What I would like to understand is if the
pain in my earlobe is really gout, because
it shows all symptoms, coming from stress,
activity and eating tuna on the eve, or
red meat? If it is gout, than why has it
travelled to my ear? It is always in the
right ear and never anywhere else anymore.
It lasts for like two to three days, with
peaks of pain during the day and lowest
pain when I just wake up.
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Gout Answer A4067 Posted: 05-07-08 22:20pm
Gout is a chronic inflammatory reaction to
uric salts in the joints and tissues above
the joints. The earlobe is also one of the
places where uric salts can precipitate
and chronic inflammation occurs.
The uric acid level in the blood is not a
diagnostic criterion for gout because
there can be gout with normal levels of
uric acid and there can be no gout with
increased levels of uric acid. An
increased uric acid blood level is usually
present during the acute attack of gout.
The most important diagnostic criterion
for gout is detection of uric crystals
inside the leucocytes derived from the
fluid aspirated from the affected joint.
Medicines for decreasing the uric acid
blood level are indicated if the uric
acid level is over 420 µmol/L.
You may want to consult a rheumatologist
about this.
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