First off let me start with a quick rant.
I see alot of web site that state they
will cure your Gout, by simple things,
like grocerys, ect. and other secerets. As
far as I am concerned, if these folks
where true Gout suffers, when you go to
there site, there would be all the answers
and help you need. Not a charge for$$$$ to
see what they think might help, and to
pray on the true Gout suffer!
And for all who are thinking about trying
uricinex. don't do it, it DOES NOT WORK.
I am 44yrs old, and been suffering from
gout for about 5-6yrs now. It all started
with a fall off a ladder onto my foot. At
that time I think I was no carb dieting.
However, I was in very good condition.
Took the Doc's not long to tell me it was
Gout and not the hair line fracture all
had thought. probaly because with in that
first two weeks, condition went from the
injured foot, to same side knee, to
oppisite side knee, then back to injured
foot. Good call on there part.
Now being honest, since my attacks have
started, my health has actually gotten
worse. Gaining lbs, and lack of exercise
not just because of the left over pain in
feet has made activitys very
uncomfortable, but also the fear of if I
get any type of injury, OMG here we go
agian.
I can't even count the # of differant
types of foot wear I have tried, and
trashed, and tried agian. My personal
choice(after going thru hundreds of $$,
and many brands) is New Balance and Crocs.
The true gout suffer will know(if you
suffer in your feet and knees)what the
shoe thing is all about.
Something that I have seemed to notice in
my case, is that my attacks(the really bad
one's that put me in a wheelchiar 2-3
weeks, and peeing in a jug cause getting
to the bathroom is, well you know) seem to
be seasonal. It seems like between late
April to early June I can expect this to
happen.
Now through out the rest of the year(even
though not mentally recoverd)I will get
few managable mild attacks. But come this
time of year,BAAM! I am down for the
count.
Whats up with that? My diet, which is
fairly healthy, red meat maybe 2x month,
cook at home, don't eat out more than 3x
year, and my beer intake remains
consistent through out the year, no major
changes in any, and no real problems till
this time of year.
Have taken no Rx drugs for this. And
baking soda has helped in the prior
attacks. Can't say it is really doing much
this time. So I have started, inconjuntion
with the baking soda, 16oz of cherry juice
2x a day. Can't say that is doing much
either except for keeping my wife busy
washing undershorts.(sorry for that)
Based on what I read, this year I plan on
staying on a daily cherry juice intake(not
as much though)to see if this will be
preventive for next year.
Any thoughts?
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Posted: 05-11-08 16:07pm
A rheumatology journal paper in 2005
reported on a study showing that gout
flared more often in springtime than in
other seasons in the US, but it varied
with the geographic location. My
recollection is that the Chicago area is
the worst, and the Phila. area is also
bad. The article did not hypothesize any
reason why that should be the case. I have
my own hypothesis, but it's only a guess.
In the last 5-6 years, I have lived in
Central Florida(really no sping at all),
North Georgia(very mild spring), and now
NW Montana(very drastic spring)and seems
to occur in all and just as bad.
For the life of me, except for any type of
injury to a past effected joint, I can not
think of any triggers for this. Like I
said prior, my deit and beer intake pretty
much remains the same through out the year
with no real changes to speak of.
Trying to sell now and move back to FL.
But I think spring will be unavoidable no
matter where I live.
Funny though, I think I remember something
from when I was a kid about a neighbor who
moved to AZ because his arthritis was so
bad.
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Posted: 05-11-08 19:04pm
My guess may not apply to your experience,
but may apply to others. I connect
springtime with a new blast of pollen in
the air, which many people respond to with
inflamed nasal passages. That makes
breathing freely more difficuly, and can
exacerbate sleep apnea. And I know that
sleep apnea can be an almost immediate
cause of a gout attack, as I have written
about in posts on this website and on
others.
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Stu77047
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Posted: 05-12-08 16:37pm
I always get flare-ups in the spring too.
For me, I think it is allergies. I am not
sure how it works, except maybe I am
mildly sick for a log time. But I take
allegra religiously in the spring now
because of gout and not allergies. I
noticed a few years ago that my bad
flare-up for the year came around the end
of April or early may. One year it came at
the beginning of June when I ran out of
allegra. Maybe it was coincidence, but now
I still seem to get my bad flare-up
sometime in June, but it is not as bad as
it used to be. Also I drink extra water
all spring too, so that may be part of the
reason it is not as bad. Also my flare-ups
are only in my right big toe and have been
for about 10 year, since my first
flare-up. Just a thought.
Other ideas I have too are an increase in
work outside - Dehydration and Increased
Stress on the joint.
More BBQ and Wine (Never beer or hard
liquor anymore) in the spring.
Also of all the food and drink remedies I
have tried, water is the only one that
really makes a difference. I drink
constantly. I try to drink an average of
1.5 of the 16 oz bottles of water an hour.
I can only do this if they are not cold
too. I can't get them down fast if they
are. If I just eat fruits and veggies it
helps a little more too, but fruit juices
do not help me at all. And it keeps me
from drinking water. I have gotten good at
seeing the first sign of a flare up, a
slight stiffness and tenderness for no
reason. When I get that I eat nothing but
soup, fruits and veggies for two days. I
do find the salt from soups keeps you from
feeling that weird way you do when you
drink so much water. It makes all but one
or two outbreaks a year last 1-3 days with
a serious reduction in the amount of pain.
You may want to try my regiment. I usually
notice a difference after about 8 hours or
so if I start late, if you do not notice
anything by 12 hours, then I would stop to
avoid the constant trips to the bathroom.
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tommytowne
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Posted: 05-19-08 01:56am
Stu77o47- do you take any meds?
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Posted: 05-19-08 17:45pm
No Rx. Just some over the counter Naproxen
Sodiom. Some, yet very little relief. In
the past, if the attack would go on for
more than a week or two, I would go ahead
and hit the baking soda. Usually with in a
day or two shoes fit agian, and I could
slowly get around.
However, not this time. Baking Soda for
about a week now with no relief.
Kinda got a Doctor phobia.(long story with
botched surgerys)But I think now that I am
4 weeks in this thing, not getting worse
but not getting better. And I not sure my
wife is not going to off me in my
sleep,lol so she does not have to deal
with it any longer herself. It might be
time to go see the doc.
I have read and heard of suffers getting
cortizone shots. Do these really work? And
is it instant relief? I have heard that
cortizone shots can be bad for the ticker.
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Posted: 05-20-08 03:27am
I would get some indocin and some
colchicine if I were you. Those two meds
will normally knock down an attack
overnight if taken at the onset and in
just 1 or 2 days when taken in the middle
of a medium attack. It sucks you have to
start using meds but what I have found is
that this disease gets progressively worse
over time.
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Posted: 05-20-08 08:08am
It might be that time. I guess the older
you get, the longer it takes the body to
heal.
Might sound silly, but I have a bad habbit
of when given an Rx, I research all the
side effects several times over. Then end
up not taking them at all based on what I
read.
Still curious about the cortizone shots
though.
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Posted: 05-20-08 08:18am
Cortisone can have side effects too. Check
it out.
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blackbusiness
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Posted: 05-29-08 06:20am
Colchicine and Indomethacin work wonders
to knock down the pain of an acute attack.
(I take the Colchicine sparingly as I know
it can be poisonous is taken in too high
of a dose.) I take it because it flat out
works, and allows me to make it to the
restroom unaided.
Cortisone would likely work, but as any
athelete out there knows, one can only
have a few shots in thier life before it
becomes degenerative to the affected
joint. But then again, I haven't tried it
for gout, so I will say no more.
I am posting here because I noticed a few
of you had attacks during the spring. I am
having my first attack of the year (it is
now late May) and this is particularly
interesting because I know I had a very
bad allergic reaction to the pollen in the
air this spring. This is the first I have
heard of this, and I am inclined to run my
air purifier during the spring evenings if
there is truly a correlation between
spring alleries and gout.
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Posted: 05-29-08 07:38am
I would say thats a tuff one for anyone to
answer for sure. I will tell you that my
spring attacks are the longest(the accute
attack usually acouple of weeks, but the
inflamation 3-4 more)and the worst. Might
be able to reduce the inflamation time,
but my stomach can not handle the NSAID'S
for more than a day.
I say it's tuff because spring is my
enemy, however I do not suffer from
allergys.
So, it's anybody's guess.
But on the other hand, differant triggers
for differant people.
Me: Slight aggravation a few time through
out the year, off my feet with some rest
for a few hours and gone.
But come spring>forget about it>but
no allergys
Now, all the usaual suspects, beer, red
meat, fish, spinich, sweet breads, ect. no
for me, do all, all year round. Agian, no
real issues till spring.
However, the one thing I cannot rule out
is STRESS. It does seem to me for the last
3 years in the spring, I have been ethier
trying to sell a home, packing a home to
move, or on the road relocating. This year
it is the trying to sell in the wonderfull
US market that we currantly have. So, who
know's?
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