Overcoming Uric Acid

Gout or gout disease is a condition that can cause unbearable pain symptoms, swelling, and hot feeling in the joints. Although all joints in the body can be exposed to uric acid, but the most frequently attacked is the joints of fingers, knees, ankles, and toes.

Men are more prone to uric acid than women, especially when they are over 30 years of age. In women, the disease is usually at risk after menopause.

People affected by gout disease will usually feel the rapid development of symptoms within the first few hours. The pain can last for 3-10 days. Swelling not only occurs in the joints, but also in the area around the joints accompanied by reddening skin tone. At this stage, the patient can not move freely.

In Indonesia, people often mistakenly equate the disease of gout (gout / pirai) with rheumatism. Though rheumatism is a general term used to describe pain in joints or muscles that have inflammation. Uric acid disease (gout / pirai) is only one cause of pain in the joints. Recognizing symptoms and signs in gout can help a person differentiate with joint pain caused by other conditions.

Many people think if uric acid levels in high blood (hyperurisemia), it will be affected by gout. This is not true, because only about one third of people with hyperuricemia who experience gout.