[Therapy of gout].

The therapy of gout is discussed taking into consideration the concomitant diseases occurring significantly frequently in patients with gout: Hypertension, uric acid-nephrolithiasis, hyperlipoproteinaemia, obesity, premature arteriosclerosis as well as diabetes mellitus. In contrast to other opinions the authors are of the opinion that the dietetic treatment is furthermore of essential importance. It is referred to the still allowed sufficiently great number in the supply of nourishment, in which cases, however, the limitations in the supply of calories, protein or purin bodies, respectively, lipid and carbohydrate do not remain unmentioned. The propositions for the medicamentous treatment essentially correspond to the central therapeutic recommendations. For the acute attack of gout, however, following to the international experiences, the colchicine therapy is more emphasized again. The medicamentous therapy of the asymptomatic hyperuricaemia is to be included into the considerations after full exhaustion of all dietetic and other possibilities in constant increase of the serum-uric acid-level more than 8 mg/dl.