Gout!

singist · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:06

Anyone suffer this painful condition?

Only ever suffered in the last couple of months but it is a bit like hemeroids in so far as, if you don't suffer from it, it's funny, if you do it's ******* painful!

Can hardly walk at the mo' and even the weight of the duvet causes intense pain; time to see the Doc tomorrow, methinks ...

Tell us your stories about gout or just have a good LOL at my suffering

........... until you get an attack.

ouch! ....oooh! .....argh! ..... fuuuuu! :eek:

kae2 · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:08

Improve your diet... heh, could have been a GP, lol.

godinman · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:09

Ouch, hope that gets better man.

Oh, wait a second.........ok back. That was a telegram from the 1700's, it's for you, they want their illness back.

BringTheRain · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:09

Edit

MY mate used to get this. Too much pasta and red wine. Cut it all out for 6 months. And still gets it

Zefan · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:09

I've never actually understood what gout is or what really causes it.

Anyone care to enlighten me? I'm too lazy to google it and we're out on a job now anyway so I'll check on your reports when I get back.

Cheers.

Rich.

x

Princey · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:11

Wiki

Gout (also known as podagra when it involves the big toe)[1] is a medical condition usually characterized by recurrent attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis—a red, tender, hot, swollen joint. The metatarsal-phalangeal joint at the base of the big toe is the most commonly affected (~50% of cases). However, it may also present itself as tophi, kidney stones, or urate nephropathy. It is caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood which crystallize and are deposited in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues.

Crowort · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:11

It is caused by crystallized uric acid or something. The main fix is to cut out foods that make it worse

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:12

Zefan said:
I've never actually understood what gout is or what really causes it.

Anyone care to enlighten me? I'm too lazy to google it and we're out on a job now anyway so I'll check on your reports when I get back.

Cheers.

Rich.

x

Gout (also known as podagra when it involves the big toe)[1] is a medical condition usually characterized by recurrent attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis—a red, tender, hot, swollen joint. The metatarsal-phalangeal joint at the base of the big toe is the most commonly affected (~50% of cases). However, it may also present itself as tophi, kidney stones, or urate nephropathy. It is caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood which crystallize and are deposited in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues.
Diagnosis is confirmed clinically by the visualization of the characteristic crystals in joint fluid. Treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), steroids, or colchicine improves symptoms. Once the acute attack has subsided, levels of uric acid are usually lowered via lifestyle changes, and in those with frequent attacks allopurinol or probenecid provide long-term prevention.
Gout has increased in frequency in recent decades affecting approximately 1–2% of the Western population at some point in their lives. The increase is believed to be due to increasing risk factors in the population, such as metabolic syndrome, longer life expectancy and changes in diet. Gout was historically known as "the disease of kings" or "rich man's disease".

Edit - beaten like a two legged cat.

arc@css · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:12

http://www.patrickholford.com/index.php/advice/nutritionalglossary/

You'll have to scroll down a bit.

4T5 · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:13

I've had Massive pain in my foot on & of a few years ago, People told me it was Gout & I've been eating to much rich food.
Excuse me while I laugh my **** off at me eating rich food.

Not had it or thought about it since but if I get it again it will be all Your fault. :mad:

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LOAM · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:15

Are you a historical king of England ?

SeraphX · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:16

good lololol, why not chop it off?
or smack the other toe, then the gout wont hurt so much

RichieUK · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:16

I thought i had this in the ball of my right foot a few weeks ago. It started off as a dull pain in the morning at work and gradually got to the point of me limping about at work and was in pain with it. Went to the walk in clinic as soon as i finished work and the doc gave me a prescription for an anti-inflamitarry (sp?) pill and some pain killers and told me to see my own GP for a bloodtest for gout. The bloodtest came back negative and the pills done the job, but didn't find out what caused it. That was a few weeks ago now, but just the other day i started getting the dull pain back in the same place, going to have to go back to the docs i think and find out what's wrong with it

PapaLazaru · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:19

godinman said:
That was a telegram from the 1700's, it's for you, they want their illness back.

Hehe.

singist · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:21

Seraph said:
good lololol, why not chop it off?
or smack the other toe, then the gout wont hurt so much

Maybe the shotgun technique that the guy used on his wart?

....oooow!

scorza · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:53

A Chinese fella I used to work with got it, poor chap got rushed to A&E one night in agony and had to have his knee drained of fluid about three times in the night. Apparently it's all because his genetic heritage wasn't used to a Western diet.

slylittlefox · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:55

I've had it, I think it was cider that was doing it because I wasn't eating/drinking much else for a good while

Hurts like hell

Valentino · 19 Jun 2011 at 20:58

Booze and meat disorder. Something i am destined for i guess

bastic · 19 Jun 2011 at 21:17

go to GP, get some antibiotics(they help quite fast) and cut down booze of any kind for a while..
most of the times it is booze that causes it!

PaulyD · 19 Jun 2011 at 21:24

Had Gout before and can only agree about how painful it is, could barely walk and like you say the weight of the duvet is agony!

Boss at work took the **** out of me for it and ended up getting it a couple of months later