Gout - Same foot infection on holiday - 3 years in a row
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k? Skin infection that's cured by antibiotics?
How the flying fk is that gout? Are you all mental?
Gout is epic (and I mean epic - like if you're worried someone might touch the area in any way you're prepared to kill them) pain caused by excess uric acid crystallising in "pinch points" in the body, typically in the legs. It can be brought on by bruising the foot, or swelling (as it might do on a long flight) of the area, not letting the crystals move and be broken down.
The cause of the crystals though is mainly diet - game, beer, whisky and other grain based alcohol. Google "purines" for the stuff to avoid. Antibiotics will not help if you have gout.
So yes, if you actually have gout, get prescribed something that might actually help. Naproxen is the normal painkiller given as it's an anti-inflammatory too.
k? Skin infection that's cured by antibiotics?How the flying f
k is that gout? Are you all mental?Gout is epic (and I mean epic - like if you're worried someone might touch the area in any way you're prepared to kill them) pain caused by excess uric acid crystallising in "pinch points" in the body, typically in the legs. It can be brought on by bruising the foot, or swelling (as it might do on a long flight) of the area, not letting the crystals move and be broken down.
The cause of the crystals though is mainly diet - game, beer, whisky and other grain based alcohol. Google "purines" for the stuff to avoid. Antibiotics will not help if you have gout.
So yes, if you actually have gout, get prescribed something that might actually help. Naproxen is the normal painkiller given as it's an anti-inflammatory too.
I had gout, and sometimes in BOTH feet
It is a build up of crystals in the bone joint, usually big toe but also ankle and others
you need a blood test to verify
Naproxen cured me, but it wasnt prescribed last time
hurts dont it
cut out peas, cheese, wine.....lose weight
that hurts too
http://www.drugs.com/naproxen.html
It is a build up of crystals in the bone joint, usually big toe but also ankle and others
you need a blood test to verify
Naproxen cured me, but it wasnt prescribed last time
hurts dont it
cut out peas, cheese, wine.....lose weight
that hurts too
http://www.drugs.com/naproxen.html
Upatdawn said:
I had gout, and sometimes in BOTH feet
It is a build up of crystals in the bone joint, usually big toe but also ankle and others
you need a blood test to verify
Naproxen cured me, but it wasnt prescribed last time
hurts dont it
cut out peas, cheese, wine.....lose weight
that hurts too
http://www.drugs.com/naproxen.html
Sorry to read you had it in both feet. One can be grim.It is a build up of crystals in the bone joint, usually big toe but also ankle and others
you need a blood test to verify
Naproxen cured me, but it wasnt prescribed last time
hurts dont it
cut out peas, cheese, wine.....lose weight
that hurts too
http://www.drugs.com/naproxen.html
I switched to Naproxen today. Fortunately I'm in country where you can buy it at a chemist without a prescription. It is no worse and now day 5 so I'm hoping for some progress.
The web is awash with helpful and less than helpful information. As is the case with illnesses.
I am reading up what to eat and what to avoid. No cherries out here which is a shame as I like a juicy cherry!
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