Have a healthy New Year, eat healthily and stay away from gout!

Have a healthy New Year, eat healthily and stay away from gout !

Wei Ni, deputy chief physician of the Department of Rheumatology, Oriental Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

The Spring Festival is approaching, and various delicacies are on the menu. Gout patients also want to "indulge" themselves during the Spring Festival. However, if they "indulge" too much, it is likely that high blood uric acid and red, swollen, hot and painful big toes will follow. For gout patients, adhering to a low-purine diet is the basis for effective disease control, but if gout patients are required to avoid all meat dishes, especially during the Spring Festival when every family has a reunion dinner, this is somewhat inhumane. Therefore, gout patients should eat a scientific diet and spend the New Year in a healthy way.

First, you must control your diet

Although diet control is a commonplace issue, it is the basis of gout treatment. Gout patients should not ignore or relax their diet control at any time, and the Spring Festival is no exception. But diet control does not mean that you cannot eat this or drink that. You just need to master the principles, such as not drinking beer, liquor, or thick soup at parties, eating less red meat such as beef and mutton, but eating some poultry such as chicken and duck, freshwater fish, drinking some red wine, drinking more soda water, drinking less fruit juice, and eating more green leafy vegetables and fruits.

In fact, some meat dishes are very suitable for gout friends to satisfy their cravings, and there is no need to avoid these meat dishes, such as fried sea cucumber with scallion, cold sea cucumber, jellyfish with three shreds, jellyfish fried with celery, pork blood with green garlic, and pork blood with zucchini.

Second, check uric acid regularly

It is no exaggeration to say that blood uric acid levels are the guiding principles for the treatment of every gout patient. Adjustments to treatment plans, increases and decreases in drug dosages and types, evaluation of treatment efficacy, and judgment of the severity of the disease all require reference to changes in blood uric acid levels. Therefore, even during the Spring Festival, gout patients should record their blood uric acid level changes in detail and do a good job of reexamination. Currently, portable uric acid detectors have become more and more commonly used. Gout patients can perform blood uric acid tests at home on their own, and the operation is simple.

Third, take medication regularly

Taking medicine regularly is the basis for maintaining a stable condition, and this is no exception for gout. Gout patients should take medicine regularly regardless of the season, even during the Spring Festival holiday. If the patient plans to go out for fun, he or she should also bring the necessary medicines, as well as some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as diclofenac, loxoprofen, etc. If an acute attack of gout occurs, take them as soon as possible to relieve the symptoms.

Fourth, avoid fatigue and relax

At present, fatigue, stress and depression have become important causes of gout attacks, which is especially evident among white-collar workers, civil servants and other mental workers working in cities. The Spring Festival is a good opportunity to relax, but going out to play, visiting relatives and friends will also take a lot of energy. Coupled with factors such as traffic congestion and crowded flow of people, it will more or less lead to the emergence of negative emotions. Gout patients should make timely adjustments to reduce the impact of negative emotions on the condition.