If Uric Acid causes gouts which became the source of pains, what would be the best remedy to avoid gouts and also to avoid suffering pains?
For one you need to see your physician. If you have an acute gout attack, in most instances, a physician is going to prescribe indomethacin which is a non-steroidal anti-inflamatory drug (NSAID). If you can’t get to a physician soon enough, it would be okay to take a 325 mg dose of aspirin as needed but of course not exceeding the recommended dose on the bottle. It is imperative that you do not take a low dose asprin (such as a child aspirin) as low doses of aspirin increases the amount of uric acid in your blood while effectively causing your gout symptoms to worsen. This is due to low aspirin concentration increasing the amount of uric acid accumulated by decreasing the amount excreted by the kidney.
It is important to see your doctor in order to determine the cause of your gout production as it could be due to an overactive enzyme in the uric acid pathway or problems with over absorption in the kidney cause hypeuricemia (high uric acid concentration in the blood). Colchicine is another drug that is also applicable if your physician finds it necessary. Colchine prevents white blood cells from entering the inflammed joint and making the inflammation and pain worse as they die when "eating" the uric acid that has accumulated in the joints. In the long term you may be put on allopurinol which helps to decrease uric acid by inhibiting two enzymes (xanthine oxidase and glutamine amido transferase) which are necessary to produce uric acid.
As far as where uric acid comes from, uric acid is an organic acid waste product of purine metabolism. Purine nucleotides are broken down and end in a partially soluble product of uric acid that is filtered into the kidney and eventually excreted when the machinery is running right.
Also, if you are having an acute gout attack stay away from food sources that contain high purine concentrations as well as caffeine as caffeine is a diuretic (makes you urinate) as well as a purine analogue (meaning it is a purine). Alcohol also causes uric acid to become over produced and underexcreted. Alcohol is alsa a diuretic which will further compound the acute gout problems. Drink lots of water and stay hydrated as dehydration can cause gout to accumulate while in an acute attack.
Below I gave you a link for a bit more information on gout and foods that have low purine concentrations. Good Luck!
In the old days, they portrayed gout as the devil sticking his pitchfork in the big toe of a rich guy who ate a lot of meat and drank alcohol.
Lessen your red meat and alcohol intake.
Or just try colchicine, or any other antiinflammatory (aspirin, but not too much).
References :
For one you need to see your physician. If you have an acute gout attack, in most instances, a physician is going to prescribe indomethacin which is a non-steroidal anti-inflamatory drug (NSAID). If you can’t get to a physician soon enough, it would be okay to take a 325 mg dose of aspirin as needed but of course not exceeding the recommended dose on the bottle. It is imperative that you do not take a low dose asprin (such as a child aspirin) as low doses of aspirin increases the amount of uric acid in your blood while effectively causing your gout symptoms to worsen. This is due to low aspirin concentration increasing the amount of uric acid accumulated by decreasing the amount excreted by the kidney.
It is important to see your doctor in order to determine the cause of your gout production as it could be due to an overactive enzyme in the uric acid pathway or problems with over absorption in the kidney cause hypeuricemia (high uric acid concentration in the blood). Colchicine is another drug that is also applicable if your physician finds it necessary. Colchine prevents white blood cells from entering the inflammed joint and making the inflammation and pain worse as they die when "eating" the uric acid that has accumulated in the joints. In the long term you may be put on allopurinol which helps to decrease uric acid by inhibiting two enzymes (xanthine oxidase and glutamine amido transferase) which are necessary to produce uric acid.
As far as where uric acid comes from, uric acid is an organic acid waste product of purine metabolism. Purine nucleotides are broken down and end in a partially soluble product of uric acid that is filtered into the kidney and eventually excreted when the machinery is running right.
Also, if you are having an acute gout attack stay away from food sources that contain high purine concentrations as well as caffeine as caffeine is a diuretic (makes you urinate) as well as a purine analogue (meaning it is a purine). Alcohol also causes uric acid to become over produced and underexcreted. Alcohol is alsa a diuretic which will further compound the acute gout problems. Drink lots of water and stay hydrated as dehydration can cause gout to accumulate while in an acute attack.
Below I gave you a link for a bit more information on gout and foods that have low purine concentrations. Good Luck!
References :
http://arthritis.about.com/cs/goutdiet/a/goutpurines.htm
http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/health/Diet/Low_Purine_Diet.htm
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