Diet and Medical treatment for gout

When the excess uric acid crystals enter in the joints then the disease of gout occurs. Commonly gout affect the joint of large toe but the gout can also appears in the joints as well. It might be affecting the joints in hand, foot, ankle, wrist and the elbow. Gout discomforts you very badly and its pain is very scary and severe. Then it immediately needs the gout treatment to overcome the pain and discomfort. This disease is cause when the person’s uric acid in the blood increased above the normal level of uric acid in the body. Usually the uric acid easily dilute in to the blood and filtered by the kidneys but in some cases the uric acid become solidifies and turns into the crystals and then enters into the tissues of joints.
The treatment of gout’s goal is to decrease the gout attacks and overcome the severe pain. And also help to prevent the formation of stones in the kidney. The common course of treatment of gout involves change the diet and giving medication to ease pain. And some medicine are giving to control inflammation and lastly dispensing medication can help to decrease the amount of uric acid level in the blood, normally these treatments are not very complicated and difficult but the procedure is much difficult for the patients.
There are two major gout treatments, first is dietary treatment and second is medical treatment.
Dietary treatment
The treatment of gout starts normally from the change of diet. You should not take or eat those foods which have high amount of purines. You should not take the alcohol and if you are overweight then you should loss you weight. Weight loss is suggested to stop the worse gout attack. But only dietary gout treatment is not enough to eradicate the gout. There are other treatments need to eliminate the disease of gout. That treatment is mention below.
Medical treatment
There are many medicine which recommended by the doctors for that patient who is suffering from this gout disease. I will discuss some of these.
NSAIDs
Usually it is a first medicine which is prescribed by the doctor to the gout patient. It helps to reduce the severe pain and inflammation.
Colchicines
This is other medicine which is highly recommended by the doctor to ease the gout pain symptoms. This medicine is very helpful to stop the further gout attacks. You can take this medicine in small amount regularly for few months.
Corticosteroids
Gout patients who are not prescribed the NSAIDs and colchicines, usually this medicine is recommended to them, and it eases the gout pain and eliminates the symptoms of gout. This medicine is taken by an injection. It is a very good gout treatment medicine.
Allupurinol
This is a well known gout medicine and it is usually recommended to decrease the uric acid level in the blood.
Probenecid
This medicine is sold of the name of Probalan or Benemid, this medicine is commonly use to stop the gout attacks.