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Q: gout in knee leg pain

asked by: bechtj on March 16th, 2008

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Ok. I just joined the forum and I am happy I did. I am only 30 which sucks, but I already had Gout twice in my two before, and recently had surgery on my back to remove a cyst and after surgery my knee blew up. Of course, it was GOUT and they actually drained my knee twice in the ER. They wanted to shoot it with Cortisone but they said due to the surgery the day before they didn't want to do that. So I have been taking the medicine and have had two setbacks. Two times I tried walking without a Cane or Crutches and I started having this really painful pain in the back of my leg. Has anyone else experienced this?? It felt like the muscle was being pulled. So now its almost a month, I had a UltraSound done to make sure of no clots and I had X-rays done and nothing turned up. So has anyone else had this pain? I have stopped using the crutches and cane for about 3 days now and I can walk with a Mild very mild limp the leg feels alright, little bit of pain in the back of my leg now, but nothing I can't deal with. Also, I still have some fluid left in my knee....has that gone away for any of you overtime?? The doc said they might shoot it with Cortisone if it doesn't, but I'm hoping more it goes away. So just looking for experiences with Gout in the knee?

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cdnerds

replied on May 8th, 2008

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You will get pain in your back and your legs because they have to compensate for the lack of mobility in your joint the gout has attacked. Your muscles are getting pulled because they are doing the job your joint should have been doing.

For instance when I get gout on one side of my foot, the calf muscle will get very very sore after a couple days because of the way I have been walking.

Trying to make the joint comfortable also puts strain on your back because your probably not sitting in normal positions and walking differently then the body is used to.

I had that happen to me when I got it in my knee. Id also get you potassium checked, low levels can lead to very painful muscle cramps, spasms, and take the muscle longer to heal if its pulled.

sunshine3

replied on June 11th, 2009

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can it be RSD and Gout

ive suffered from RSD for the past 6 years an now ive been told ive gout in oth knees. My left arm aches so terribily i dont know if this is gout or rsd because my fingers burns badly til the point i want them cut off
so is it possible that i have RSD and Gout . My first RSD is in the right hand and fingers. Is there any help for me. Dont trust my doctor cause i told him my knees and calf was locked up and he said i was havng a panic attack and threw his hands up.

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