{"id":17269,"date":"2022-01-27T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=17269"},"modified":"2022-01-27T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:00:12","slug":"watch-for-gouts-warning-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/gout\/watch-for-gouts-warning-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch for Gout&#8217;s Warning Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gout doesn&#8217;t just happen.<\/p>\n<p>This is a form of arthritis that starts off with symptoms and grows worse over time if it isn&#8217;t treated.<\/p>\n<p>Gout is identified by tiny crystals forming around and inside joints.<\/p>\n<p>This is a type of ailment that primarily affects those over 30 years old and post-menopausal women.<\/p>\n<p>However, men tend to be more afflicted by it.<\/p>\n<h3>Symptoms of Gout<\/h3>\n<p>Understanding the symptoms of gout can help you get to a doctor quicker and begin treatment faster.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment includes medication but primarily focuses on nutrition as foods high in purines make gout worse.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joint pain<\/li>\n<li>Joint swelling and joints feeling tender<\/li>\n<li>The joint showing shiny, red skin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Symptoms can appear as quickly as a few hours and can last up to 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>There is pain as these symptoms continue.<\/p>\n<p>This is called gout attacks.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Gout Happens<\/h3>\n<p>A buildup of uric acid in the blood causes gout.<\/p>\n<p>This can be rooted in kidneys that don&#8217;t function well enough to get uric acid out of the body.<\/p>\n<p>Once the build up occurs, the crystals cause a joint or multiple joints to swell, turn red and become painful.<\/p>\n<p>The crystals are tiny and sharp and can be quite painful.<\/p>\n<p>Some are more prone to gout than others. People who have gout in their family, the obese, diabetics and those with kidney problems are some of those at high risk.<\/p>\n<p>Those who drink too much alcohol are also at risk.<\/p>\n<h3>Gout Treatments<\/h3>\n<p>Doctors prescribe anti-inflammatory, non-steroidal medications (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, and colchicine.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors may also prescribe that patients use ice packs on the inflamed areas.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors will also prescribe medications, like allopurinol, that lowers uric acid levels as a way of preventing<br \/>\nfuture attacks.<\/p>\n<p>A physician will also recommend lifestyle changes to help prevent gout.<\/p>\n<p>This will include things like modifying your diet to include anti-inflammatory foods and have less high purine foods.<\/p>\n<p>It will also include a diet to lose weight as that can lower your risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gout doesn&#8217;t just happen. This is a form of arthritis that starts off with symptoms and grows worse over time if it isn&#8217;t treated. Gout is identified by tiny crystals forming around and inside joints. This is a type of ailment that primarily affects those over 30 years old and post-menopausal women. However, men tend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[711],"tags":[712,1473],"class_list":["post-17269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gout","tag-gout","tag-gouts-warning-signs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17269","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=17269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}