| Tiny lumps. Painful attacks. Young people may not | | | | the pain and preventing the attack. These can be |
| be familiar with this disease but it has caused trouble | | | | achieved by controlling the level of uric acid in the |
| among susceptible individual. And that is gout arthritis. | | | | blood as this is the main cause of gout. When uric acid |
| Gout arthritis is a serious painful disease characterized | | | | level in the blood is elevated, the blood is acidic. At this |
| by red, swollen joints. Commonly affected part is the | | | | time, the body needs to neutralize the level of pH in |
| big toe but it can also appear in other parts of the | | | | order to attain balance. Eating more alkaline food as |
| body primarily in the joints. It can affect joints of the | | | | well as drinking alkaline water would help in neutralizing |
| hands and feet as well as in the shoulders, elbows and | | | | the acids in the blood. The easiest and most popular |
| knee. Gout attacks are usually sudden, imitating the | | | | way is by drinking alkaline water. |
| same pain as in arthritis. Sometimes, the painful attacks | | | | For those people who are suffering from gout arthritis, |
| are accompanied with fever and chill because the | | | | medications have brought side effects as all of these |
| affected part is tender and inflamed. Many found relief | | | | are chemically based. A more natural approach in |
| in non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, but it does not | | | | controlling uric acid is through the things we put in our |
| relieve the main problem. | | | | mouth, yes, in the things that we eat. Aside from |
| Several causes can be attributed in developing gout | | | | following a low purine diet in order to lower down uric |
| arthritis, but the most common cause is the abnormal | | | | acid levels, one should also focus on the water they |
| high levels of uric acid in the blood. As uric acid | | | | drink as it can also be determined if it is acidic or |
| elevates, it tends to form crystals in between the joints | | | | alkaline. Ideally, alkaline water is preferred because of |
| particularly in the synovial fluid. These crystals | | | | its many health benefits especially in managing gout |
| accumulate and create a deposit in the joints. As the | | | | attacks. It also neutralizes the pH balance in our body |
| joints move, the deposited crystals make a friction like | | | | as well as in the blood, keep in mind that the human |
| movement against the joints producing an excruciating | | | | body is composed of 75% water. Alkaline water can |
| pain. Pressure and tightening feeling can also be felt as | | | | be bought from the store bottled, but there are also |
| the crystals add in the normal volume of the synovial | | | | products that can be installed in order to produce |
| fluid. | | | | alkaline water right in the comfort of your own home. |
| Gout arthritis is not a life threatening disease, but the | | | | Remember that in managing gout, the natural way is |
| pain that accompanies it makes it a distressing | | | | the best option; enjoy its benefits without the side |
| disease. Treatment of gout is focused on managing | | | | effects. |