Can gout patients receive pain-relieving injections?
Sep 20, 2024
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Yang Tiesheng
Introduction
In general, patients with gout can receive pain-relieving injections. During a gout attack, patients may experience severe joint pain, swelling, redness, and other symptoms that are often unbearable. Under the guidance of a physician, they may be treated with injections such as dexamethasone acetate injection or diclofenac sodium injection. These pain-relieving injections have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
Generally, patients with gout can receive pain-relieving injections, and the details are as follows:
During a gout attack, patients may experience severe joint pain, swelling, redness, and other symptoms that are often unbearable. Under medical guidance, they may receive injections such as dexamethasone acetate injection, diclofenac sodium injection, or compound betamethasone injection. These pain-relieving injections have rapid anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and can be administered directly into the affected joint area to alleviate pain. However, pain injections only relieve symptoms and do not cure gout. Patients must also follow their doctor's instructions to take medications such as benzbromarone tablets, febuxostat tablets, or etoricoxib tablets to control disease progression.
Patients are advised to maintain a reasonable diet, follow a low-purine dietary principle, and avoid high-purine foods such as seafood, animal organs, and meats to promote recovery.
