{"id":15387,"date":"2020-10-14T19:17:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15387"},"modified":"2020-10-14T19:17:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:17:46","slug":"gout-and-heart-damage-facts-you-need-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/gout\/gout-and-heart-damage-facts-you-need-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Gout and Heart Damage: Facts You Need Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Has your medical provider told you that you have atrial fibrillation, commonly known as an irregular heartbeat? Atrial fibrillation occurs when your heart chambers are beating out of sync. The inflammation from gout has been linked to atrial fibrillation. Obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure, all conditions that can lead to gout, can also affect your heart. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 2016 study from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5013274\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scientific Reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> revealed, \u201cOur findings showed that gout is significantly associated with an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation and Gout Flare-Ups<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You experience joint pain, swelling, and tenderness in your foot.\u00a0 It\u2019s a gout flare-up. This painful inflammation caused by high uric acid levels can cause atrial fibrillation, especially if the inflammation is not controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Common symptoms for atrial fibrillation include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irregular heartbeat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fluttering in your chest<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weakness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dizziness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shortness of breath<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feelings of anxiety<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Call <\/span><b>911<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> if you have chest pain.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What Tests Do You Need?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your doctor can diagnose atrial fibrillation with several tests including an EKG or a Holter Monitor that you would wear for one or two days. The Holter Monitor will measure your heart rhythm during that time. Working together, your primary doctor, a rheumatologist, and possibly a cardiologist will determine if your atrial fibrillation is caused by gout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Healthy Actions for Your Heart<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have gout, you must maintain a uric acid level at a normal level (3.4-7.0 mg\/dL for men).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steps you can take to avoid gout flare-ups and atrial fibrillation are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monitor your blood pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Routinely check your cholesterol levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take your prescribed medications. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.arthritis.org\/gout\/atrial-fibrillation-risks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for gout has been shown to lower that chance of atrial fibrillation by as much as 35%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exercise and eat healthy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your best bet to a healthy heart is to decrease gout inflammation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has your medical provider told you that you have atrial fibrillation, commonly known as an irregular heartbeat? Atrial fibrillation occurs when your heart chambers are beating out of sync. The inflammation from gout has been linked to atrial fibrillation. Obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure, all conditions that can lead to gout, can also affect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[711],"tags":[712],"class_list":["post-15387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gout","tag-gout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}