Friday, October 14, 2011

Treatment For Gout

By Catherin Mceaddy


With such a lot of people living with gout these days, it's only proper that they be shown what needs to be done to avoid the pain and discomfort. We need to quit buying just anything that treats the pain. What people don't know is that there is more to gout than the pain relievers that are the usual treatment. As anti-inflammatories will just cure the pain, this does not offer the actual remedy when it comes to treating gout!

Obviously, you have to listen to the experts. Part of a doctors oath is to educate a patient based on the condition they have been diagnosed with. And on your part, it's your role to listen. Stubbornness is a really bad attitude when you are aging and hurting, as it is something that will likely catch you when all is said and done. You should be skeptical when they want you to do something and always remember to keep it to heart.

For the gout treatment, generally the expert advises to refrain from some food to enhance the healing process. This is common, as the food was the source of the condition in the first place.

The usual suspects are salty foods. If you like to indulge in organ meats like liver and brains and certain kinds of fish, then you really need to lay off of them as much as possible. These types of foods contain a lot of urine, which when it enters the body, turns into uric acid, an element that is essentially what is causing your condition. Coincidentally, uric acid is also one of the causes why you might also have arthritis. It should come as no surprise that gout and arthritis share many common cures.

The most common gout treatment is a change of diet. Foods low in sodium and purine are considered the best to fight gout. The most basic ones are fruits and vegetables. Asparagus, mushrooms and cauliflower are marvelous foods that have the ability to lower the uric acid content comprised in the body and may provide many more benefits.

Then there are fruits like tomatoes, cherries and strawberries that are also good for treating gout. Eating these foods everyday will work wonders for treating gout; they might even eliminate the needs for medication.

Along with avoiding these certain foods, drink lots of fluids to flush out the uric acid. Water in this case, will do fine. Follow the eight-glasses-of-water-per-day routine so that you will be able to get rid of all the excess uric acid in the body.




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