Alternative 'cures' Any Good?? Posted: 03-08-06 07:36am
Hi all,
new to forum. 45yr-old male 6'4" 220lbs
reasonably fit. Health issues gout (4
episodes in 4 years - 3 in left ankle, 1
in right ankle) and ectopic heartbeats
(pvcs and pacs 100-200 singles per day and
a few short runs of same per day) heart
checks out a-ok. I also have lifetime
high billirubin levels (jaundiced as a
baby).
I've stayed clear of meds so far. Latest
episode (left ankle) has hung around for 4
weeks now - ok one day (tho some swelling)
and then back again the next day and so
on. Having seen all the $$$$ cures on the
web, just wondering you guys' opinions are
as to whether or not any of them are much
more tha a $$$-generating excercise?? Or
do some of them really work/comprise a
viable alternative to allupurinol etc?
I don't seem to fit the 'typical' gout
profile. Not usually a huge amount of
redness and heat. Just a lot of
tooth-ache/broken-bone-like pain. I have
always had high uric acid/blood urea
levels - as in 25% over top of range.
