Natural Gout Cures And Natural Medication For Gout

Causes, Symptoms And Treatments Of Gout

• Severe pain in the toes, especially the big toe
• Joints tend to become swollen and tender.
• Reddish skin on the joints.
• Gout attacks generally continue from a few hours to a few days. Sometimes, it can even carry on for weeks.
• Some gout patients also get other symptoms like chills, fever and a faster heartbeat.
• This inflammation that happens due to crystals of uric acid can cause bursitis.

• While gout can be hereditary, it can also be due to other reasons. The level of uric acid can increase in the blood due to:
• Irregular kidney function, too much of alcohol consumption and being overweight, can increase your chances of getting gout.
• Certain medicines like low dose aspirin, cyclosporine, a few antibiotics, insulin and others can increase the level of uric acid in your blood.
• A recent surgery, joint injury, high blood pressure, and low thyroid hormone levels can lead to gout.
• If your food contains high levels of purines, then you are at a risk of getting gout.

• Cherry juice or just eating cherries can reduce the level of uric acid in the body and prevent it from settling into the joints.
  
  
  
  Cherries are said to have anti-inflammatory properties. You can eat about 10 cherries to half pound of cherries or make it into juice for curing gout.
• If your diet contains a lot of purines then it can cause about 50% of uric acid in the body. So, you must have food that has less quantity of purines to prevent future attacks. Eliminate high-purine foods like sardines, anchovies, herring, mackerel, wild game, scallops, meat extracts, meat gravies, kidney, brains, sweet breads and organ meats. Additionally, eat no more than a single serving of the following in a day: mushrooms, spinach, cauliflower, asparagus, peas, and dried beans.
• Drink a lot of water to flush out the extra uric acid.