Dr. Vijay Guleria, BPT MPT(Ortho) MSW. Physiotherapy advocate

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If your gout is aggravated in winter

 Goat is very common arthritis nowadays, this is due to accumulation of uric acid in your joints leading to crystals which generate pain in the muscles and in and around the joints.

In winters it aggravates the frequency of boats of the gout increases.

It also increases with certain proteins more intake and alcohol or beverages also.

Always always keep yourself away from meats and purein rich diet.

Causes: there are so many reason behind gout basically all the things which lead to compilation of uric acid crystals in your joint lead to goat.

There are chances that if you are having blood pressures medications you are having gout.

Symptoms: a person who is suffering from Gout always exhibit joint pain especially in lower limbs in initial stage. Classical symptom of gout is pain in great toe near PIP.

In later stages other joints may also involve like hip knee and the joints of hands also.

Diagnosis: uric acid test is the best diagnostic tool it is the indicator of increased uric acid in the blood.

Joint fluid test can be also done where doctor draw fluid from your joint and see unique acid crystals under the microscope

X-ray ultrasound can be taken in advance stages.



Treatment:

First try to control your gout through conservative methods like feet cold and diet.

If you are still not able to control the pain and the symptoms and uric acid levels, please consult your nearest physician he will give you medication along with advice to join physiotherapy.



Heat or cold compression along with electrotherapy tense IFT are helpful in gout management.

Common medicine prescribed for gout are allopurinol fabustat and in pain killers they prescribe paracetamol indomethacin and celebrex etc.