Abstract :
Gout arthritis or uric acid is an inflammatory disease of the joints, which can cause redness in
the joints affected by inflammation, swelling, and feeling hot and painful. Inflammation of this
joint if not treated immediately will result in damage to the joint and will experience changes
in the structure of the joint causing decreased joint function and will eventually cause disability
in people with gout arthritis. And in Indonesia in 2017 the prevalence of gout arthritis / gout at
the age of 55-65 years is 45% of people, at the age of 65-75 years 51.9% of people, and aged
> 75 years around 54.8% of people. The prevalence of gout arthritis / gout in West Java is
17.5% of people who suffer. According to the Sukabumi Regency health office (2018) Gout
Arthritis / Gout is in the 5th most common disease in Sukabumi Regency. Seeing the numbers
from these data, it is necessary to minimize the complications of Gout arthritis by doing warm
compress therapy using red ginger. This research method was carried out by means of
observation and interviews, 1 participant in the implementation, namely a person who had gout
arthritis. Warm compresses using red ginger are done routinely 4 times a week in a row for 20
minutes. The results obtained in warm compress therapy using red ginger for 4 consecutive
days with a time of 20 minutes show that warm compresses using red ginger are very effective
because they can reduce gout arthritis pain from before doing warm compresses using red
ginger, the patient complains pain on a scale of 6 and when applying warm compress therapy
using red ginger the pain scale felt by the patient decreases to a scale of 1. So based on these
results it can be concluded that warm compress therapy using red ginger can overcome the
pain felt in sufferers gouty arthritis. The suggestion from this writing is that warm compress
therapy using ginger can be used as therapy in reducing pain in people with gout arthritis.