Pain, joint stiffness, burning sensation, redness and swelling at the base of the toes, ankles, knees, ankles, hands and elbows are affected by characteristics of gout. Discover 5 reasons to avoid gout.

Rheumatism is a disease
caused the accumulation of uric acid crystals in connective tissue, namely the space between two bones or in the bone itself.

Stacking these crystals causes inflammation that triggers arthritis, swelling, redness, burning sensation, pain and stiffness in the joints.

Accumulate uric acid is a substance produced from the breakdown of purines, a substance is part of all human tissues and found in various types of food.

This uric acid should dissolve in the blood through the kidneys and eventually expelled through the urine. But if the production of uric acid in the body increases and the kidneys are not strong enough to eliminate uric acid, then the condition is triggered hyperuricemia (elevated uric acid levels in the blood).

As quoted from Medic8.com, Thursday (5/27/2010) there are causes of gout are:

1. Overweight. This is because there is more tissue that can be broken or changed so that trigger increased production of uric acid.
2. Too much alcohol, uric acid and disturbing journey to get out of the body.
3. The disturbances on one of the enzymes that help solving purine compounds that make a person subject to gout if food containing purines food.
4. Eating certain drugs such as salicylates, cyclosporine, levodopa or diuretic drugs.
5. Genetic likely play a role, though not too big. Because an estimated 18 percent of people who have a history of gout disease.


If the body is prone to gout should be done:

1. Drink plenty of fluids especially water, because the fluid can help to eliminate excess uric acid from the body.
2. Avoid foods that contain a lot of purines such as beer, alcoholic beverages, anchovies, sardines, eggs, fish, yeast, liver, kidney, legumes (peas, melinjo), meat extracts, broth, mushrooms, asparagus, spinach and cauliflower.
3. Menjaa weight by exercising regularly.
4. Do not do an extreme diet, as this can also increase uric acid levels in the blood.
5. Inform your doctor of all medications and vitamins that are consumed to prevent the increased risk of hyperuricemia drugs drunk.


Gout is often called uric acid, but this is different with rheumatic diseases. Because gout expenditures associated with metabolic disturbances in blood levels of uric acid crystals which become clogged. While arthritis is a joint disease caused by an autoimmune disorder that lasted long.