Many young people are diagnosed with gout but remain complacent, abandoning treatment due to work, allowing the disease to silently progress and recur more severely.
Many people believe that drinking lemon water every day helps "flush out" uric acid, even replacing gout medication; however, any benefits are only supportive.
A 25-year-old man in Ho Chi Minh City has suffered from gout since the age of 16 due to complications from obesity, weighing over 100kg, and has stage 3 fatty liver disease. He has had to change his entire lifestyle to save himself.
Sudden swelling and pain in his ankle joint led a young man in Hanoi to seek medical attention, only to be shocked to discover a series of dangerous diseases: gout, obesity, high cholesterol, and fatty liver disease.
The man had to be hospitalized for emergency treatment due to blistering on his shoulder, high fever, and widespread infection after undergoing a bloodletting procedure to "treat gout" at a traditional medicine clinic.
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The man had a history of untreated gout and recently experienced severe pain, presenting to the hospital with deformed limbs and large tumors in his joints.
Previously, gout was considered a disease of old age, usually occurring in people aged 40-50, but now it is becoming increasingly common in younger people aged 25-35.