Gout is a type of joint problem which is like SUPER PAINFUL during attacks and usually affects your big toe joint. It's super painful man. What happens is that you've got too much of a certain substance (uric acid) in your blood so this substance is like omg it's too stifling here I need to get out so it crystallises and deposits in your joint. Then your body is like "hey! What's crystal doing here???" so it launches an attack against crystal. This attack results in loads of casualties and the entire area becomes inflamed.
SO HOW CAN YOU PREVENT IT?
Well there's quite a bit of genetic disposition, so just hope you didn't pick unlucky genes from the gene pool. And if you're a guy you can't really modify the fact that you're a guy. Well, technically you can, but that's a story for another day :)
BUT ALSO, there are some MODIFIABLE risk factors!!
- Obesity
- High blood pressure and high cholesterol
- Smoking and excessive alcohol intake
And loads more that are super important but I'm lazy to explain HAHA so take a look here!
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gout/basics/risk-factors/con-20019400
Oh and something interesting!
Gout used to be known as a "Rich Man's Disease" because the rich people then tended to be fatter and eat more rich food like red meats etc which were really rich in purines (purines eventually become the substance that causes gout so it's a risk factor for gout)!
Okay that's all for now! Take care, my dear fat, smoking, drinking guy friends! Hope you'll never have gout! <3
<3 Ruth
Disclaimer: The crystal in my second paragraph is in no way a reference to my apa friend. Because everyone knows I call her Jingle and that she's my fave ^>^
Disclaimer: The crystal in my second paragraph is in no way a reference to my apa friend. Because everyone knows I call her Jingle and that she's my fave ^>^
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