The occurrence of gout mainly involves congenital genetic factors and acquired factors. Congenital genetic factors are mostly caused by the difficulty in metabolizing uric acid in the body. The main factor that affects gout is obesity, which not only causes high uric acid, but also hinders the excretion of uric acid.
"Gout", toothache and childbirth pain are regarded as the three major pains in life. The pain is like being bitten by a big wolf dog or being burned by molten lead. It can be said that the pain is unbearable. In the past 10 years, , the prevalence of gout in Taiwan has not only nearly doubled, but is also becoming younger, which is closely related to the high-calorie diet and the increase in the obese population.
According to a study by the Academia Sinica commissioned by the Department of Health, the prevalence of gout in men has almost doubled from 4.74% 10 years ago to 8.21%, with the largest increase among men aged 19 to 45. , increased from 3.4% to 7.2%; for women, there was little change, slightly increasing to 2.33% from 2.19% 10 years ago.
95% of gout patients are men
95% of gout patients are men, and attacks may begin around puberty, while only 5% are women. Mainly because women have female hormones, which help the metabolism of uric acid in the body. However, women should pay attention after menopause. Without the protection of female hormones, gout attacks in women mostly occur after the age of 50.
Not only has the prevalence of gout increased, but what is worrying is that the age of domestic gout patients is also getting younger. Chen Zhiyang, director of the Gout Treatment Center of Hongen Hospital, said that since the 1970s of the Republic of China, , he began to collect relevant data on gout patients for research and observation. So far, he has accumulated a database of 40,000 to 50,000 patients. After further analysis, he found that before the 80th year of the Republic of China, the first attack of joint pain among gout patients was Most of them are around 50 years old, but after the 1980s, the age of first joint pain attack dropped to more than 30 years old.
By the 100th year of the Republic of China, although the age at which gout patients had their first joint pain attack remained around 30 years old, the proportion of first joint gout attacks at the age of 20 had increased from the 1980s. The 8% before the Republic of China increased all the way to 14% after the 1980s and 25% in the 100s. That is to say, one out of every four gout patients is a 20-year-old young man.
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