Understanding Gout and How to Prevent Recurring Gout Attacks Ruining Your Health
John Salter
November 26, 2010
In order to prevent gout you really need to understand gout. Here is a simple explanation of what it is and how you can stop recurring gout quite naturally, without resorting to drug-based medications, with their nasty side effects...
Understanding Gout Causes
The symptoms of gout are caused by urate crystals that have formed over time in your joints and associated tissue. So where do these crystals come from? They are formed when you have higher-than-normal levels of uric acid in your blood. This condition is called 'hyperuricemia.'
Okay, so where does the uric acid come from then? Uric acid is found naturally in all of us and is actually a byproduct of our body's own metabolization process. Our kidneys normally process the excess uric acid and flushes it from our body via urine.
Sometimes though, our kidneys aren't working to their fullest extent so that you end up with an excess of uric acid. Other times, your body is actually producing too much uric acid for your kidneys to deal with, even working at 100% efficiency. In either case you can end up with high acid levels in the blood, eventually leading to gout attacks.
Understanding Gout Treatment
So, how can you get rid of gout? Well, you can go the mainstream route which is to take anti-inflammatory drugs for the pain and inflammation, plus, drugs to reduce the uric acid if so prescribed by your doctor. These can work for some people, but others find that their nasty side effects are as bad as, or even worse than, the pain of their gout.
But, apart from that, drug-based therapy only works whilst being taken. Once stopped, there is nothing to prevent recurring gout, unless you address the underlying issues that can help trigger the conditions that give rise to high uric acid and so gout attacks.
Understanding the Underlying Issues
Typical issues that these drugs don't address are things such as; diet, weight, lifestyle issues, hypertension, dehydration, etc. These, and more, can all help trigger gout attacks. Take diet for example...
Food contains natural chemical compounds called 'purines.' These also exist in our bodies and form a very important part of the metabolizing process. But as they breakdown during this process, they produce uric acid. So if you eat foods that are high in purines, the risk of gout is much greater.
Understanding Natural Gout Remedies
One of the most important things to do is to avoid high purine foods. Typical foods to avoid are things like red meat, game, organ meat, poultry, seafood, legumes, etc. Typical food you can eat are things like; green leafy vegetables, fruit, foods high in vitamin C, essential fatty acids, complex carbohydrates, etc. And drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
And there are many other natural ways to treat gout symptoms. For example you can use herbs, specific fruits, natural supplements, homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, acupressure, and so on. There are just too many to go into here.
But it is very important to address the underlying issues, because recurring gout attacks can eventually lead to permanent joint damage and even kidney problems, such as excruciating kidney stones...
So next, to complete your understanding of gout so that you can prevent further attacks, please now go to http://gout-relief-today.blogspot.com where you'll also discover a remarkably simple 2 hour gout remedy.
Understanding Gout Causes
The symptoms of gout are caused by urate crystals that have formed over time in your joints and associated tissue. So where do these crystals come from? They are formed when you have higher-than-normal levels of uric acid in your blood. This condition is called 'hyperuricemia.'
Okay, so where does the uric acid come from then? Uric acid is found naturally in all of us and is actually a byproduct of our body's own metabolization process. Our kidneys normally process the excess uric acid and flushes it from our body via urine.
Sometimes though, our kidneys aren't working to their fullest extent so that you end up with an excess of uric acid. Other times, your body is actually producing too much uric acid for your kidneys to deal with, even working at 100% efficiency. In either case you can end up with high acid levels in the blood, eventually leading to gout attacks.
Understanding Gout Treatment
So, how can you get rid of gout? Well, you can go the mainstream route which is to take anti-inflammatory drugs for the pain and inflammation, plus, drugs to reduce the uric acid if so prescribed by your doctor. These can work for some people, but others find that their nasty side effects are as bad as, or even worse than, the pain of their gout.
But, apart from that, drug-based therapy only works whilst being taken. Once stopped, there is nothing to prevent recurring gout, unless you address the underlying issues that can help trigger the conditions that give rise to high uric acid and so gout attacks.
Understanding the Underlying Issues
Typical issues that these drugs don't address are things such as; diet, weight, lifestyle issues, hypertension, dehydration, etc. These, and more, can all help trigger gout attacks. Take diet for example...
Food contains natural chemical compounds called 'purines.' These also exist in our bodies and form a very important part of the metabolizing process. But as they breakdown during this process, they produce uric acid. So if you eat foods that are high in purines, the risk of gout is much greater.
Understanding Natural Gout Remedies
One of the most important things to do is to avoid high purine foods. Typical foods to avoid are things like red meat, game, organ meat, poultry, seafood, legumes, etc. Typical food you can eat are things like; green leafy vegetables, fruit, foods high in vitamin C, essential fatty acids, complex carbohydrates, etc. And drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
And there are many other natural ways to treat gout symptoms. For example you can use herbs, specific fruits, natural supplements, homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, acupressure, and so on. There are just too many to go into here.
But it is very important to address the underlying issues, because recurring gout attacks can eventually lead to permanent joint damage and even kidney problems, such as excruciating kidney stones...
So next, to complete your understanding of gout so that you can prevent further attacks, please now go to http://gout-relief-today.blogspot.com where you'll also discover a remarkably simple 2 hour gout remedy.
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