease like gout? Very painful arthritis caused by the deposition of sodium urate crystals in the joint. It accounts for about 5% of all arthritis.

In some people, the accumulation of uric acid is abnormally high, and as a result, its sodium salt (urate) can form a needle crystalline deposit in the joints, causing them to become inflamed. This is called gout.

The amount of uric acid in the blood can increase with age, with a high-protein diet, obesity, excess lipids in the blood, as well as with diseases such as coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension.

Gout is rare before puberty, when uric acid levels begin to rise. Men are about 10 times more likely to have this type of arthritis than women. The diagnosis is most often made in men 40-50 years old. Women get sick mostly after menopause.

A gout attack is sometimes triggered by overeating certain foods, drinking excessively, taking certain medications, especially.

The destruction of cells in the treatment of cancer, starvation, minor joint injury can lead to the disease.

Gout is often transmitted through generations, there is a genetic predisposition - a hereditary violation of the mechanism of the breakdown of nucleic acids to uric acid.

Symptoms

Gout is characterized by attacks that alternate with long, asymptomatic periods. Unbearable pain often occurs at night, the affected joint is very swollen, the skin around it turns red.

In 75 out of 100 cases, the base of the big toe becomes inflamed. Gout also occurs in the elbow, knee, and wrist joints.

At the onset of the disease, the acute phase usually resolves in a few days, but in most patients the attacks become more frequent and prolonged over time. In about 60% of cases, there are at least two of them annually.

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Without treatment, the acute form can progress to chronic nodular disease. With it, urate crystals lead to the formation of small whitish seals (gouty nodes) in the joint itself, as well as in the skin. They are most noticeable on the fingers and earlobes. At the same time, aching pain rarely subsides and acute periodically worsens.

The most common consequences of untreated gout: ischemia, osteoporosis.

Diet: what not and what to eat with gout

The most important thing in home treatment for gout is rethinking the menu. If you drink more water and less alcohol, the risk of crystallization of urate in the joints is reduced, and their excretion in the urine increases.

You should also strive for a normal body weight, because being overweight almost doubles the risk of developing gout.

It is also helpful to reduce your intake of purine-rich foods. Purines break down to uric acid, increasing blood levels. By reducing their intake, you can reduce the frequency and duration of gouty attacks.

The table shows foods with high and medium purines:

An addiction to them can significantly increase the body's production of uric acid. It is also worth significantly reducing the intake of salt and animal fats, replacing them with vegetable ones in moderation. Fermented milk products and raw vegetables and fruits are very useful for gout.

Folk remedies

There are many folk remedies for gout, proven by generations.

Baths for gout

  1. Baths from a decoction of chamomile, with table salt (200 g - per 10 liters of water) and juice of a golden mustache - 6 tsp are very useful. Apply 4 times a week for foot baths;
  2. A hay bath will help with gout. Take hay dust - 1 kg. Pour a bucket of boiling water over it and boil for half an hour. Insist for 20 minutes, pour the strained solution into the bathroom with water;
  3. Sage foot bath. Take 100 g of sage herb, brew with 6 liters of boiling water. Boil for a quarter of an hour. Cool to 38 degrees. Soar sore joints for half an hour at night. Do 25-30 procedures.

Compresses for gout

Decoctions and infusions

  1. 1 tbsp steamed crushed birch leaves with two glasses of boiling water, stand for 6 hours. Drink half a glass for gout 2-3 times a day;
  2. Take equal shares of black currant leaves, lingonberry and mint, 3 tbsp. steam the mixture with boiling water overnight. Strain in the morning, use the broth 150 g several times a day before meals;
  3. Peel 2 small heads of garlic, cut in half. Choose seeds from three large lemons, scroll through a meat grinder. Finely chop the garlic with a knife, combine with lemon mass, pour the mixture with 2 liters of boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes, leave for 3 days, drain. Consume a mixture of 1 tbsp. l. twice a day after meals.

Ointments, rubbing, pastes in the fight against gout

Traditional treatment

In case of gout attacks, it is necessary to go to a rheumatologist who will prescribe an appropriate medication course of treatment.

To relieve pain and relieve inflammation, the following drugs are used:

  • Diclofenac;
  • Ketoprofen;
  • Indomethacin;
  • Nimesulide;
  • Celecoxib;
  • Meloxicam;
  • Ibuprofen;
  • Butadiene.

For frequent relapses and severe symptoms, your doctor may prescribe drugs to reduce uric acid levels:

  • Allopurinol;
  • Anturan;
  • Allomaron.

They can be taken at least a month after the attack and must be combined with non-steroidal drugs in the first weeks of treatment. In order to relieve gout attacks, compresses with a 50% solution of Dimexidum can be used.

Prevention and complications of the disease

Prevention of gout is about eliminating risk factors. Her attacks are often triggered by certain foods (mainly meat and fish), excess alcohol, dehydration, and certain medications.

Gout, which lasts for many years, promotes the formation of crystals in the tissues around the joints and under the skin. As a result of joint damage from the inside, it becomes difficult to do the most common movements.

If gout is left untreated, the disease becomes chronic. As it progresses, this type of arthritis can destroy cartilage and bones. A person loses his ability to work, and the ability to move, which as a result leads to disability.

Many diseases develop:

  1. Gouty arthritis - acid and salt deposits are observed in the blood and joints. This leads to an inflammatory process and severe pain, deformation of the foot, which sometimes makes walking very difficult;
  2. Deformity of the big toe. It is developing rapidly. The joint swells and becomes very painful, especially to the touch and during movements that are difficult due to its stiffness. The skin in this place usually turns red and the pain becomes worse, and the body temperature may rise. If this disease is not prevented, it will develop into polyarthritis;
  3. Kidney stones are one of the most common complications of gout. And urolithiasis can be fatal. Almost all patients have renal impairment.

Conclusion

Thus, the treatment of such an insidious ailment as gout at home is, first of all, to reduce the content of uric acid in the blood, which is achieved primarily by proper nutrition, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, using various compresses, ointments and infusions.

It is important to remember that a sedentary, inactive, sedentary lifestyle interferes with a successful cure for gout.

Treatment with folk remedies for this disease must necessarily be supplemented by long walks and feasible physical activity.

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    2018-11-17T21: 39: 34 + 00: 00

    I, too, am tormented by this disease in the evening I can not stand from the pain, I have tried a lot of everything, but almost nothing helps. Recently started using arthropant on the advice of a colleague. The pain has become less, only I hope for him that he will completely stop hurting.

    2018-09-22T15: 24: 02 + 00: 00

    Mom has gout, and for a very long time. It walks only on the heel, because it is simply unrealistic to step on your foot because of the pain. What they did, what they did not heal. Some kind of vicious circle, nothing helps. Recently, a colleague said that Sustalife helped her with gout, so I bought it for my mother. He has been drinking for the third week, it has really become easier. at least the pain that was gone

Gout- systemic topical disease, characterized by the deposition of crystals of sodium monourate (MUN) in various tissues.

Clinical characteristics of gouty arthritis:

  • Acute onset is more common at night or early morning hours.
  • Monoarthritis.
  • The rate of increase and severity of signs of inflammation (pain, swelling, flushing of the skin in the joint area).
  • Duration from 1 to 10 days.
  • Reversibility of acute inflammatory joint lesions and the absence of symptoms between attacks prior to the development of chronic arthritis.
  • Favorite localization of the affected joints: I metatarsophalangeal (first attack in 90% of patients), joints of the metatarsus, ankle, knee; in later stages - elbow, small joints of the hands.
  • Factors provoking arthritis: overeating, alcohol, exacerbation of concomitant diseases, trauma, hypothermia, surgery, drugs (diuretics ...).

For the treatment of this disease, appropriate medications are traditionally used: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, pain relievers, etc. Along with this, to achieve the desired result more quickly and increase the effectiveness of traditional treatment, you can resort to using folk recipes at home.

Important! Traditional recipes are exclusively an addition to traditional treatment, but not a replacement for such. Before using any non-traditional means, be sure to consult with your doctor about the possibility, safety and, in general, the appropriateness of using them.

Gout is prone to sudden onset. Exacerbation of the disease under study is accompanied by sharp and severe pain in the affected joints. At this stage, you need to be able to provide first aid.

First, we give the diseased limbs absolute rest. Hands and / or feet, in this case, should lie on some elevation, for example, a pillow or a blanket rolled into a roller.

Secondly, to eliminate sharp pain, we apply an ice pack to the affected area: hold for 20 minutes, rest for 20 minutes - repeat until the pain subsides.

Having eliminated the sharp pain, we apply heat. The simplest option is as follows: heat a sufficient amount of salt in a pan, pour it onto a thick cloth, fold it into a bag and apply it to the area of ​​concern. You can also use a ready-made bag of suitable size, if available.

Thirdly, with gout, it is recommended to drink plenty of fluids - salt deposits and other harmful substances will be flushed out of the body faster. Depending on the complexion of the patient, 2-3.5 liters of liquid should be drunk per day, for example, fresh milk, various jelly, compotes, etc.

Of the auxiliary medications (and the best effect is observed precisely with a competent integrated approach), compresses with a 50% dimexide solution can be recommended. The drug reduces the severity of painful sensations and signs of inflammatory processes.

The use of medicinal plants

Today, a great variety of folk recipes are known based on a variety of medicinal plants. Here are the most popular and effective ones.

We buy at the pharmacy. Cooking in the sequence below:

  • add about 100 g of the mentioned plant to 5-6 liters of pure water;
  • put on medium heat;
  • wait until it boils;
  • reduce heat and let it boil for 10 minutes;
  • cool to a temperature that does not burn the skin and does not cause discomfort to the patient.

In the prepared broth, steam hands / feet for 30-60 minutes. We repeat it daily for 30-60 days. The procedures contribute to the resorption of cones, reduce pain and generally improve the patient's condition.

After steaming, put on warm gloves / socks and stay in bed. It is most convenient to carry out such procedures before bedtime.

We buy as natural as possible and, which is very important, unsalted butter. Melt 200-300 g of the product over the fire, after placing the butter in a suitable dish. Bring to a boil. We remove the appeared film.

We add a similar volume of alcohol to the oil (a pharmacy medical one is suitable, but it is better to use wine alcohol if possible).


We set fire to the mixture. Let the alcohol burn out. The resulting product is cooled to an acceptable temperature and rubbed into disturbing places. At the same time, we ourselves are next to a fireplace, stove or other source of heat.

After rubbing in, we go to a warm bed. We repeat daily until relief occurs.

Pharmacy chamomile and elderberry

We take the same amount of the mentioned components, mix and pour boiling water (about 1-2 liters per 100-200 g of the mixture). We send it to the fire and let it boil. Remove from heat, filter and cool to patient-tolerable temperature. Pour the strained broth into the cloth pads. We apply the filled pads to the disturbing areas and fix in any suitable way, for example, we tie them with rag belts.

A similar recipe can be used for pains of a different nature, for example, headaches, dental pains, lumbar pains, etc.

The recipe is extremely simple: we use fresh berries as food. This healing product helps to fight metabolic disorders, helps to eliminate signs of rheumatism, gout and other diseases of a similar nature.

Can be collected in the yard, can be purchased at the pharmacy. Fill a couple of large spoons of flowers with a tekkushka vodka. We leave in some dark place for 5-7 days. Shake the container with the preparation infusion a couple of times a day. We use before meals (but no more than 3-4 times a day) 50 drops of the finished tincture.

Important! The prescription is contraindicated in patients with alcohol intolerance and / or a tendency to alcohol dependence.

Pour a couple of large spoons of the sequence with half a liter of fresh boiling water (you can take a larger number of components, observing the specified proportion). Let it brew for 15-20 minutes. Cover the dishes with the infusion with a saucer, preferably a porcelain one.

We filter the finished infusion and drink like tea. The dosage has not been established. We drink every day.

Important! A properly prepared infusion has a golden color. It is pointless to drink a liquid of turbid green and other shades - firstly, it is not particularly tasty, and secondly, the use of the "wrong" tincture will not give any significant clinical effect.

We use leaves. Add half a small spoonful of the mentioned herbal ingredient to a glass of pre-cooled boiled water. We leave for an hour and a half and filter. We drink a third of a glass of strained infusion before meals.

We use a pharmacy powder prepared from the specified plant. We will make an ointment. The recipe is as follows:

  • we take a large spoonful of powder;
  • thoroughly grind the powder with the same amount of fresh butter (lard can be used instead of butter, but it must be unsalted);
  • apply to painful areas twice a day.

Fresh fruits help to reduce the production of uric acid. Therefore, firstly, we use them fresh. Secondly, we prepare infusions and decoctions from them.

We use the following recipe:


We drink the finished infusion, like tea throughout the day.

Barberry

Pour 50 g of barberry bark with a glass of 70-degree medical alcohol. We leave for a week in a dark place. We drink 30 drops of this tincture before meals.

The tool helps to get rid of salt deposits and reduce the severity of the manifestations of gout.

The use of mustard in the fight against gout

Common mustard seed powder has a good clinical effect in the fight against the manifestations of gout. There are several recipes.

  1. We take 2 shares of the roots of steel and elecampane.

    Add to them 1 share of hernia herb and mustard seed powder.

    Mix and add 1.5 lobes of the quarry thigh root.

    Pour about 100 g of the resulting mixture with 2.5 glasses of water and send over medium heat. Let it boil for 10-12 minutes. Remove from heat, leave for 4 hours, then filter and use one large spoon before eating.

  2. Mix 100 g of flax seeds with 40 g of dioecious nettle leaves and the same amount of drooping birch leaves.

    Add 20 g of mustard powder and a similar amount of wild strawberry leaves to the mixture.

    Pour a large spoonful of the resulting mixture with one glass of boiling water. We send to a dark place for a couple of hours. We use the filtered solution inside. The recommended amount is up to 2 glasses per day.

  3. Delicious recipe with rose hips.

    We mix its fruits and root in equal shares. Add the same amount of the following herbs: motherwort, St. John's wort, horsetail, tricolor violet.

    Add a similar amount of mustard powder to the finished mixture. Pour a large spoonful of the mixture with a glass of clean water. We send to low fire. Bring to a boil, then boil, stirring, for 10 minutes, and then remove from heat, let cool and filter. We take inside 50 ml of infusion up to 7-8 times throughout the day.

Wine as medicine

Wine-based folk recipes contribute, firstly, to a decrease in the production of uric acid salts (namely, these are one of the main reasons for the development of characteristic symptoms of gout), and secondly, to a more rapid removal of pathological deposits from the body.

There are several recipes, as before.

  1. Warm up slightly about 40-50 ml of natural red wine. Consumed internally 15 minutes before meals. The duration of such treatment is 1 month.
  2. Squeeze out the juice of a grapefruit and a medium orange.

    Mix with 50 ml of red wine. We leave for 15 minutes. The finished medicine is taken orally in an amount of 30-40 ml before meals. The duration of therapy is a week.

  3. We take fortified wine and natural butter in equal parts.

    It is important that the latter is unsalted. Melt it over low heat. After bringing to a boil, remove the foam / film from the melted product and add wine. We are waiting for the alcohol to burn out. Let it cool to an acceptable temperature. We use it for rubbing into the affected parts of the body. We repeat at least twice a day for 2 weeks.

  4. About 300 g of the herb called Turkestan mandrake pour 0.5 l of fortified wine.

    The mixture should be in a glass container. We send her to any dark place for a week. We use it to rub the affected joints before going to bed. We repeat it daily for 2.5-3 weeks.

Auxiliary tinctures

We offer proven and effective tinctures to help you cope with the manifestations of gout faster and more efficiently. Information on suitable products is shown in the table.

Table. Tinctures for gout

IngredientsRecipes

Grind the hawthorn berries. We take about 40 g of the resulting mass and fill it with a glass of vodka. We leave for 3 days, and then we filter.

The regimen is as follows: a spoonful of tincture an hour before meals or two hours after a meal. Drink the tincture with boiled water.

Dilute half a glass of natural honey in 0.5 liters of vodka. Place a homogeneous mixture in a glass dish, cover with a lid and send it to any dark, cool place for a week. We consume a third of a glass daily for 5-7 days.

Melt unsalted butter on a fire. Let it boil, remove the foam, and then add the same volume of vodka. We light the mixture. We are waiting for the alcohol to boil off. Let cool the mixture. We use it for rubbing into the affected parts of the body.

The healing power of sea salt

The proposed ingredient is an easy-to-use, but no less highly effective assistant in the fight against the manifestations of gout. Several recipes are offered to your attention.

  1. Mix equal parts flour and chopped sea salt. Add enough water to the mixture to form a rather steep dough.


    Roll out the dough into a strip and wrap the resulting device around the affected part of the body. We close the strip with plastic wrap and wrap it with a scarf. We keep the compress until it cools. We repeat every day until the pain disappears.

  2. We mix 6 large tablespoons of sea salt (the substance must first be crushed) with half a glass of powdered activated carbon.

    Add 3 large tablespoons of flaxseed powder to the mixture. Additionally, add a little warm water. The amount of the latter should be such that the output is a paste of medium thickness. We put the paste on the disturbing parts of the body, wrap it in polyethylene and a thick cloth, and go to bed. We repeat every day at night until the painful sensations disappear. We hold the compress directly until the morning.

  3. We mix a share of chamomile with two shares of sea salt.

    Stir the mixture in 10 parts of water. We send to low fire. We keep it for about half an hour. We filter the broth. We use for the preparation of trays.

    On average, noticeable relief is felt after 10-11 procedures. Then you need to rest for 5-7 days, after which, if necessary, you can resume the course.

Nutrition for gout

One of the main provoking factors that greatly increase the risk of gout is an unhealthy diet containing a large amount of meat, alcohol, caffeine and other products that disrupt the course of internal metabolic processes and the deposition of various salts.

Regardless of whether the treatment is traditional or folk, in parallel with the main therapy, the patient must follow a diet. About her in the table.

Table. Features of the diet for gout

It is strongly recommended to refrain from eating soy, various spices, lard, legumes, mushrooms.

Drink should be plentiful and healthy. Mineral water, homemade compotes and jelly are well suited. You should refrain from sugary carbonated drinks and unnatural juices.

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Due to impaired renal function in the blood, the concentration of uric acid salts - urates may increase. The consequence of this process can be various diseases, more often - arthritis, which are associated with the deposition of salts on the joints. Recurrent arthritis, the formation of painful nodes on the joints are vivid symptoms of a disease such as gout - treatment at home for which is possible with the use of folk remedies and medication.

What is gout

A disease associated with metabolic disorders and the accumulation of sodium urate crystals in the tissues of the body is gout. The most striking symptom of gout is an attack of arthritis. Uric acid accumulates around the joints in the form of crystals, and the immune system reacts to them like a foreign body and initiates an acute inflammatory process. There is severe pain in the damaged joint, redness of the skin around the lump (tofus) formed on the joint. The body temperature during an attack can rise to 39-40 degrees. Joints are more likely to suffer from gout:

  • fingers;
  • toes;
  • knee;
  • ankle.

Causes

The main reason for the development of this disease is a persistent high level of uric acid in the blood. This condition develops due to:

  • kidney problems (eg, kidney failure);
  • the use of products with which purine bases enter the body in large quantities - red meat, chocolate, alcohol, coffee, cocoa, some varieties of fish;
  • increased synthesis of urates while reducing the ability of their excretion from the body (for example, with alcohol abuse);
  • hereditary predisposition, which is not fully understood.

Based on their reasons for the appearance of gout, people can be at risk:

  1. after forty years, more often men;
  2. having kidney problems;
  3. with metabolic disorders or obesity;
  4. alcohol abusers, foods that are rich in purine bases.

How to treat

Many who identify acute symptoms of this disease are wondering how to treat gout at home. At the first detection of the disease, treatment is carried out necessarily in stationary conditions under the supervision of a doctor. After hospitalization, treatment at home is possible. With an exacerbation of an already existing ailment, before curing gout at home, the patient is also under the supervision of a doctor at a hospital. This is necessary in order to control the level of urate in the patient's urine, to see the dynamics, the response to treatment, which involves:

  • taking anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, which are prescribed to relieve acute symptoms;
  • taking drugs that suppress the synthesis of uric acid;
  • adherence to a diet that is rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals.

Treating gout at home

It is dangerous to fight gout on your own, since an incorrectly selected treatment regimen may not only fail to help, but also lead to irreparable consequences. Some drugs that are prescribed to reduce urate synthesis can lead to severe side effects if taken uncontrolled. It is possible to treat gout with folk remedies at home - in cases where the patient was treated under the supervision of a doctor, the disease is not in an aggravated form, and the attending physician approves the folk methods that the patient uses. It can be:

  • compresses;
  • salt baths;
  • infusions of medicinal herbs;
  • special therapeutic massage.

Medication

Anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics help to fight an acute attack of gouty arthritis at home. To relieve inflammation, they are often prescribed:

  • non-steroidal anti-inflammatory - Indomethacin, Nimulide, Ibuprofen;
  • Colchicine is a drug, the active substance of which is a mutagen, which is able to stop acute manifestations of gout.

If non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, colchicine, analgesics do not help, then corticosteroids are prescribed. If the kidneys lose the ability to remove a large amount of urate during an exacerbation of gouty disease, drugs are prescribed that disrupt the synthesis of uric acid and help remove its excess from the body:

  • Allopurinol;
  • Purinol;
  • Fulllex tablets;
  • Benzobromarone;
  • Etamide;
  • Sulfinpyrazone.

Ointments with anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous and antioxidant effects help to deform tofuses, to remove urates from the body. It is possible to use in the chronic course of the disease for treatment at home and during remission of inflammation:

  • Butadion, Diclofenac - anti-inflammatory;
  • Voltaren, Troxevasin - with a decongestant, antioxidant effect.

Massage

Therapeutic exercises and massage are used to prevent exacerbations of chronic gout. During the period of exacerbation and with pain syndrome, massage cannot be performed. The technique of performing massage movements in case of damage to different joints is similar: first, a relaxing massage is done with light movements around the affected joint, then gradually massage movements are directed closer and closer to the affected joint. The procedure is performed by a specialist, but it is possible to learn the technique of self-massage.

For example, massage for a joint injury near the big toe is performed as follows:

  1. Massage the back of the foot, warming it up.
  2. With smooth movements of the thumbs, massage the area around the toe on both sides of the foot.
  3. Smoothly, as pain disappears, massaging movements are moved to the focus of inflammation.

Baths

Healing baths with salt, medicinal herbs are the most common folk remedies for gout on the legs, which are easy to use at home. Medicinal herbs that are used for baths are effective. Chamomile, string, cinquefoil, juniper berries are used. It is necessary to soar the affected limbs for no more than 15 minutes at a temperature not higher than 39 degrees. To prepare the simplest healing bath you will need: 100 g of chamomile and 100 g of salt. Boil chamomile after boiling for 10 minutes. After cooking, strain, cool and add 100 g of salt.

Compress

A popular way to treat and prevent recurrence of gout at home is compresses. They are useful in that they help the therapeutic components to get to the source of inflammation. Compresses are applied directly to the build-up, fixed for a certain time. A quick analgesic, anti-inflammatory effect is provided by compresses with Dimexide and based on vodka. To prepare a compress at home, it is necessary to dilute the medicine with water 1: 3, moisten a piece of gauze with the resulting liquid and fix it for 10 minutes. at the site of inflammation.

Treatment of gout with folk remedies

Medicinal herbs such as sage, chamomile, cinquefoil and juniper, saline compresses and medicinal baths are not the only helpers in the fight against gouty disease at home, which are known to traditional medicine. Compresses are made with different alcohol-containing tinctures, with garlic juice, vinegar, cabbage leaf, activated carbon, and baths with iodine, a series. In addition to the external treatment of gout, decoctions are used for oral administration, for example, onion broth - from onions boiled with husks.

Rose hip

The fruits of the rosehip plant are rich in vitamin C. A properly prepared homemade rosehip broth contains up to 80% of the vitamin C originally contained in the fruit. Ascorbic acid plays a very important role in the treatment of gout, since it stimulates the excretion of uric acid. To prepare a medicinal decoction for gout, 1 teaspoon of the fruit is poured with 1 glass of boiling water and insisted for 2 hours. The broth is drunk 4 times a day for half a glass.

Cabbage leaf

The folk method - a compress from a cabbage leaf, which is used at home for various diseases - few people trust. However, drainage of the affected area, which is carried out with a simple cabbage leaf, helps to significantly relieve symptoms of arthritis, migraines, injuries, bruises, frostbite and burns. The cabbage leaf is simply beaten off so that it lets out juice and applied to the affected area for 1 hour.

Activated carbon

Compresses with activated carbon may seem ineffective for many. However, activated charcoal perfectly removes toxins, and compresses based on it can be used even during an exacerbation of gout. Such procedures will help to be treated at home and will complement the main course prescribed by the doctor. Make a compress according to the following recipe:

  1. It is necessary to grind the activated carbon into powder (125 g) and mix with water until a slurry is formed.
  2. Add a tablespoon of flaxseed to the mixture and mix.
  3. The resulting mixture can be applied to the affected area under the bandage for 20 minutes.

Saline dressings

Salt dry dressings are an effective home treatment for gout and are suitable for everyone. Salt, getting on the skin, acts as a sorbent and absorbs disease-causing agents, toxins from the tissue fluid. Dry saline dressings can be done overnight. They will not cause discomfort and after their use there is a minimal risk of adverse reactions.

How to get rid of gout through diet

Doctors recommend combining treatment with folk remedies with medication and diet. Eating the right diet will help bring your blood uric acid back to normal faster. The emphasis should be on vegetables, grains, and protein. You need to reduce the consumption of animal fats and exclude alcohol from the diet. Fighting gout will help fractional nutrition, but when calculating the menu, be sure to consult your doctor.

The lists of permitted and prohibited foods in the table will help you to correctly form the diet:

Allowed for gout

Exclude in case of gout

Wheat and rye bread

Fruits and berries

Beef

Pasta

Butter and vegetable oils

Alcoholic drinks

Vegetable soups

Eggs (limited)

Dairy products

Tea, herbal teas

Rarely lean meat and fish

Mushroom and meat broths

To quickly cure gout at home, you need to eat properly 4 times a day. An approximate menu during gout treatment is as follows:

  • Breakfast. Oatmeal porridge with milk / rice porridge with berries, drink - berry jelly / green tea with lemon.
  • Dinner. The first is vegetable soup / borscht / cabbage soup, the main course is buckwheat porridge with stewed vegetables / hard pasta with cheese, vegetable salad with olive oil.
  • Afternoon snack. Natural yogurt / fermented baked milk / kefir / fresh apples.
  • Dinner. Cheesecakes / cabbage rolls with rice and vegetables / vegetable stew / cottage cheese with berries.

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How to treat gout at home with folk and medication, massage, baths and diet

Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by the deposition of uric acid salts in body tissues. Violation of purine metabolism leads to functional failure of internal organs. Kidneys, joints, bone tissues suffer. The clinical presentation is similar to that of acute arthritis. Characterized by the formation of gouty nodes - foci of compaction of the subcutaneous tissue. The disease mainly affects men over 40 years of age. At a younger age, this may be due to a defect in the synthesis of uric acid. During the period of exacerbations, patients are subject to inpatient treatment. During remission, maintenance therapy courses are prescribed by the treating rheumatologist. Diet is important. Consider how to treat gout at home, what folk remedies can alleviate the condition.

Conditions for the development of gout arise when the level of uric acid in the blood exceeds the critical level for a long time. The condition is associated with the pathology of metabolic processes - the synthesis, transformation and utilization of purine substances in the body.

Hypertension and metabolic disorders contribute to the development of gout. The risk factor is the abuse of beer, chocolate, strong tea and coffee. Of great importance is hereditary predisposition, overweight, passion for meat products, a sedentary lifestyle.

Secondary gout develops:

  • as a result of a tumor process, if it affects purine metabolism;
  • due to prolonged use of thiazide diuretics or cytostatics;
  • against the background of a viral infection;
  • as a result of severe stress.

The first attack of gout can be a reaction of the body to alcohol poisoning, the presence of an allergen in the body, high physical activity, severe bruising, hypothermia.

Chronic progressive disease is characterized by four stages.

  1. Asymptomatic. With an increased content of uric acid in the blood.
  2. Acute gouty arthritis.
  3. Chronic stage between crises.
  4. Tophus stage. Deposition of granulomas in the fiber over the joints of the hands, elbows and feet with gout on the legs and arms.

An acute attack with gouty arthritis occurs suddenly, mainly at night or in the morning. A person feels a burning throbbing pain in the joint, accompanied by fever and impaired renal function. At any stage, kidney stones develops. A constantly high concentration of uric acid in blood and urine is recorded. Joint inflammation develops. Recurrent pyelonephritis is possible. Probably the development of renal failure.

Gout is diagnosed after characteristic attacks and the detection of crystalline elements of uric acid in the joint fluid. The second criterion is the presence of tofuses, a kind of growths on the hands, feet, elbow joints, forearms, auricles.

Additional signs to diagnose gout include:

  • the presence of acute attacks in the medical history;
  • the development of joint inflammation in the first day after the attack;
  • redness of the skin in the area of ​​inflammation;
  • swelling and pain in the phalanges of the joints of the fingers and toes, in the arch of the foot;
  • nodular formations visible above the surface of the skin;
  • absence of pathological flora in the joint fluid;
  • exceeding the limit values ​​of uric acid in the blood and urine.

In the study, the joint fluid turns out to be transparent, with a reduced viscosity, a leukocyte content of up to 75%, and the presence of uric acid crystals.

Radiography shows bone changes only after the disease has become chronic. In the initial stages and after the first attack, no changes are visible.

The reason may be severe hypothermia of the body or a violation of the diet. Alcoholic libations with a plentiful fatty, meaty snack the next morning can end with an attack of gout. This is due to a sharp increase in the level of uric acid in the blood after consuming large amounts of red meat, fats, and conservation. And alcohol slows down its excretion through the kidneys.

With prolonged cooling, the same uric acid salts that normally circulate dissolved in a liquid begin to crystallize. This leads to the development of an attack. It is impossible to completely get rid of gout. But in the prevention of exacerbations, the main task is to adhere to a diet and a healthy lifestyle.

The initiation of therapy should coincide with the onset of the first attack. The greatest effect is obtained by those who do not wait for the transition to the chronic form and the presence of stable changes. The disease serves as a trigger for other serious pathologies - diabetes, atherosclerosis, renal failure. In the absence of a therapeutic program, the disorder progresses rapidly. As soon as the patient feels relief after the first attack, he should immediately be examined and consult a rheumatologist about further actions.

To cure gout, you must adhere to the following rules:

  1. Stop the attack quickly.
  2. Prevent relapses and complications.
  3. To carry out the prevention of obesity, hypertension, metabolic disorders, urolithiasis.

How and how to treat gout? Acute gouty arthritis involves taking anti-inflammatory drugs. Colchicine is usually prescribed - 1 mg every 2 hours.

Colchicine treatment should be ended if:

  • relief came;
  • there were side reactions;
  • there is no effect after taking a total dose of 6 mg.

Colchicine helps in the first 12 hours after starting administration in 75% of patients. The earlier you take the drug, the more likely the positive effect is. But the agent causes strong side reactions from the gastrointestinal tract. They are noted by 80% of patients. This is not a big deal if the clinical improvement has already been shown. You just need to stop taking the drug. In a hospital setting, colchicine can be administered intravenously. In this case, side reactions are practically excluded. On the part of medical personnel, an accurate and slow introduction of a colchicine solution is required, since when it penetrates into the tissues surrounding the vessel, it causes sharp painful sensations and necrosis.

Other anti-inflammatory drugs that are effective for gouty arthritis include phenylbutazone, naproxen, and indomethacin. The drugs are administered orally or intravenously.

The patient must be provided with complete rest and cool wraps on the sore joint. In case of severe pain, ice can be applied to the joint for the first 5-10 minutes. Then leave the cooling bandage on.

For self-administration, the same colchicine is recommended. But it should be taken no more than a day or until the pain stops. To relieve pain, it is suitable to take other anti-inflammatory drugs - ibuprofen, naproxen in a double dose. Any drug intake is correlated with the general state of health and the age of the sick person.

What other medications can I use?

Outside of seizures, doctors prescribe drugs to remove urate from the body. A popular remedy is allopurinol. The analogue is tiupurinol. No other strong chemicals are taken during remission.

It is possible to stop the attack with medication with the help of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. They are taken 15 minutes after meals every 8 hours. The maximum single dose is 2 tablets.

Treatment of gout at home is also carried out with the help of diet and traditional medicine recipes.

Purine products are:

  • beef and veal;
  • pork;
  • animal by-products, especially liver;
  • river and sea fish;
  • strong tea;
  • coffee;
  • chocolate;
  • alcohol;
  • hot seasonings and spices;
  • smoked meats and canned food.

In cooking, you should avoid frying, smoking, cooking on a fire. Boiled, baked, steamed food is recommended. Concentrated broths are prohibited. Alcohol is completely excluded from the diet.

Limit the consumption of legumes, spinach, oatmeal, mushrooms, sausages. Sorrel, radish, cauliflower are allowed in small quantities as seasonal products. Meals should be balanced, fractional. But in no case should you go hungry.

Compliance with the drinking regime plays an important role in the question of how to treat gout at home. It is necessary to consume at least 2 liters of liquid, mainly pure water, natural fruit juices, compotes. Fruits and berries help to reduce the level of uric acid in the body. Fluid assists in weight loss and control. The diet should include more vegetables and fruits, including citrus fruits.

The course of a chronic disease is associated with metabolic disorders. Exacerbations are characterized by recurrent attacks. With advanced disease, ugly and painful growths appear on the joints.

When choosing folk remedies for gout, preference is given to those that remove uric acid from the body, help relieve pain, and contribute to the resorption of tofuses. It is safest to use medicinal herbs and natural ingredients. It is customary to prepare decoctions of them, alcoholic tinctures. Use for applications, baths and lotions.

White and blue clays contain kaolin, silicon, calcium, manganese. And also aluminum, radium.

Clay rubbing and compresses have the following effects:

  • normalize metabolism;
  • increase local immunity;
  • remove toxins and salts;
  • improve blood circulation;
  • improve the condition of blood vessels;
  • relieve inflammation and swelling.

Clay is often used to treat gout on the feet. A compress is applied to the affected joint for 2-3 hours. To do this, the powder is diluted in warm water until it becomes sour cream. Cover the sore spot, wrap it with foil and cloth. Leave the limbs alone until the pain is relieved.

Clay can be used to prepare clay water for ingestion. Take a spoonful of crushed burdock roots, cinquefoil and licorice. Brew half a liter of boiling water. Wrap up and let cool. Dilute a spoonful of clay powder with a decoction. Drink half a glass three times a day for two weeks.

Herbal infusions

Treatment of gout with folk remedies is carried out in a long course. Decoctions and infusions of medicinal herbs are taken up to 3 months. Then take a break for 1-2 months and repeat the course again.

To reduce the level of uric acid in the body, the following are suitable:

  • marsh cinquefoil;
  • black currant leaf;
  • burdock root;
  • birch leaf and buds;
  • green apple;
  • sagebrush;
  • liquorice root;
  • elecampane;
  • Pine nuts;
  • wheatgrass;
  • fighter root;
  • strawberry leaf;
  • lovage;
  • succession;
  • elderberry black.

Fresh and dried raw materials are suitable for the preparation of broths. You can prepare the fees yourself or use only one type of herb. It is useful to combine decoctions with natural honey. Combine ingestion with external procedures.

In the question of how to treat gout on the legs and arms, it is worth paying attention to beekeeping products. Honey has anti-inflammatory, immunostimulating, absorbing, regenerating properties. It is widely used for diseases associated with infections, inflammation, metabolic disorders. It cleanses the blood, removes toxic substances from the body, including excess purines. The enzymes contained in honey restore the digestive tract and help in the rehabilitation of the body after drug treatment. For recipes, only high-quality honey should be chosen.

An excellent folk remedy for gout is an onion-honey compress. Peel the head of fresh onion, grate it on a fine grater. Stir a full spoonful of honey into the gruel. Apply the mass to the sore joint. Cover with foil and warm cloth. Keep the whole night.

Another version of the compress is with wormwood and St. John's wort leaves. Pass the green leaves through a meat grinder. Mix with a spoonful of coarse salt and a spoonful of honey. Apply a compress for at least 3 hours.

Honey can be added to any herbal decoction. Just take into account that it greatly increases the calorie content of drinks.

Patients with gout need feasible physical activity.

To keep your joints mobile, you can do the following daily exercises:

  • sit on a chair, put small balls under your feet, roll them with your fingers and feet for 5-10 minutes;
  • slowly rotate your feet at maximum amplitude;
  • walk alternately on toes and heels from one room to another;
  • bend and unbend the feet while lying and sitting.

Self-massage will help maintain the functionality of small joints. First, rub your foot with your palms until you feel warm. Stroke and rub the foot from the bottom, top and side, make light pinching and pressing for 10 minutes. Then work the foot of the other leg in the same way.

Prophylaxis

As you can see, the methods of treating gout at home are quite diverse. The main thing is not to stop when the first positive results are achieved. It is important to use complex therapy from physiotherapy exercises, diet, reception of alternative therapy. The effect of herbal remedies has to wait longer, but they help to prolong the time of remission. It is important not to stop physical activity and lead a healthy lifestyle.

Content

The disease manifests itself in violation of metabolic processes in humans. Because of this, the uric acid salt builds up in the joints. The disease is rare: out of 1000 people, only 3 are diagnosed with the disease. It is allowed to treat gout at home, when the patient follows the doctor's recommendations, adheres to an integrated approach.

How to treat gout

After an appointment with a doctor, a comprehensive treatment plan for the disease will be drawn up. There is no way to cure gout at home with just medication or just compresses. The maximum effect is ensured by the regular use of all directions, methods of treating the disease. The main task of drug therapy is to eliminate the signs of arthritis, to remove urate salts from the blood, for which they are prescribed:

  • steroid hormones;
  • anti-inflammatory nonsteroidal drugs;
  • uricosuric agents that help remove uric acid;
  • folk recipes;
  • drugs that inhibit the secretion of uric acid.

For effective therapy, doctors recommend following a diet that promotes recovery and prevention of seizures. Nutrition means eliminating certain food groups and increasing the consumption of others. For local treatment, you should use ointments, compresses from a pharmacy or according to traditional medicine recipes. On the toes, the disease is manifested by arthritis and tophus. The latter become a consequence of the deposition of uric acid salts. For the period of remission, the maximum effect of treatment is achieved by additional physiotherapy:

  • massage;
  • magnetotherapy;
  • electrophoresis.

Gout medicine

The drug component of the course of treatment involves the use of painkillers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, drugs, the action of which is to normalize the metabolism of the human body. The complex can be divided into two directions:

  • treating gout;
  • treatment of an acute attack.

The method of how to treat gout on the feet at home should be prescribed by a doctor, since self-medication can lead to side effects. To stop an attack, a person can take Voltaren, Ibuprofen, Nimulide, which are anti-inflammatory drugs. You can treat gouty attacks with Colchicine, which has a short effect. Remember that excessive use of these pills can have a negative effect on the functioning of the intestines, stomach, liver, and blood clotting.

The effectiveness of medicines Kenalog, Diprospan (steroid hormones) will be maximal with intra-articular administration. Oral administration of these drugs leads to a large number of side effects. The most effective remedy for an exacerbation will be exclusively Colchicine, because it provides instant relief for the patient. These drugs can only be treated with short 3-7-day courses. For a long time, Purinol (Allopurinol) is taken to reduce the level of uric acid during the treatment of the disease.

Ointment

In order to comprehensively treat gout, it is necessary, in addition to oral medications, to use agents for topical application. This is not an independent direction, but part of the general treatment. Variants of ointments differ in terms of the effect, effectiveness. As a rule, the following options are used:

  1. Butadion. It is applied 3 times a day with a thin layer on the focus of painful sensations. Can be used for no more than 10 days in a row. Contraindicated in case of personal intolerance to the components of the ointment, open wounds. Sometimes itching, redness, and peeling may occur at the site of application.
  2. Fulllex. It is smeared with a thin layer on the inflamed area. In a day, 3 applications are enough to achieve the desired effect. It is forbidden to use it in case of hypersensitivity. There are no data on side effects.
  3. Diclofenac. The method of application is similar to other medicines of this type: 2-3 times a day, in a thin layer. The duration of use is assigned individually in each case. With open wounds, sensitivity to the components of the medication, it cannot be used. Of the side effects, the appearance of redness, hives, itching is noted.
  4. Vishnevsky ointment. Several times a day, the ointment is applied to the inflamed area with a thin layer. There are no side effects, no contraindications.
  5. Ketoprofen. The consistency of the medication is gel. The method of administration is the same as for the above-described drugs. Use is not allowed for children under 6 years of age, during pregnancy, in the presence of fresh wounds. Side effects: eczema, dermatitis, skin rashes.

Folk remedies

Inpatient treatment of the disease is not carried out; after prescribing a course, a person can carry out most of the procedures (except for physiotherapy) on their own. Traditional healers have created several recipes for how to treat gout at home:

  • infusions and fees;
  • compresses on the affected areas (knee joints, toes, feet);
  • diet food.

Tumor compresses

One of the most common home remedies for gout is with compresses. They are applied to the inflamed joint to relieve a person's condition, to help the body cope with pain. You can use the following options:

  1. Iodized salt. Pour 0.5 kg of iodized salt into any dish. Pour in water, boil over a fire until the liquid completely evaporates. Put chicken fat, 200 g of medical petroleum jelly in the same container, mix the ingredients thoroughly. Apply the resulting ointment to the joint and rewind with a tight bandage (bandage). The iodine content in the compress helps relieve pain during a gout attack.
  2. Fish compress. This tool can be used for 10 days. You need to buy regular fish - 2 kg, separate the meat from the bones, divide it into 10 portions in sachets. Place them in the freezer. In the evening, defrost fish meat, attach to the inflamed area, rewind with a bandage and put on a sock.

How to relieve gout pain at home

When pain occurs, it is important to provide the body with plenty of water. A chronic condition is stopped by a diet, the rules of which will be described below. During research, doctors have proven that 6-8 glasses of water per day help to reduce the negative consequences of an attack, to improve the condition. This is exclusively about ordinary drinking water; carbonated drinks should be avoided. Timely medication, applying a compress to the affected area, drinking plenty of fluids will help cope with gout.

Treatment of exacerbated gout

In the case of a serious attack, you need to know how to treat acute gout at home, first aid techniques to the patient. On the part of relatives or friends, the following must be done:

  • secure the affected limb in an elevated position;
  • provide the person with peace;
  • apply Vishnevsky ointment or Dimexide application to the affected joint;
  • prepare meals only from the dietary menu, ensure an abundant drink.
  • 1st day - 3 tablets;
  • 2-3rd day - 2;
  • 4th and further - 1 tablet per day.

Diet

It will be possible to get rid of gout forever only if you follow the rules of nutrition and follow all the doctor's recommendations regarding the treatment of the disease. You can treat the disease at home with a diet by excluding harmful foods from the menu and increasing the intake of useful ones. Diet recommendations:

If you have gout, you need to reduce your intake of:

  • meat;
  • cauliflower;
  • fishes;
  • sorrel;
  • strong tea;
  • figs;
  • chocolate;
  • alcohol (especially beer).

It is necessary to increase consumption for gout:

  • natural juices;
  • clean drinking water;
  • fruit;
  • cranberry fruit drinks;
  • fresh vegetables;
  • alkaline mineral water.

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