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Conventional treatment for symptoms of gout is anti-inflammatory drug colchicine. Isolated from autumn crocus, colchicine has a strong effect to combat inflammation (though it has no effect on uric acid levels!). This provides most sufferers relief within day, although drug may be difficult for many to tolerate due to digestive side effects.
To prevent gout attacks, following lifestyle should be considered:
• Avoid alcohol, a major influence in initiating attacks. • Follow a low-purine diet. This includes organ meats, meat, shellfish, yeast, and sardines, mackerel, etc. • Reduce excess food intake including processed carbohydrates, excess fat and excess protein.
If you find yourself or your loved one suffering from a gout attack, it is unlikely you would hesitate to seek professional help. The pain of an acute gout attack has been compared to pain of childbirth.
However, gout sufferers are overwhelmingly (95%) male.
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