i'm suffering from gout?

Question

anyone got a remedy, the pain is awful

Answer 1

Go to your GP

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This web-site seems to provide comprehensive advice:

http://www.arthritis.ca/types%20of%20arthritis/gout/printer%20friendly/default.asp?s=1

Hope you feel better soon!

I don't know how you came to suffer from gout and I don't wish to imply that you drink too much, because that seems to be all anyone ever says about gout and I know it causes offense!

However, I had an ex who was extremely alcoholic and he suffered terribly with gout. We had a long holiday in London and that's when he first had an attack in one foot - he was in terrible pain and stayed at home for days, I wasn't pleased but mostly concerned. I got him along to the doctor, who diagnosed gout caused mainly by his huge alcohol intake and poor diet. I took him to hospital for blood tests and despite nearly fainting and us all going to such lengths, he refused to go the doctor for the results and appropriate medication. He simply managed on painkillers until the pain went away. Silly boy though, I'm sure he still suffers with it and could do something about it, but he's in so deep with the alcohol addicition he can't help himself. Shame, he would have been a wonderful writer or journalist.

Anyway, all I'm saying is, if it sounds remotely like you - wise up before it's too late. Apologies if you're nothing like this - and either way I hope you feel better soon.

Best wishes.

Answer 4

There is really not one great remedy for those who suffer from gout. The best advice that I can give you is to take anti-flammatory medication every four to six hours. Also use ice and heat. Place the ice or heat for 20 minutes at a time then switch to the other. Besides that there is only rest and try doing a few exercises or stretching if at all possible to help keep the muscles and tendons that are not affect as severally limber. I hope that this helps. I had dated a guy that had that in a foot of his and saw the pain that he went through. I wish you a speedy recovery.

Answer 5

Gout is a condition where uric acid crystals build up in the body.
This can happen in the area of the big toe and cause a lot of pain.
Our foods contain purines; some foods are higher in this than others.
The doctor may place you on a lower purine diet (of which they will usually provide you a list of foods to avoid. There is also medications that can lower the uric acid in the blood
Here an alternative way to cure gout?

Answer 6

It's supposed to be from eating too much stilton and drinking port!! You have crystals in your joints. Massage? There are drugs too. Didn't whoever gave you the diagnosis tell you?
Take some anti inflammatory painkillers, like ibuprofen?
Hope it resolves soon.
Research gout on the web...........

Answer 7

gout is truly a very painfull thing and your doctor may be able to help some,but they really dont know that much about it.i know several people with it and they all say that eating cherries and drinking cherry juice will keep the attacks back.it really works so try it.dont go crazy with them just eat them like any snack.also stay away from lots of meat and high acid foods.acids build up in your body causing the attacks,definatly use the cherries it works

Answer 8

Gout is a result of too much uric acid in your blood. the best cure for this is URICINEX
HOME REMEDY - is simply a coin made up of a certain blend of metals that you carry in your pocket. I wish there was a medical explanation as to why it works but none was provided me by the "old timer". This particular blend of metals apparently interacts through indirect contact with the skin. Whether it reduces the amount of uric acid in the blood stream or inhibits uric acid from crystallizing we do not know.but it works!!

Answer 9

Only a physician can help you with an acute flare-up. However, you might want to check out www.goutcure.com. They have a supplement that reduces the uric acid build up that brings on flare-ups. You take the supplement, uric acid levels stay down, less/no flare-ups. My Mom has been using it with very good results.

Here's another website that has some good suggestions for treatment/prevention: http://www.health911.com/remedies/rem_gout.htm

Answer 10

The only way to end the suffering is to change your diet! Rich foods and alcohol should both be eliminated. Some people actually have specific foods that effect them, keep diet journal and see if you can find any specific food that may be causing your pain. I'm sorry about your pain!

Answer 11

Acutely, first line treatment should be pain relief. Once the diagnosis has been confirmed, the drugs of choice are indomethacin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or intraarticular glucocorticoids, administered via a joint injection.

Colchicine was previously the drug of choice in acute attacks of gout. It impairs the motility of granulocytes and can prevent the inflammatory phenomena that initiate an attack of gout. Colchicine should be taken within the first 12 hours of the attack and usually relieves the pain within 48 hours. Its main side-effects (gastrointestinal upset) can complicate its use. NSAIDs are the preferred form of analgesia for patients with gout.

Before medical help is available, some over the counter medication can provide temporary relief to the pain and swelling. NSAIDs such as ibuprofen can reduce the pain and inflammation slightly, although aspirin should not be used as it can worsen the condition. Preparation H hemorrhoidal ointment can be applied to the swollen skin to reduce the swelling temporarily. Professional medical care is needed for long term management of gout.

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Prevention
Long term treatment (in frequent attacks) is antihyperuricemic therapy.

Dietary change can make a contribution to lowering the plasma urate level if a diet low in purines is maintained, because the body metabolizes purines into uric acid. Avoiding high-purine foods, such as meat, fish, dry beans (also lentils and peas), mushrooms, spinach, asparagus, cauliflower, white flour, sugar, and alcohol, as well as consuming purine-neutralizing foods, such as fresh fruits (especially cherries and strawberries) and most fresh vegetables, diluted celery juice, distilled water, and B-complex and C vitamins can help.

A strong natural cure is a berry extract supplement consisting of bilberry, blueberry or cherry extracts. The anthocyanides which give the berries their blue and purple hues, after entering the body, turn into powerful anti-inflammatories. These might be an especially preferable option to transplant patients, who frequently suffer gout due to increased toxicity and strain on the kidneys due to their immunosuppressant medication.[citation needed]

The mainstay of this approach, however, is the drug allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, which directly reduces the production of uric acid. However, allopurinol treatment should not be initiated during an attack of gout, as it can then worsen the attack. If a patient is on allopurinol during an attack, it should be continued.

The decision to use allopurinol is often a lifelong one. Patients have been known to relapse into acute arthritic gout when they stop taking their allopurinol, as the changing of their serum urate levels alone seems to cause crystal precipitation.

Febuxostat - a novel nonpurine inhibitor of xanthine oxidase seems to be an alternative that is superior to allopurinol. [1]

Probenecid, a uricosuric drug that promotes the excretion of uric acid in urine, is also commonly prescribed - often in conjunction with colchicine. Interestingly, the drug fenofibrate (which is used in treating hyperlipidemia) also exerts beneficial uricosuric effect (Bardin 2003).

Allopurinol and uricosuric agents are contraindicated in patients with kidney stones and other renal conditions.

As arterial hypertension quite often coexists with gout, treating it with losartan, an AT receptor antagonist, might have an additional beneficial effect on uric acid plasma levels. This way losartan can offset the negative side-effect of thiazides (a group of diuretics used for high blood pressure) on uric acid metabolism in patients with gout.

It is suspected that in many cases gout may be secondary to untreated sleep apnea, when oxygen-starved cells break down and release purines as a byproduct. Treatment for apnea can be effective in lessening incidence of acute gout attacks.