{"id":21955,"date":"2016-01-18T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spinefitchiro.com\/?p=21955"},"modified":"2016-06-30T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:08:11","slug":"managing-gout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/managing-gout\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing gout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post, we will share and attempt to give a better understanding of what gout is. You may\u00a0have come across either friends or family who might have had gout and heard how painful it was for them during that time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22114\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gout.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22114\" class=\"wp-image-22114 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gout.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Google\" width=\"1000\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gout.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gout-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gout-768x310.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Google<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gout occurs when there is excessive build-up of uric acid in a joint and the kidneys cannot get rid of this additional uric acid efficiently. It commonly affects the big toe but it can also occur at the ankles, knees, wrists, elbows or fingers causing acute\u00a0pain. Symptoms of gout include swelling, redness, warmth, pain and extreme tenderness of the affected joints, as well as chills and fever.\u00a0Occurrence of gout increases with age and it is more prevalent in men compared to women.<\/p>\n<p>The risk of developing gout can be increased if the person is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overweight<\/li>\n<li>Drinks alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Over-eats<\/li>\n<li>Does not drink enough water<\/li>\n<li>Has high blood pressure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Uric acid is also the end product of &#8220;<em>purine metabolism<\/em>&#8221; in the body. This is why many people who suffer gout often get it after eating certain foods high in purine. To reduce the occurrence of gout, it is recommended to limit foods such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anchovies (ikan bilis)<\/li>\n<li>Sardines<\/li>\n<li>Offal foods (e.g. liver, kidney, intestines etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Stock cubes or gravy (containing monosodium glutamate)<\/li>\n<li>Meat and yeast extracts (e.g. Vegemite, Marmite, Bovril)<\/li>\n<li>Beer and other alcohol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_22113\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Exercise.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22113\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Exercise.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Google\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Exercise.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Exercise-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Google<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other practical ways of reducing the risk of developing gout would be to maintain your body within a healthy weight range while making small changes to nutrition and eating habits. Drink plenty of water (minimum 8 glasses per day), reduce or stop your intake of alcohol, reduce salt intake and limit foods high in sugar content (e.g. soft drinks, cakes, chocolates etc.).\u00a0Regular exercising is strongly advised as this will not only help with maintaining the body in a healthy state but can encourage\u00a0a healthier way of eating.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or would like further clarification on how you can reduce the occurrences of gout, call us on 03-64193918 during our opening hours or drop us an <a href=\"mailto:info@spinefitchiro.com\">email<\/a> to make your appointment. Our nutrition and dietetic consultant, together with the rehab team will be more than happy to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog post, we will share and attempt to give a better understanding of what gout is. You may\u00a0have come across either friends or family who might have had gout and heard how painful it was for them during that time. Gout occurs when there is excessive build-up of uric acid in a joint&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/managing-gout\/\" title=\"Read Managing gout\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22116,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21955\/revisions\/22116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinefitchiro.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}