Gout
Gout is a difficult type of joint inflammation. At the point when your body has extra uric corrosive, sharp precious stones may shape in the enormous toe or different joints, causing scenes of enlarging and agony called gout assaults. Gout is treatable with prescriptions and changes in diet and way of life.
The name of the disease is not what concerns the person who
treats the patient holistically, for they are looking at the die-ease in the
patient, not the gout. Gout is a manifestation of the dis-ease in the patient,
treating the presenting symptoms with drugs for the inflammation and pain may
well relieve the symptoms temporarily, but it’s not treating the cause of the
condition.
So what is the cause of gout? One might be told that some families have a
predisposition to gout, and you may be told that some foods exacerbate the
condition, and that’s about all that can be done if you are treated
conventionally, you will also be given some prescription drugs to alleviate
your pain, and to reduce inflammation. If you do nothing else to correct the
cause of your gout, then it’s very unlikely you will see any improvement in
your health.
You may say that since you have been taking a certain drug that you haven’t had
any gout attacks, and as far as you are concerned not much else matters.
Unfortunately the prescription drugs have only palliated your condition, and
with constant ingestion of anti-inflammatory drugs and pain killers your gouty
condition will continue to develop behind the scenes, and your general health
will deteriorate as a result of the drugs you are taking.
Alternative medicine, depending on what modality you have chosen, would firstly
want to overhaul your diet, for a diet rich in purine foods would certainly
exacerbate the condition, and may even be solely responsible for your gout.
Foods high in purines and are therefore to be avoided: Meat gravies, stocks,
organ meats, shellfish, anchovies, sardines, herrings, mussels, mushrooms and
asparagus. Alcohol, particularly beer is high in purines, and for that reason
must be avoided. Any alcohol taken should be followed by copius amounts of
water to avoid dehydration and consequent uric acid build-up. Meat, white
flour, sugar, poultry, dried beans, fish, oatmeal, cauliflower, spinach and peas
are moderately high in purines, and may need to be avoided.
The ideal diet should contain lots of organic fresh fruit, vegetables,
wholegrains, and a very important dietary addition is wheatgrass. Fruits,
vegetables and juices assist the excretion of uric acid, and foods that
neutralize uric acid are strawberries, cherries, and celery juice, also drink
lots of filtered water. Many people have found that the addition of cherry
juice to their diet has prevented further gout attacks.
You may be given herbs or homeopathic remedies for your condition, however a
change in your dietary habits may be all that is needed to improve your health.
What a simple answer to what could remain a lifetime problem if you may no
effort to change your eating habits. If you wish to rid yourself of your gout,
alternative medicine can certainly help you.
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