How do you prevent gout attacks?

Answer 1

Take medicine to lower your Uric Acid level.
You can't get rid of gout but you can control the flare-ups and change your lifestyle to prevent future episodes. Pain relievers, avoiding certain foods, and controlling stress all help in preventing you from getting it again.

Answer 2

Try these 2 natural treatments for Gout:

Drinking cherry juice or eating cherry fruit - cherry has magnesium and vitamin c that supports the digestion and circulation of your body. This helps people to lower the uric acid level.

Thyme - Use it as a tea and enjoy its anti-inflammatory components to facilitate lesser uric acid

production.

Answer 3

• I was taking water pills and also getting painful gout, but the doctor put me on Potassium tablets and I haven't had gout in six months.
  

• Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. People with gout have a higher risk for Heart disease. This diet would not only lower your risk for gout but also your risk for heart disease. Eating too much of certain foods can be a cause for a flare up so minimize what you know brings yours out.
  
  
• Slowly lose weight. This can lower your uric acid levels. Losing weight too rapidly can occasionally precipitate gout attacks.
  
  
• Restrict your intake of alcohol, especially beer. Binging brings on a flare up.

• Eat less high fatty foods, and try to keep stress levels down.

• Gout is a form of Arthritis caused by too much uric acid in the body. Uric acid is a waste product that naturally occurs in the body and is normal flushed out of the body by the kidneys when one urinates. Too much uric acid or not enough uric acid is excreted can cause painful bouts of gout. It has nowhere to go, but to the joints and tissues in the human body and that area becomes inflamed. Gout generally starts in the big toe, but can also start in the foot, ankle, knee, hand, wrist or elbow. One in 30 men will get gout and men are four times more likely to develop gout than women. Signs of gout can appear very quickly between the ages of 30 to 50 in men and 60 years of age in women. Gout is more prominent in well developed countries. The warning signs of gout are hot, red swollen and a feeling of stretched skin and feeling pressure around the painful area (even a sheet on the bed cannot be tolerated on the inflamed area. Intense ongoing pain in a joint (usually the big toe.) Thin, medium to over-weight builds can get gout. Gout has nothing to do with whether an over-weight person has gout or not; it's the fact that an over-weight person should lose weight so as not to put more pressure on the inflamed area caused by gout. There is also no correlation between diet and even a diet conscious person can still get recurrences of gout. Still, a diet should be considered and losing weight is a good idea as well. Alcohol is a real taboo with a person with gout because it causes more of the uric acid as does tea and coffee. Many men enjoy their beers or wines or other forms of alcohol so this is a difficult enjoyment for many men to give up. Everything in moderation! Some foods or medications can cause gout and also there is genetic factor. Some surgeries such as heart attacks or strokes can cause gout. Blood pressure pills can case gout in some people. Seafood and organ meats, smoked meats MAY contribute to an attack of gout. Working closely with your specialist is very important and the more knowledge you learn about gout the more you will understand that losing weight, a good diet and being aware of some foods to stay away from can benefit you in positive ways.

A low Purine Diet Will help those suffering from gout avoid atacks.

Here is a list of some of the foods that are high in purines. These foods have the highest concentration of purines and should therefore be avoided by people that are prone to or are already suffering from gout.
Beef, Pork, Bacon, Lamb, Seafood, Foods that are made with yeast like beer or bread, Alcoholic Beverages
These foods, while high in purine levels that can aggravate the symptoms of gout can be had occasionally by those who usually follow a low purine diet.
Asparagus, Cauliflower, Mushrooms, Peas, Spinach, Whole grain breads and cereals, White poultry meats, like chicken, duck or turkey, Kidney and lima beans.
The following foods are safe to eat in a low purine diet; however these should not be the only food you eat.
Green vegetables and tomatoes, Fruits and fruit juices, Breads that do not use yeast (may be found in the kosher section or a health food store), Nuts, Milk and milk products such as butter and cheese, Chocolate, Coffee and tea.

do not confuse seafood with omega3 fish oil capsules as these can be helpful with gout and also in controling pain.

food to AVOID when you have gout :
all meat, esparragus, coliflower, spinach, fish especially oily fish like anchovies and shell fish, alcohol, oats, legumes, sugary food.
You CAN eat:
dairy products, eggs, potato, pasta, all vegatales but the above, rice, fruit (limit to 2 portions a day).

Answer 4

Gout is usually treated with pain killers (anti inflammatory) and a low purine diet. There is no cure for gout, under most circumstances. If the the problem is caused by the kidneys function breaking down gout may disappear with a kidney transplant.

Answer 5

Medication to lower uric acid and to help secrete it from your system is the most effective prevention.

It is also very important that those aflicte with this disorder do their best to modify their diet to reduce the amount of purunes they have in their food a purines are responsible for the Creation of uric acid which crystallizes and makes the material that causes the damage and the pain.

Answer 6

There is no cure for Gout as such, the only thing that can be done is to modify eating and drinking habits and find the best drugs to keep the disease under control.

Answer 7

By reducing the amount of uric acid in the system. this may be done with a change of diet or medication as sugested by a doctor.

Answer 8

hi, i have had good luck with ibuprofen (ask a doctor how much) and lots of liquids. real black cherry juice is supposed to be helpful, also. avoid beer and booze. good luck!

Answer 9

1. Medication prescribed by a doctor that reduces the amount of uric acid in your system.
2. Diet that is low in foods that promote the production of uric acid.