Gout is Getting Younger
Since the past few decades, the number of people suffering from gout or hyperuricemia (high blood uric acid) is growing at an alarming rate. The number of gout attack cases has increased rapidly as this notorious problem spread towards the younger generation.
In the ancient times, gout only happens to the people from the noble and rich class of the society. As the world progresses and the quality of life of mankind gradually improved, the occurrence of all sorts of modern diseases increased as well, gout is just one of them.
Previously, we only heard of people suffering from gout attack in their 40s or 50s, but now the age group of gout patients is getting younger and younger. It is becoming common among the 30-year olds and is creeping towards the 20s. There are cases of teenagers getting their first gout attack when they are still in high school.
Something is going very wrong here. It is predictable. You can see the correlations between the trends. This problem of gout is proportional to the level of development of a population group. Here is one interesting fact, the percentage of gout patients in a particular population is very close to the percentage of fast food coverage for that population.
Hyperuricemia or gout is mal-nutritional disease. Some people will disagree with that statement by saying that he or she is living in the world of abundance, how can it be mal-nutrition? Yes, you might have more than enough food to eat, but those are mainly protein and carbohydrate based food. May be I should say gout is an "Over nutritional" disease.
Look at our kids nowadays! Almost all of their meals are made of processed food! From the milk and cereal breakfast to the fried chicken lunch in the school, and the happy meal dinner, plus the chips and soda during the TV show or computer game sessions.
Very often, the parents themselves are having the same diet. And they will try to convince themselves that they are actually having a balanced diet because there are some vegetables in the dish or inside the hamburgers. How can one say it is a balanced diet when there is only lest than 5% of fresh vegetables or fruits in their meals?
The trend of gout getting younger will only become worse in the coming years as the fast food companies are spending more on media advertising to influence the mind of the younger generations. Soon, the kids will reject healthy meal (vegetables and fruits) as it is not something trendy for them. Perhaps someday there will be a popular rap song entitle "Gout Romance".
Questions and Answers
As long as those Ying (acid) toxics in your body is not neutralized by the same amount of Yang (alkaline) elements, your gout problem will always be there with you. Chances are high that you will get some other modern illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, and possibly cancer at later stage of your life, if you do not do something to reverse the imbalance.
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You should not look for any magic remedy that can cure gout instantly, for there is none. You must first seek to understand the pathway acidosis so you can reverse the process. Once you understand the whole picture and how dangerous it will lead to if left untreated, you will slowly change your lifestyle or diet to return the alkalinity of your body.
Gout is a form of arthritis characterized by inflammation in a joint. The touch of a bedsheet or the sensation of a passing breeze on an affected joint can provoke excruciating pain for people suffering with gout.
Even though you totally abstain for consuming any high purine food, you will still have a lot of purines in the body. Look, purine is not the culprit. God has given us the perfect purine - uric acid regulating mechanism. Do you think a drug that disturbs the cycle will do any good to your body?
If you can relate to any of the above symptoms, then it is very sure that your body is under the extreme stress of acidosis. Taking all those gout pills will not solve the root of the problem. You have to look at the bigger picture of the problem and start dealing with it before it is too late.
A fast way to get gout relief is with baking soda which I've found it to be very effective. But now that I have gotten my uric acid levels under control I don't need to use this home remedy anymore.
Gout was once the 'disease of kings' due to their diet, but not any more. Anybody can have gout nowadays. Easy access to relatively cheap, mass-produced food and alcohol has meant that we are all at the mercy of gout through our diet.
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The killing part of the gout pain is that it can last for days or sometimes up to a week or so. A gout attack does not take away your life, but it makes you feel like wanting to die in order to escape from the excruciating pain.
If you do nothing about it, this painful gouty arthritis can last for days to weeks. Thus, it is important to seek proper treatments to rectify the inflammation before it further disrupts your daily routines. With that gouty inflammation on your feet, it is very hard for you to walk, even just a few steps. You cannot go to work, you cannot attend any social event, and sometimes even going to the toilet is a big challenge for you.
The root cause of the problem is over accumulation of uric acid in the body, suppressing the production of it does not mean it is cleared from body. Excess purine must be disposed out from your body in the form of uric acid. Blocking the degradation of purine to uric acid is like sweeping the dirt under the carpet.
Vicious Cycle, that is the correlation between gout and kidney failure. The question of whether it is gout that causes kidney failure or the other way around is like the chicken and egg mystery that puzzles the gout patients for decades. There is no definitive answer to that question, but you will see the big picture after when you put uric acid and gout drugs into the equation.
High uric acid in blood or hyperuricemia can cause serious health complications over a long period of time. Hyperuricemia will eventually lead to the formation of uric acid crystals which kick start the gout flare. If high uric acid is not managed and treated properly, it will eventually cause serious damage to kidneys and joints.
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