| Yes! It will and the damage is permanent and | | | | is not caused by any microbes. It is a disease that |
| irreversible! Thus, you must take actions to prevent | | | | resulted from one's diet or lifestyle. |
| the condition from getting worse before it is too late. | | | | After the inflammation is over, those urate crystals |
| Gout attack is an autoimmune reaction that is | | | | will deposit inside the joints on the cartilage surface. |
| triggered by the urate crystals that form within the | | | | Whenever there is new urate crystals formed, |
| synovial fluid inside the joints. Formation of these tiny | | | | another round of gout attack will be triggered and |
| needle-like crystals can happen over night without | | | | after that more sediment will stuck on the cartilage. |
| any pre-warning or signs. | | | | After a few years, this harsh layer of urate shell will |
| The sudden occurrence of these solid objects was | | | | become thicker and thicker. Some part of it will grow |
| treated as foreign invaders by the immune system | | | | to be like sharp chisel or drill head. Any excessive |
| and it will send signals through hormones and | | | | movement of the joints will force these 'urate chisels' |
| enzymes to activate a series of defensive | | | | to scratch on the surface of the opposite cartilage |
| mechanisms. The same reaction that happens when | | | | layer. |
| the saliva of mosquito that bites you goes into your | | | | When part of the cartilage layer is completely being |
| body, but in the case of gout, it happens deep inside | | | | scrapped off, this condition is called cartilage lesion |
| the joint. | | | | when the bones is exposed directly to the synovial |
| The inflammation or swelling will last for days with or | | | | fluids. At this point, the particular joint will have higher |
| without medications. Most people think that gout is | | | | risk of getting another form of arthritis will further |
| gone after the pain is gone. No way! The immune | | | | damage the joint and eventually causes the joint to |
| reaction will subside over time but that does not | | | | become immovable. |
| mean that the urate crystals have been removed. | | | | Do not wait until your joint is diagnosed with physical |
| This is because urate crystal is not anything organic. | | | | damage, you must actively take the initiative to |
| It is not virus, not bacteria, not fungus that can be | | | | reverse the process as soon as you know you are |
| destroyed with antibiotic or consumed by | | | | suffering from gout. Regretting later will not save |
| phagocytes (a type of white blood cells that eat or | | | | your precious joints back. |
| ingest harmful bacteria and dying cells). After all, gout | | | | |