Joint pain in the middle of the night may be due to gout, and prevention can prevent the attack

As I get older, my joints hurt in the middle of the night, and I can't sleep. What is the reason for this? May be suffering from gout! What is gout? What factors is it related to? The following author will popularize some small knowledge about gout for everyone. Only by understanding this disease and actively treating it can we improve the quality of life.

What are the typical manifestations of gout?

Joint pain in the middle of the night is a typical symptom of gout. Once joint pain occurs, the pain will become more and more intense. When it reaches its peak, the pain feels like tearing, cutting or biting. If left untreated, joint pain resolves on its own within a few days or 2 weeks. Here, the author still recommends active treatment, because the pain is very unbearable.

How does gout affect the body?

Gout is more than just joint pain. If gout attacks repeatedly, the joint bone will be destroyed and the tissue around the joint will become fibrotic. In addition, gout can cause kidney disease, and in severe cases, acute or chronic renal insufficiency or renal failure can occur. In addition, gout caused by high uric acid also increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity and death.

What factors are associated with gout?

Gout is associated with hyperuricemia, but not all patients with hyperuricemia will develop gout. In addition, patients with hyperuricemia often have some incentives for gout, such as drinking alcohol, high-purine diet (seafood, hot pot, etc.), drinking carbonated drinks and juices with high fructose or sucrose content, cold, strenuous exercise or fatigue, mood swings, High-fat diet, trauma and infection, use of thiazide or loop diuretics, use of certain medicines such as cyclosporine A or aspirin.

How to cure gout?

Gout is a lifelong metabolic disease, and no drug can completely cure it. During treatment, once you let your guard down, gout can recur. Even so, patients do not need to panic too much. As long as the uric acid level is controlled within a reasonable range through reasonable diet, exercise and medication, the damage to the body will be greatly reduced.

How to prevent gout?

The factors of gout may be related to male gender, female menopause, family inheritance and so on. For such factors, it is difficult for patients to change. In addition to these factors, many habits in daily life can also cause gout, and patients can change these factors. For example, patients can lose weight to maintain a healthy body, abstain from alcohol, drink less sweet drinks, avoid eating a lot of meat and seafood, avoid prolonged sitting, and exercise moderately.

Gout is related to the level of uric acid, and many people do not know the level of their uric acid. Once the uric acid level reaches a high value, gout will come to you. If you have the habit of physical examination, you can know your uric acid level in time, which will greatly reduce the risk of gout.

Physical examinations are very convenient now, but different medical examination institutions have different service levels. If you want to enjoy five-star service, you can choose a private medical institution in Hong Kong. Now you can make an online appointment for the relevant Hong Kong medical examination at Central Health.