Got Gout?

Got Gout?


Gout is a kind of arthritis that occurs when uric acid builds up in blood and causes joint inflammation.

• Acute gout is a painful condition that typically affects one joint.
• Chronic gout is repeated episodes of pain and inflammation, which may involve more than one joint.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Gout is caused by having higher-than-normal levels of uric acid in your body. This may occur if:

• Your body makes too much uric acid
• Your body has a hard time getting rid of uric acid

If too much uric acid builds up in the fluid around the joints (synovial fluid), uric acid crystals form. These crystals cause the joint to swell up and become inflamed.

When the old cell dies, the nucleic acid of the cell nucleus is damaged, and the purine inside it becomes uric acid through the metabolism of liver. Generally speaking, 1/3 of the uric acid comes from food and 2/3 from metabolism. Under normal circumstances, 2/3 of uric acid will be expelled through the urine by the kidney, bacteria in the intestines will dissolve 1/3 and less than 1% will be expelled from the sweat glands. But in those with abnormal kidney function, the excreted volume will increase through the intestines. An excess of uric acid or lower excretion can both cause a high level of uric acid in the blood.

If we often take in too much high protein food, produce too much uric acid inside the body because of illness (leukemia for example) or take diuretics frequently, or the speed of expelling uric acid becomes slower (as in kidney disease, for example) then an abnormal metabolism will produce purine and cause hyperuricemia. The sediment of sodium deposited in the joint cavities causes joints to swell and twist-so-called gout.

Then how?

For the patient with gout, it's better to wear anion fiber products frequently before the gout attacks.

(1) It can increase Ca2+ (calcium ions) level in the blood, neutralize acidity, change the pH of the blood and thus avoid the depositing of uric acid which causes gout.

(2) It can stimulate the kidney and accelerate the discharge of uric acid

(3) It can adjust the permeable pressure inside and outside the cell membrane to alleviate swelling

(4) Most importantly, it can push kalium back into the cell thus reduce stimulation of nerve ending in order to relieve pain