EVERY THURSDAY WE TAKE A LOOK
THAT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BREAKING DOWN THE INFORMATION
YOU NEED TO KNOW.
DR. KALANI BRADY FROM THE JOHN
A. BURNS JOINS US WITH THIS
WEEK'S TOPIC.
THIS WEAK'S TOPIC, THIS IS A
FOUR LETTER WORD THAT WHEN I SAY
IT, I WINCE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM
THIS, GOUT.
TELL US MORE ABOUT IT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US, WHAT IS
GOUT AND HOW MANY PILE SUFFER
FROM IT?
GOUT IS A DISEASE WHERE
THERE'S A DEFECT IN THE
METABOLISM OF THE BODY.
YOU ARIC ACID BUILDS UP.
ACID CAN BUILD UP.
TISSUES THAT AREN'T JOINTS.
BURSIS AND TENDONITIS.
IT'S DEPOSITING AND ITS
ABNORMAL.
CAUSES TREMENDOUS PAIN.
THE MOST COMMONPLACE YOU GET
GOUT IS THE FIRST TOE.
AND YOU'VE SEEN PICTURES PERHAPS
CARTOONS WHERE SOMEBODY KEEPS
THEIR FOOT ALL THE WAY UP
BECAUSE ITS SO PAINFUL YOU CAN'T
PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
EVEN A LIGHT COTTON SHEET, THAT
IT HURT.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT'S VERY COMMON.
1 TO 2% OF THE WORLD'S
AND MORE MEN THAN WOMEN.
HOW IS IT TREATED?
WHAT ARE SOME MEDICATIONS THAT
CAN BE USED?
FIRST OF ALL, IT WILL RESOLVE
ON ITS OWN, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T
WAIT.
COUPLE OF WEEKS ON ITS OWN.
I WOULD TREAT IT AS SOON AS YOU
HAVE AN ATTACK BECAUSE YOU
MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE, THE JOINT
DESTRUCTION THAT CAN OCCUR WHEN
YOU HAVE GOUT.
THE MEDICATIONS THESE DAYS
NUMBER ONE IS COLCHICINE, YOU
CAN TAKE IN TWO DOSES AND WILL
HOPEFULLY ARREST THE ATTACK OF
GOUT.
NONSTEROIDING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
LIKE NSAIDA.
PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS PAIN, THEY
CAN TAKE IT UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF A DOCTOR.
IN ADDITION TO THE
NONSTEROIDAL MED SIGNS, THERE
ARESTER
ARE STEROIDS.
SOME PEOPLE NEED INJECTIONS INTO
THAT PAINFUL JOINT IN ORDER TO
KNOCK THE ATTACK.
OKAY.
A LOT OF FOLKS WHO MAYBE HAVE
GOUT MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR THIS
WHAT YOU CONSUME.
THAT, A LOT OF TIMES, LEADS TO
IT.
RIGHT.
THE IMPORTANT THINGS WITH DIET
ARE IF YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT, LOSE
WEIGHT.
.
WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME?
YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE A KIDDER.
AND PEOPLE WHO EXERCISE, THEY
GET DEHYDRATED.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE
EXERCISING TO STAY HYDRATED.
DRINKING LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER
SO YOU DON'T GET DEHYDRATED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALCOHOL
MAKES GOUT HAPPEN.
A DRINK A DAY AND SOME PEOPLE
HAVE TO TEE TOTAL, YOU PUT
YOURSELF AT RISK FOR GOUT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, CREAMS AND
WHOLE MILK AND ICE CREAM, RICH
FOODS --
THEY'RE SO GOOD.
I KNOW.
THEY CAN BRITAIN ON -- BRING ON
GOUT, AS CAN AD VA CAD DOES.
I DID THE NO KNOW THAT.
IN ADDITION TO AV AVOCADOS,
OTHER PRODUCTS THAT CAN CAUSE IT
OR ORGAN MEATS LIKE KIDNEY OR
THOSE THINGS CAN CAUSE A GOUT
ATTACK AND OF COURSE SHELLFISH
IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS.
THAT CAN DO YOU IN.
SHRIMP, CRAB, NUG ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
IS IT HER RED TERRI?
IT IS.
IF YOU HAVE GOUT, YOU CAN TAKE A
MEDICATION TO HELP PREVENT THE
GOUT.
THAT'S A GOOD THINK.
DR. BRADY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.