14-year-old Xiao Zhang (pseudonym) was recently led by his mother to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine) for pediatric treatment.
At a young age. Why did you get gout?
It is reported that Xiao Zhang is the only child in the family, usually likes to eat soy products, seafood, meat, parents are afraid that the child lacks nutrition and do their best to let the child eat well, unexpectedly, the child's weight is growing year by year, the current weight of 75 kilograms, belongs to the category of obesity.
Doctors say gout is often considered a "disease of wealth" that only adults get. However, in recent years, with the improvement of material living standards, gout tends to be younger, and some children and adolescents also suffer from this disease due to improper diet, metabolic factors and other reasons, which brings great trouble to families. It is especially noteworthy that "gout in children" abuses drugs and seriously damages the physical health of children.
Doctors suggest that gout is not a "patent" of the world, and its formation is closely related to dietary habits. The attack of gout is caused by the increase of uric acid in the body, and part of the uric acid is metabolized after the intake of purines in the diet. If the diet is high in purines, it is easy to cause gout, which is mainly manifested as elevated blood uric acid, repeated acute attacks of joint pain, tophi, and in severe cases, it can lead to joint destruction, deformity, and kidney damage.
Gout in children≠**Gout.
Do not self-medicate.
Speaking of gout, it used to appear in middle-aged and elderly people, but the epidemiological survey in the United States shows that the incidence of hyperuricemia in children and adolescents is 10%, close to **. Compared with ** gout, the manifestations of gout in children are more atypical, and when arthritis caused by gout attacks, the main symptoms are pain, redness, swelling, and limited movement in the atypical joint (non-first metatarsophalangeal joint).
So is hyperuricemia equal to gout?Hyperuricemia is not the same as gout. Hyperuricemia in children is defined as 420 mmolL of fasting uric acid twice a day under a normal purine diet, and gout can only be diagnosed when hyperuricemia has clinical manifestations such as acute arthritis, tophi, and gouty nephropathy. After the above-mentioned Xiao Zhang was orally administered Chinese medicine, uric acid dropped to 705 millimole liters, although it was still at a high level, but the clinical symptoms disappeared, and it was necessary to pay attention to care on weekdays.
It is especially worth noting that there is a difference between gout in children and gout, it is not a miniature version of gout, and you cannot take the drug on your own at will. Some uric acid-lowering drugs on the market have no indications for children, and they need to be selected and used under the guidance of a physician.
*: Changsha Evening News Reporter: Yang Weiran Correspondent: Chen Annie.