Uric acid is often blamed if a person is experiencing joint pain. In fact, illness joint pain due to uric acid is only a fraction of the complaints of joint pain. In addition, the notion of the public not to eat green vegetables and beans if you have joint pain, are not scientifically proven. Similarly, uric acid-lowering medication (allopurinol), which is often incorrectly used for joint pain. In fact, the drug can not eliminate the pain. Even the side effects can cause allergic reactions, increasing pain, kidney damage, even death.Rheumatism is a collection of diseases with abnormalities in the bone-muscular system, joints, and connective tissue. There are over one hundred kinds of diseases causing muscle and joint pain, and arthritis is just one of them. Data of Poly Rheumatology Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung during January to December 2010 showed that approximately 73% of patients experienced joint pain calcification and not uric acid.Only about 3.3% who experienced joint pain due to elevated levels of uric acid (gout arthritis).
So, what is gout arthritis?
Arthritis gout arthritis is a disease that can cause very severe pain, accompanied by swollen, warm, sometimes redness on the affected joint and difficult to move. The disease is caused by deposition of monosodium urate crystals (MSU) in joints that triggers an inflammatory reaction. This condition is associated with higher levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia). However, people who experience it are not necessarily suffering from gout arthritis.
Elevated levels of uric acid in the blood of a person related to two factors:
1.excessive production;
2.excretion decreased uric acid through the kidneys or a combination of both.
Anyone can be affected by arthritis, gout?
Generally, gout arthritis is often found in men of all ages, most commonly in the fifth or sixth decade. However, the women are generally found in the elderly (seniors) or after menopause. Diseases of obesity, high blood pressure, high diet, and alcohol consumption are factors that can increase the risk of gout arthritis.If not treated the right way, arthritis, gout can cause recurrent attacks, be accompanied by the formation of chronic joint disease tofus (bulge containing crystals of uric acid) and can cause various complications in addition to damage to the joint itself. Possible complications are heart disease, kidney disease, decreased quality of life and work productivity due to pain, disability due to joint contractures and increased treatment costs.***
Sources: People's Daily Thoughts issue of December 22, 2011
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