PEMBERIAN KOMPRES HANGAT JAHE MERAH UNTUK MENGURANGI NYERI SENDI GOUT ARTHRITIS PADA LANSIA DI DESA KEDUNGREJO KEC PAKIS KAB MALANG

Background: Joint pain caused by Gout arthritis, is a metabolic disease characterized by deposition of urate compounds in the joints so that it can cause joint inflammation.symptoms that often appear are swelling, heat, redness, and joint pain, there are some people who feel mild pain and disappear immediately.This case study aims to reduce the pain experienced by Mrs.S or provide non- pharmacological acute pain management by giving warm compresses of red ginger, hopefully with this pain management to reduce the pain felt by Mrs.S.
Method: this study uses case studies that go through several stages of nursing care, namely assessment, data analysis, nursing intervention, nursing implementation and evaluation. Assessment and data collection directly meet patients by interviewing and observing the patient's current condition.
Results: after therapy warm compresses red ginger for 15-20 minutes with a temperature of 37-400 then compress on the painful part repeat until the pain decreases and recommend to maintain food intake or avoid foods that trigger increased uric acid levels. Researchers did red ginger warm compress therapy for 3 consecutive days and the pain felt by the patient began to decrease and almost no pain returned.
Discussion: nursing problems of acute myeri Gout Arthritis in Mrs.S, pain can be reduced by administering one of the non-pharmacological therapies warm compresses of red ginger for 15-20 minutes