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THETREATMENT AND
PREVENTION
OF
PRIMARY
GOUT
DISEASE: THE
TCM AND
WESTERN APPROACH
Gout
is
a metabolic
disease
that
occurs all
over the world.
The incidence
used
to
be low in
Asia
but
this
has re-
cently been increasing
progressively,
probably because
of the shift
to
proteinrich food and over-nutrition. With
the changing
life
style and the
rapidly
ageing population, gout
is
progressively
more and more common in China.
lt
is
postulated
that
atter
the 21st
Century,
gout would be second only to diabetes
as
far as
metabolic diseases
are
concerned.
ln gout patients,
10-40%
have
uric acid stones in
the
urinary
system;
others
have
obvious
kidney
damage,
and
10-25o/"
of them die from
it.
The accumulation of excessive
uric
acid from increased body production or
lrom
excessive intake, resulting in uric
acid
crystals
in
the kidneys
(as uric
acid
stones),
skin
and
joints
(the "tophi").
Consult
your
doctor
and
reduce uric
acid-rich food, e.9., internal
organs,
poultry, especially pigeons,
chicken
broth, sardines, yeast and
alcoholic
beverages.
Drink
more
water
to
wash
out uric acid from
the
body.
Have regu-
lar
check
ups including blood uric acid
levels,
etc.
Take good care of the
joints
that
have
tophi deposits.Take the
ad-
vice
from
your
doctor whether regular
medications are required to keep
a
nor-
mal uric
acid
level.
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