Abstinence that Gout Patients Must Obey
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Abstinence that must be obeyed by gout sufferers
Gout initially may not cause significant symptoms. Symptoms in the form of severe joint pain and sudden usually only felt when an acute attack took place, or when the disease has lasted a long time (chronic).Most symptoms only occur for a few hours in 1-2 days, although in severe cases joint pain can be felt for weeks. There are also those who experience symptoms for up to 6-12 months with different intensity of pain every day.
Gout can continue to get worse if the patient does not regularly take medication and get proper medical care. In addition, changing lifestyles and following a number of restrictions below can help relieve pain due to gout.
1. Avoid consuming foods and drinks that are high in purines
Purines are substances that are basically harmless. The human body produces purines naturally in small amounts. However, eating too much food containing purines is the main cause of uric acid levels rising too high.
The breakdown of purines in the body generally will cause uric acid levels to rise by as much as 15%. When uric acid levels exceed the amount that the body can process, acids can accumulate to form crystals in the joints. The crystals that form between these joints that make pain.
Here are some high purine foods that cause uric acid to rise.
- Offal, such as liver, intestines, and other animal organs.
- Fatty meat, such as chicken, beef, or goat meat. You can still eat a maximum of 170 grams of meat to be divided in a week.
- Seafood, such as anchovies, clams, sardines, tuna, mackerel fish, scallops (mussels, mussels, scallops), crabs, lobsters, and shrimp are higher in purines than other marine animals. You can still consume a maximum of 100 grams of seafood a day.
- High purine vegetables, such as asparagus, cauliflower, mushrooms, spinach, and green peas. Asparagus and spinach are reported to often cause sudden attacks of gout. Limit consumption of these vegetables less than five times a week.
- Fatty foods, such as fried foods and fast food.
For people with gout, drinks such as alcohol and other liquors and sugary drinks should be avoided.
Alcohol is a beverage that has a high purine content. According to research from the Arthritis Foundation, beer can increase uric acid levels by 6.5% while non-alcoholic beer can increase uric acid by as much as 4.4 percent.
Similarly, packaged drinks containing fructose sugar (corn syrup) or artificial sweeteners. The reason is when fructose is digested in the stomach, the body will produce purines. The more sugar you consume, the more purines in the body. More and more purines in the body will produce more uric acid.
2. Don't get dehydrated
Although some drinks are staying as a taboo for gout sufferers, the body's fluid intake must still be sufficient.
People with gout must drink plenty of fluids every day because acid levels can increase when dehydrated. However, choose a healthier source of fluids such as water or mineral water.
Adequate water intake helps the kidneys work more effectively dissolving excess uric acid from the bloodstream into the urine for disposal.
When dehydrated, the kidneys work to get rid of toxins it will get heavier so that uric acid is allowed to accumulate in the blood.
3. Don't skip meals
There are many foods that are taboo for gout sufferers. However, this does not mean you may deliberately not eat or skip meals.
Minimal or even zero food intake can actually cause uric acid levels to rise according to Theodore Vanitallie, MD, lecturer in medical faculty from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, quoted from Health.
When you don't eat for a long time, the production of ketones in your body will increase. Increased ketones can make the process of removing uric acid more difficult. Finally, uric acid levels in the blood become high.
In addition, not eating and drinking properly fasting can cause you to become dehydrated which can also increase uric acid levels.
Lazy to move, let alone exercise, is taboo for everyone - including gout sufferers.
Lifestyle sedentari alias all-round sitting and lying down for long can make you gain weight. Weight gain due to maintaining magical habits occurs because the fat and calories that should be burned while on the move actually become more piling up.
Being overweight can increase the risk of developing gout. People who have a body mass index of more than 25 kg / m2 must be more aware of this disease.
That's why routine exercise is highly recommended for gout sufferers. However, you are not advised to exercise when gout pain is recurring. Doing so can actually make the joint pain worse.
While the joints are still swollen and painful, occasionally try gentle and mild stretches to relax them. Then after the joint pain has completely disappeared, you can only continue to exercise and move more actively.
Exercise after recovering from gout attacks can rebuild the strength of the muscles around the joints and prevent weight gain.
5. Do not take aspirin and diuretic drugs, except on the advice of a doctor
Taking certain medications such as aspirin or diuretic drugs is a taboo that should be avoided by people with gout.
Aspirin or acetyl salicylic acid can increase uric acid in your blood, even in low doses.
Meanwhile, diuretic drugs will often make you urinate frequently, removing excess water and salt from the body. This can increase uric acid levels so much and crystallizes in the blood because it cannot be dissolved.
So if you want to avoid the return of gout attacks in the future, you must be obedient to live a healthy and obedient lifestyle with various abstinence above.
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