How painful is gout?

Gout is called "the king of all diseases" in history. How painful gout is? Look at how these people describe it.

Thomas S. Denham at the end of 17, Thomas S. Denham, a gout physician, wrote: "The pain of gout is too severe to bear the weight of clothes, nor can it bear the slight shaking when a person walks around the room." In today's words, getting dressed or staying in a crowded room is too painful. Thomas also compared the feeling of gout to a dislocated bone.

Sidney Smith was in the19th century. Pastor Sidney Smith described his gout attack as like walking on an eyeball.

Ancient Greeks Ancient Greeks called gout a "foot snatcher" because the favorite place for this kind of pain is the big toe.

Benjamin Franklin also suffered greatly. Benjamin even wrote a letter to his beloved gout, which said, "Mrs. Gout, what did I do?" Suffer such cruel pain. "Gout really wrote back to him: you did too many things, you ate too much (meat), drank too much (wine), and your legs were lazy to indulge.

Charles V Another victim of his extravagant diet was Emperor Charles V, whose empire included Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Charles also suffers from gout. Because of his meaty eating habits and preference for beer and wine, his gout attack was so serious that he could not lead in the conflict with the French. 1552, after the French army occupied Metz, our obese emperor suffered from gout. He bravely canceled his attempt to recapture the territory from the French, gave them an important victory and established his own army. Charles said, "Don't blame me, blame me for gout." After he abdicated and retired to the monastery. Nobody expects him to do anything there. He can do nothing but suffer.

Gout is a common arthritis now, and its clinical manifestations are sudden and severe joint pain, swelling, redness and tenderness, which mostly occur at the joint of the big toe. The cause of gout is mainly due to the accumulation of uric acid caused by eating too much meat and drinking too much, and it mainly affects men. Then, why is gout called "the king of all diseases" in history? And gout was regarded as an honor at that time?

According to Hippocrates' earliest description, gout is related to overeating. Only the rich can afford this kind of eating habit. Because of this fact, gout began to get the title of "the king of diseases" and even became a way of humility. He is described as desirable, because if it doesn't hurt, he is a clear proof of wealth. Poor people can't enjoy the pleasure of gout because of family burden. In the comment of 1900, a writer wrote in The Times of London: "The name of the common cold is appropriate, but gout seems to improve the social status of patients immediately." This means that gout patients are influential people of their time.

History is history after all, and it will eventually return to our real life, so whether there is a history of gout or not, everyone must have healthy eating habits!