I have it in my Hip as we speak. My gout loves to move on me... it went from my foot, to my knee and now its starting in my Hip. Gout can get into ANY joint in the body. I have even had it in my wrist once.

I have had gout in my hip joints as well. I think gout seems to find new places all the time. It seems to get to joints that have been either injured or strained during exercise. I have had gout in fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees and on my feet. Never the big toe.

Since I first posted my question, I suspect that the pain could have been caused by my eating excessive quantities of small cocktail tomatoes. Now that I have stopped eating tomatoes, the pain is much less. However, it is now in both hips - not just the right hip. I am in the process of trying to determine which foods are bad for my gout by the process of elimination - I suspect that eggs could be the culprit. The list of food "baddies" on the web sites is not universal - my cousin had bad gout for 2 years before he found out that the cause was fruit juice, which, according to most web sites, is not listed as a "baddie". I am also having my uric aid level tested to confirm that my problem is, in fact, gout and not a spinal problem with pain referred to hip joints.

Testing uric acid in the blood does not confirm gout because many people with high uric acid have no gout, and many people with gout test normal for uric acid in their blood. The definitive test is to examine aspirated fluid from the affected joint under a polarizing microscope to find the particular birefringence pattern around the crystals that identify them as monosodium urate.

i have gout in my hip! im only 25 i first got it when i was 21!! it started in my elbow! then to my foot and my shoulder and hip! never my big toe!! i drink organic cherry juice it hels alot!!!