In the hot summer, air conditioners, beer, cola, crayfish, edamame... become the holy products for many people to cool off in summer. But it is these so-called heat-relieving holy products that may cause acute gout attacks at any time. Why does gout flare up more frequently in summer? Are gout attacks all caused by purines? Please pay attention to the following 8 misunderstandings.
Gout misunderstanding one Stay away from seafood and beer
Summer is the season to drink beer and eat seafood, and sweating while eating hot pot in an air-conditioned room is also a very refreshing thing for many people. We all know that animal offal and seafood are high purine foods, and beer itself contains a lot of purines. When alcohol enters the human body, it will be metabolized to produce lactic acid. Lactic acid will inhibit the secretion of uric acid by the renal tubules and reduce the ability of the kidneys to excrete uric acid. Therefore, when people choose the high-purine combination of hot pot with beer, the concentration of uric acid will rise rapidly, which can easily induce gout.
So stay away from beer and seafood, and beer with a plate of edamame or peanuts is always fine, right? In fact, edamame and peanuts are both purine foods, and 100 grams of peanuts contain 50 to 100 mg of purines. Long-term use of edamame or peanuts with wine is also easy to cause gout and joint deformation due to high purine. Therefore, it is recommended that gout patients should also avoid eating a large amount of such purine-containing foods.

Gout misunderstanding 2 Iced drinks instead of wine to relieve the heat
Since it is not suitable for gout patients to drink alcohol, it is a misunderstanding to drink iced drinks to relieve the heat. Although ordinary beverages are not high-purine foods, most beverages contain a large amount of fructose. Ingesting a large amount of fructose at one time will significantly increase the level of uric acid in the body in a short period of time, which can also induce gout. At the same time, fructose also reduces renal uric acid excretion, which further increases uric acid in the body. For gout patients, sugar is the second largest unhealthy food, second only to high-purine diet, and its harm to the body cannot be ignored. Therefore, gout patients should reduce desserts and beverages while rejecting high-purine foods such as beer and seafood.

Gout misunderstanding three Simply avoid eating and do not drink water
In summer, the weather is hot and sweating a lot. If a gout patient does not drink water, or if the water supplement is insufficient or not timely, it is easy to cause blood concentration and increase the blood uric acid level. It can also lead to decreased urine output and decreased uric acid excretion, which can easily lead to gout attacks. Gout patients should drink more water in summer to promote the excretion of uric acid and avoid the formation of tophi, thereby delaying the progressive damage of the kidneys.
GoutMisunderstanding 4 If you don't eat meat, you won't have an attack
Many people think that gout is caused by eating too much meat, but it is not. If you eat unrestricted vegetables or fruits with purines such as seaweed, mushrooms, edamame, etc., gout will be induced even if you do not eat meat . In addition, if you do not eat meat for a long time, the function of various tissues and organs in the body will decrease, and the metabolism of purine will also decrease. Therefore, gout patients should eat meat moderately and reasonably during the intermittent period.
Gout Misunderstanding 5 The less you eat, the better
In order to avoid recurrent gout attacks, some people strictly control the intake of purines, and seldom eat meat, eggs, fish, milk and other animal foods, which can easily lead to malnutrition and is not good for health. Under the premise of controlling total calories, gout patients can choose to eat high-quality protein from low-purine foods such as milk and eggs, and try to maintain a balanced nutrition.
Gout Misunderstanding Six The lower the air conditioner temperature, the better
In summer, almost every household has the air conditioner on, but if the indoor air conditioner temperature is too low, it is easy to induce gout. Because urate is more likely to crystallize in a cold environment and deposit around the joints, causing arthritis attacks. Therefore, gout patients should avoid staying in air-conditioned rooms for a long time in summer, and avoid blowing cold air directly at the air-conditioning outlet.

Gout Misunderstanding Seven Rapidly lowering uric acid in an attack
When gout attacks, the pain is severe, and some patients increase the dose of uric acid-lowering drugs without authorization, and want to quickly reduce uric acid to relieve pain. But the joint swelling and pain is not only bad, but getting worse. In fact, it is not recommended to temporarily increase the dose of uric acid-lowering drugs during an acute attack of gout, because if the uric acid suddenly drops, the insoluble urate crystals that have been deposited in the joints and surrounding tissues will fall off, and the blood uric acid will also be in the joint cavity. internal deposition, thereby aggravating pain. In the acute stage, joint inflammation and pain should be controlled. After the symptoms are completely relieved for 7 to 10 days, uric acid-lowering drug treatment should be gradually started.
GoutMisunderstanding 8 You can stop the medication if you have no pain in gout