What is it
Gout is a metabolic disorder that causes acute, intermittent and painful attacks of arthritis in the joints of the foot, knee, ankle, hand and wrist - especially the big toe. If left untreated, attacks become more frequent, more prolonged and more generalised. Gout is a common joint disease affecting over five times more men than women & it is rare in children.
Although in men it can occur any time after puberty, in women it is uncommon before the menopause. There are certain factors which can increase a person's chance of developing goat. These include people who are overweight, have high blood pressure, eat diets rich in protein and drink large quantities of alcohol.
Causes
Gout occurs when there is too much uric acid (urate) in the blood and tissues. When the tissues become saturated with urate,, crystals of urate can form in and around the joints and kidneys. If uric acid crystals enter the joint, they may trigger the development of inflamation. The affected joint becomes red, swollen and extremely painful and tender.
Sometimes stones (known as calculi) may form in the kidneys. Most goat sufferers have a high level of urate in their blood because they do not pass enough in their urine. In most cases this is caused by an inherited peculiarity of the kidneys, which is generally harmless. It can, however, also be caused by high levels of uric acid within the diet or by some drugs (for example diuretics & antibiotics which interfere with the normal excretion of uric acid). It can be the case the a person produces too much uric acid in the first place due to a health disorder or an inherited metabolic abnormality.
"Quick fix" slimming regimes, particularly crash and 'yo-yo' dieting and fasting, should be avoided. They can lead to uric acid retention by the kidney. This is due to lactic acid production and ketosis as a consequence of fasting.
How BioTech Healing can help?
We can address certain factors which are known to make goat worse by doing the health screenings. The main areas which we can focus on are diet (reducing the foods high in purine), supplementing the diet where appropriate & looking at the body's reaction to stress and using homeopathy to balance that response. We have had great success treating patients using a alkaline based diet as the solubility of uric acid decreases in acid urine.