痛風，是所有人都聞之色變的一種疾病。很多都市人都會聽過，或者是身邊總會有人患上痛風症。患者都會飽受關節痛的困擾，苦不堪言。

痛風症屬於「普林」(Purine)新陳代謝失調，是由長期尿酸過高引起的問題。當我們身體的普林代謝出現問題，導致血液中尿酸的水平長期過高，甚至超越血液可以溶解的濃度時，尿酸便會從血液中走出來，結成一塊塊的晶體。這些結晶會血液到處流動，而人體的關節都是特別容易讓這些結晶沈澱下來。這些結晶會慢慢於關節中增大，造成發炎反應，會令患處充血﹑腫脹和疼痛



其實，痛風症除了有我們不能控制的遺傳因素之外，還跟我們的生活習慣，尤其是飲食習慣，息息相關，因為普林可由身體自行生產或是透過食物吸收。因此，透過控制飲食，可制止過多的普林吸收，減低血中尿酸水平。都市人物質生活富足，餐餐大魚大肉，是患上痛風症的主因之一。

其實，痛風症除了有我們不能控制的遺傳因素之外，還跟我們的生活習慣，尤其是飲食習慣，息息相關，因為普林可由身體自行生產或是透過食物吸收。因此，透過控制飲食，可制止過多的普林吸收，減低血中尿酸水平。都市人物質生活富足，餐餐大魚大肉，是患上痛風症的主因之一。

其他可以做的是，每天飲用12杯流質食物和飲品和多做運動，用以加快排走尿酸。另外，有研究顯示，多食車里子，亦可減低病發率。

Gout is a notorious disease affecting numerous modern citizens. Gouty patients regularly suffer from the pain of arthritis in different joints of their bodies.

Gout belongs to a disorder of purine metabolism and hence is characterized by hyperuria. When the metabolism of purine is altered in our body, the urea level in blood is elevated to a level even higher than saturation point of urea in blood. Prolonged hyperuria above its saturation concentration results in crystallization of urea salts in blood. These small crystals may then circulate around the body through blood and are finally deposited on the wall of joints. These crystals create the nuclei for further crystallization and become larger and larger. This may then trigger inflammation at the points of deposition leading to redness, swelling and pain in joints.


Despite the fact that development of gout contains genetic factors, it is still closely related to our daily habits, especially eating habits, as purine can be both endogenously synthesized or absorbed from foods. Therefore, via food manipulation, excess purine intake can be prevented so as to lower urea level in blood. Modern citizens live a material lives with meals rich in various kinds of meats and seafoods, which is the main cause of gout.

Primarily, foods contain highest amount of purine are internal organs such as brain, hearts, kidneys and livers, seashells like scallops, shrimps, craps, sardines, Narrow barred spanish mackerels, meat juice, concentrated meat soups, chicken essence, Bovril sauce, Marmite sauce, kelp and alcohol. All these foods should be eaten minimally. During the acute gouty attack, they should be avoided entirely. Secondarily, whole wheat foods, asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushroom, green bea and soy bean products also contain significant amount of purine. However, researches showed that plant purine has a lower blood-urea-elevating ability than animal purine. Therefore, in spite of their high purine contents, these foods can be eaten in moderation.

What else we can do are drink 12 glasses fluid a day and do regular exercise, by which the blood urea can be excreted at a higher rate. Besides, research showed that eating more cherry is likely to reduce rate of gout attacks.



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