Application of Red Ginger Essential Oil Massage to Reduce Pain in the Elderly with Gout Arthritis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gout arthritis is a disease due to high levels of purines in the blood caused by the breakdown of purines that are not optimal in the body, resulting in hyperuricemia and causing pain in the joints. Non pharmacological methods are the right choice to help cure diseases because they are believed to have no side effects. One of the non-pharmacological methods of reducing pain due to gout arthritis can be done by massage in combination with red ginger essential oil. AIM: to
apply massage with red ginger essential oil on clients with pain due to gout arthritis in Sale District, Rembang Regency. METHODS: This case study was conducted using a descriptive method by applying several journals about the application of massage with red ginger essential oil for gout
arthritis sufferers for 5 days. RESULTS: the application of massage with red ginger essential oil for 5 days showed a decrease in the pain scale. CONCLUSION: There is a decrease in pain levels in the elderly with gout arthritis through nursing intervention massage with red ginger essential oil.

Keywords: elderly, gout arthritis, massage