When it comes to pain, there are always two ways to help relieve pain, an ice bag or a warm tower. Anyway, cold healing is the more commonly used solution to numb the nerves, so that the pain signals cannot reach the brain temporarily.
In the case of gout pain, because the infected area (usually the thumb) looks like a burning fire, most patients absorb the entire foot in a bucket full of frozen cold ice. It would immediately numb all the nerves in his leg, he would not even feel the presence of legs, not to mention the debilitating pain on his swollen finger.
This may seem like a good solution for severe pain, but the fact is that cold treatment will only worsen the condition in the long run. It is a method that kills the symptoms, but it aggravates the main cause of gout.
Gout is a direct result of the accumulation of too much uric acid in the body, and the population of gouty patients is growing worldwide at an alarming rate. This is because of our modern stressful lifestyle, which is filled with a sour diet and habits. Smoking, soft drinks, instant food, synthetic food additives, fast food are all acidifying agents that actively pump acids into the bloodstream.
Keep in mind that our blood pH should always be maintained at moderate alkalinity, which is at a pH between 7.3 and 7.4. All of these acidic products turn our blood into an oxygen dump. In order to resist the acidity and return the alkalinity of the blood, these acids will be expelled from the bloodstream and enter the intermediate fluids, and some of it will be visible in synovial fluids in the joints.
When the concentration of uric acid in the synovial region goes beyond the saturation level, they will crystallize and form urate crystals, which initiate an immune response, leading to inflammation, burning and pain, severe pain! Attack of gout!
Still remember the salt crystal experiment during school science? One of the variables that we need to find out is the rate of crystallization at different temperatures. The answer is that crystallization occurs faster, and larger crystalline stones form at lower temperatures. On the contrary, the salt crystals formed will slowly dilute with increasing temperature.
If you want more urate crystals to appear in your joints or interstitial muscle fluid, continue with your favorite cold ice. But if you want to speed up the release of urate crystals, then drink your feet in warm water as often as you can, even while you are not suffering from a gout attack. Warm water will increase blood circulation and the elimination of toxins through moving blood.
