Bugger seem to have gout.
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I guess I must now be getting old, as I appear to have succumbed to gout! I knew from a medical I'd had a year back that the uric acid levels were high. So flared up yesterday overnight. The joint at the bottom of my right toe has turned red & if I try to walk much on it inflames. There is one point that is very tender & putting any weight on the joint is excruciating. Getting no sympathy, probably cos I'm maintaining I need to sit down with my feet up to ease the inflammation (well it does). Ibuprofen & ice packs seem to work wonders too.
Thinking about it I've probably had few warning twinges over the last couple of months that were very minor.
Thinking about it I've probably had few warning twinges over the last couple of months that were very minor.
You have my sympathy. I got it every year regular as clockwork, lasted about 2 weeks getting progressively worse every time. I have managed to be free for about 2 years now by isolating the biggest trigger which for me was sugary especially energy drinks which I was drinking a lot of. I now only have them occasionally and it's a lot better. I do occasionally still get the odd twinge when I've had too much sugar though as a warning.
There are tonnes of advice/theories but this method has great results. . . . Firstly get the pain under control with NSAID's if REALLY bad then a trip to Dr's for some nasty side-effect meds are heading your way I sorry to tell you. Once attack under control/gone then it's time to find the trigger that provokes your unhealthy history ( we all have it lurking ) the way to find out is consume lots of a suspected trigger for every meal ( starting with the obvious ( wine/beer/fats/sugar )) for a week then don't touch that product for a fortnight and see if you get/don't get another attack, this will give you individual proof. If your a perfectionist repeat to double check; trust me it's the only way to find 'your' answer any other method may not work for your DNA/Genes. . . All the best of luck and remember the beast can be tamed but can't be cured.
Me too. Second episode in 6 weeks. Seems an under active thyroid can cause high Uric acid, and that it runs in my mum’s family in both males and females. So I have blood test in a couple of weeks once this subsides. I have a few other symptoms as well, so hoping the blood test is positive in a lot of ways. The joys!
Not nice I have had in big toe joint for past 20 years, has moved in last year to knees and last few months occasionally into elbows, either that or I am getting old lol. But pain, have had to go around on knees when toe bad then tends to go into the ankle, and limp, cant put shoe on so I am a real walking wounded all self inflicted!
Had a similar attack about a month ago. Went for blood tests at the time and had a follow up blood test last week to check uric acid levels and they are fine (in fact on the lower side of normal). My kidney function was also on the money, and no sign of infection, but it looked like gout and it felt like gout, so you have my sympathy.
My Dr said she'd seen examples where the joint crackles due to the amount of uric acid precipitated on the joint
My Dr said she'd seen examples where the joint crackles due to the amount of uric acid precipitated on the joint
I got gout for the first time ever in my life at the beginning of last month. Never appreciated how bad the pain is when people have told me about gout before. Wow, I'd say it was on par with the pain I had for my wisdom teeth extraction that went wrong and got infected. I was off 2 weeks with that.
No idea what triggered it off, my diet is pretty boring, hadn't eaten or drunk anything out of the ordinary.
No idea what triggered it off, my diet is pretty boring, hadn't eaten or drunk anything out of the ordinary.
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