Sunday 22 January 2012

Gout treatment – medication vs. natural treatment

Gout attacks suddenly on the joints, mostly it attacks on the big toe. The pain of gout is very scary and usually it occurs at the midnight and makes you feel painful and helpless.

There are two options of gout treatment. or for the prevention of gout. First option is prescribed drugs by the doctor and second option you have is through the natural treatment. When gout attacks first time in your body then you should want to prevent the future gout attacks and want to avoid the complications and side effects of gout such as kidney stones and immobility of chronic degeneration of joints.

When gout attack hit your joints then it makes your joint red and warmth. This usually happens when the level of uric acid increase in your blood. When all the symptoms of gout discovers then the doctor will recommend you gout treatment.
He prescribed drug medications or natural treatment for gout. He can also suggest you to dieting. According to the report of Centers for Disease Control approximately 3.3 million percent people in the United States of America suffering from this disease and mostly are the men.

Gout treatment through prescribed drugs or medicine

You have the option of prescribed drugs treatment or natural treatment and the combination of both of the treatment. Uric acid is founded in the urine and it is a by product of purine produced by the breakdown of protein cells. If the uric acid crystals are not diluted properly then these crystals enters in the blood and then collect in the joints. It is very painful; the immediate treatment of gout is to overcome the serious pain, over the counter prescription drugs like Acetaminophen and indomethacin. These two drugs are very useful and effective in order to overcome the pain and inflammation.

Unlike natural gout treatments the medicines works on different mechanism to reduce the level of uric acid in the blood, the medications are called Uricosurics. Allopurinol and Cholchicine are the two famous medicines which decrease the uric acid level.

Caution

You should only use these drugs if your doctor prescribed because many of the medicine have some major side effects. If you in the process of gout treatment then you should drink at least 96 oz water daily.

Natural treatment for gout

Vitamins and the herbs are very effective treatment for gout. Bromelain is also very effective in gout treatment because it is anti inflammatory derivative pineapple. Vitamin C is also very useful. If you are confused between gout natural treatments and traditional treatment then you should consult to your doctor. There are some natural medications for gout treatment which decrease the level of uric acid in the blood. These remedies are as follows.

• Stinging nettle and horsetail tea is very effective to decrease the uric acid
• Horseradish and parsley juices
• Birch leaf and celery as well as mustard are also very helpful to flush out the uric acid through urine
• Soothing devil’s claw and cleansing poke root, these herbs are also very effective for gout treatment

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