The cause of gout is not known.

Gout recurrence may be related to excessive drinking, eating a lot of high-purine foods, kidney diseases and other factors, as follows:

1. Excessive drinking

patients after the condition improves drink a lot of red wine, beer, liquor and other alcoholic drinks, will inhibit kidney metabolism uric acid, leading to uric acid levels increased, resulting in recurrence of the disease.

2. Patients eating a lot of high-purine

foods such as broth, animal viscera, seafood, etc., resulting in uric acid levels increased, gout recurrence will also occur.

3. Kidney

disease patients due to renal function decline, resulting in uric acid excretion decreased, may also be the cause of recurrence of the disease.