wismom5
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14 posts since November 4th, 2005
New User
14 posts since November 4th, 2005
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a strict low purine diet can lower the blood ua level by about 1 mg/dl. It's unlikely your new diet alone actually lowered the ua level from 8.1 to 6.3. Have ua tests periodically (every 6 months?) when there is no gout attack. They can assess the ua level more accurately.
Two factors can increase the chance of having ua kidney stones ... more
about 50% of gout patients have normal blood ua levels during the gout attacks because kidneys excrete more ua during the gout attacks. Very glad you are able to lower the ua level to 7.1. But you need to lower it to 6.0 to reduce the frequency and severity of attacks. You may find useful info in section 2 of http://www.Icuredmygout.Org... more
about 50% of gout patients have normal blood ua levels during the gout attacks because kidneys excrete more ua during the gout attacks. Very glad you are able to lower the ua level to 7.1. But you need to lower it to 6.0 to reduce the frequency and severity of attacks. You may find useful info in section 2 of http://www.Icuredmygout.Org . ... more
before gout is completely healed, it's better not to put a shoe and walk on it. They will aggravate the gout and put you back to square one. You can soak it in warm water and raise it above the heart level as often as you can. Without an effective treatment and with intermittent aggravation, gout attack may linger on for a long time.
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I had only one kidney stone and they determined that it was a calcium/oxalate stone, but when my urologist found out that I wound up with gout, he stted that it probably had a uric acid core. Seems every time I try to wear a shoe everything flares up again. But five weeks?
No, I am not taking anything to reduce uric acid. When I had the kidney stone in august, we were unaware that my uric acid was high. Seven weeks later I got symptoms of gout (first time ever) and still have them. I know it's not advisable to take alpurinol during an attack and have also read that it is advisable to wait for further attacks be... more
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