I have recently been diagnosed with gout
but have my doubts that the diagnosis is
correct.
I am 33 (female) and we do have a history
of gout in the family. I do not eat most
of the high purine foods and don't drink
much (less than 1 unit per week)
I have extreme pain in a number of joints
including fingers, wrists, elbows,
shoulder and knees. My ery.....
sedimentary rate was 25 (can't remember
the first word but it is supposed to be
<12).
The doctor has diagnosed gout due to the
above result in my blood test but I am
concerned that he didn't seem interested
in asking any questions or checking my
joints at all.
Should I seek a second opinion or is the
basis of his diagnosis sound?
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PenguinsRus
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Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 1178 Location: New York, NY United States
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Posted: 01-31-08 12:01pm
If you are worried about his diagnosis, I
would ask for a second opinion. Even if
his diagnosis is correct, at least you
will have a piece of mind and be sure with
a second opinion.
If you don't like the way your doctor is
treating you or you don't think he's
asking enough questions, you should try to
bring up the types of questions you wish
he would ask. For example, at the end if
he didn't ask about your joints, try
saying something like "would you mind
asking me some questions about my joints
or checking them out with a few other
tests? they have been bothering me and I
want to check out all possibilities before
jumping to one conclusion"
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gallego1968
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Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Barnet, England
Posted: 02-01-08 00:57am
I agree get a 2nd opinion, to me it`s not
gout but i`m no expert.
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stanl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 24 Location: San Francisco, CA USA
is it gout? Maybe not. Posted: 02-01-08 12:54pm
Statistically, gout seems to affect about
1% of the population, and out of that
group it's 10 to 1 men to women. So your
chances are pretty low (0.1% of
population).
Gout usually strikes one joint at a time,
not several.
The sure way to find out is to draw some
of the fluid from a joint and see under a
microscope if there are uric acid
crystals.
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