My baby just turned 5 this year and has been complaining of knee pain these days. It feels like gout, but is the child so young that he has gout?

Children will get gout, too. It used to be thought that the age of gout attack is middle-aged and elderly men. Because this group has more opportunities to socialize, there are more opportunities for high purine diet contact in the diet structure. However, with the improvement of living standards, the age of gout attack tends to be younger.

The children's diet structure is changing. Diet usually includes fast food, hamburgers and cola, which contain more carbohydrates. This unhealthy lifestyle has led to an increase in the incidence of gout among teenagers. Therefore, the past concept has been broken, and children will get gout, so we pay attention to adolescent gout.