The Importance of Preventive Steps to Recognize Uric Acid Disease Without Symptoms

Health check to find out gout (doc. Ist)

JAKARTA - Preventive steps are crucial to knowing the threat of gout that often lurks without symptoms, given the high prevalence of joint diseases in Indonesia which are often only detected when the physical condition has experienced severe pain.

Based on data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health through the Basic Health Research (Riskesdas), joint disorders due to gout are one of the dominant medical complaints in the productive age group to the elderly, especially triggered by a high-purine diet and lack of physical activity.

Therefore, education regarding health risks is held through a health seminar and health examination services by Holywings Peduli at Helen's Play Mart Malang today, Sunday, January 25.

On this occasion, medical practitioners emphasized that gout is not just a common joint pain disease, but an indicator of a lifestyle that must be immediately improved.

dr. Dedy Pranoto who attended as a speaker explained, people often ignore it because the initial symptoms of gout appear gradually and not always extreme.

"Gout is often only realized when it causes severe pain in the joints. In fact, through simple examinations and lifestyle changes, this condition can be controlled early," said Dedy.

"Education like this is very important so that the community is more concerned about their joint health," he added.

According to Dedy, regular health checks or simple medical check-ups are the key to controlling this condition. Through checking blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, to uric acid levels, the public can map the risk of disease before the condition worsens.

Lifestyle changes, such as regulating food intake and increasing the intensity of body movement, are the main solutions that must be done early. This is in line with efforts to increase health literacy so that residents no longer take the pain in the joints for granted.

Andrew Susanto, President Commissioner of Holywings Group and Chairman of the Holywings Peduli CSR Program as the initiator of this activity, said that the provision of free health services is a form of social responsibility to improve the quality of life of the community.

"Through this seminar and mass health check, we hope that the community will be more aware of the importance of maintaining health early on, especially related to gout which is often considered trivial," said Andrew.

The enthusiasm of the residents was visible since morning, where participants from various age groups lined up to get complete health check services. In addition to medical examinations, this activity was also interspersed with various physical activities such as interactive games to campaign for the importance of being active.

One of the residents, Rudi (45), admitted that until now he often hesitated to check himself into a health facility even though he often felt complaints in the joints. After attending education and direct examination, he only realized the importance of maintaining a diet and monitoring uric acid levels periodically.

With easy access to examinations, the public is expected to no longer delay checking the condition of the body in order to maintain productivity in the future.

The collaborative effort between medical education and mass health check facilities is also expected to create a community that is more aware of long-term health investment.