have had GOUT?
If you haven't, do you know what it is? (without looking it up now)
If you have had it before, where did you have it and how bad was it? Tell me a bit about your experience (pain level, th elongest it lasted, meds you took, your age first time it occurred)
2007-08-30 19:34:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Larry L: What is this about people's need to cut and paste the whole encyclopedia articel?If you read the question properly you will see that I am asking what people already know (I DID say not to look it up). I am quite capable of searching the internet, thank you very much. And you might notice - I asked for people experience and part of body and meds - so, it is obvious I KNOW what it is!
DUH!
2007-08-30 20:05:39 · update #1
My father has spells of gout in his toes. It is caused by a build up of uric acid in your body, I am not sure what he takes for it but it is very painful. He was in his 20s when his started.
2007-08-30 19:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by gonecrazybacksooninky 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gout (also called metabolic arthritis) is a disease due to a congenital disorder of uric acid metabolism. In this condition, monosodium urate or uric acid crystals are deposited on the articular cartilage of joints, tendons and surrounding tissues due to elevated concentrations of uric acid in the blood stream. This provokes an inflammatory reaction of these tissues. These deposits often increase in size and burst through the skin to form sinuses discharging a chalky white material.
Signs and symptoms
The classic picture is of excruciating, sudden, unexpected, burning pain, swelling, redness, warmness and stiffness in the joint. Low-grade fever may also be present. The patient usually suffers from two sources of pain. The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved. The inflammation of the tissues around the joint also causes the skin to be swollen, tender and sore if it is even slightly touched. For example, a blanket or even the lightest sheet draping over the affected area could cause extreme pain.
Gout usually attacks the big toe (approximately 75% of first attacks), however it can also affect other joints such as the ankle, heel, instep, knee, wrist, elbow, fingers, and spine. In some cases the condition may appear in the joints of the small toes which have become immobile due to impact injury earlier in life, causing poor blood circulation that leads to gout.
Patients with longstanding hyperuricemia (see below) can have uric acid crystal deposits called tophi (singular: tophus) in other tissues e.g. the helix of the ear. Uric acid stones can form as one kind of kidney stone in some common occasions.
Cheers :)
2007-08-30 19:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by Larry L - Hi Everyone :D 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I have never had gout. I'm not old enough to have gout, although some people get it early in life on rare occasion. Hope you make it through...nasty business from what I've heard.
2007-08-30 19:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by Glory 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never had it but my mom and dad does. it's the swelling of joints caused I think by eating red meat and all. it really hurts to the point of not being able to walk, but my parents are okay now though. They are in this business where it makes money and also sends them a product for them to drink. no gout for a long time now, and business is good to. ohhh. one cure is not to eat red meat. at all
2007-08-30 19:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a form of arthritis with severe pain. Look it up on the Internet. Also check for natural cures for it. No matter what they say...I hear there is a "natural cure they don't want you to know about!" Cheer up!
2007-08-30 19:42:26 · answer #5 · answered by underdog 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inflamation in the joints caused by uric acid build up, usually in the feet and toes.Also known as gouty arthritis. drug of choice is allopurinol, also in an acute attack it is treated with anti-inflamatory drugs.
2007-08-30 19:40:06 · answer #6 · answered by 1 Angel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't got gout! I could never figure out what gout is!
2007-08-30 19:36:55 · answer #7 · answered by Redeemer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi ya Mouse...
I haven't had it - - - - - -but a mate of a mate had it - horrible stuff. He had it for months - very painful. - he had it in his feet/heals area .. Not sure what he took for it. I know it didn't heal overnight !
edit - i remember him something about achohol - is it caused my too much drinking or acid or something..
2007-08-30 19:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by • Koala • uʍop ɹǝpun 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is gout an anagram? you're typing it using capital letters.
2007-08-30 19:38:59 · answer #9 · answered by pedestrian 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know what it is. I do not have gout but my uncles have that!
2007-08-30 19:42:11 · answer #10 · answered by xxon_23 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋