seafood eh; the kind without "fins and scales"? The bottom-feeding clean-up crew? that eat all the poisons we continuously dump into the seas? I gave up that kind of seafood in 1993.
You know, by intelligent design, our bodies disassemble nearly everything we eat, and reassemble some of the components into structural parts of our bodies. It doesn't do this perfectly however, and 70 or 80 years is our allotted lifespan. Sometimes our bodies get ahold of some renegade DNA and incorporates it into our structures, and that is trouble right then. There is only one natural way to get rid of that junk; cut it out. But this is not always successful.
There is however, a supernatural way........
Eat salads and avoid red meat and shellfish.
Also our local grocery store sells a fruit cocktail with cherries in it. I normally have one for breakfast with a banana and a apple.
I have not had a bad flare up in a few years.
You can control it with diet.
So true but in moderation.Totally agree but sometimes you have to indulge!
Same here....allopurinol also helps kidneys my Doctor said.Yep, I get it, and I feel bad for all that have it, I take allopurinol twice a day .
You too.
You and me both. lol
My prescription is something named, Allopurinol, that i take the pill every morning.
And ya, my big toe, right foot, is bigger than the one on the left foot, due to the gout swelling.
Totally agree but sometimes you have to indulge!
So true but in moderation.
allipurinol can and most likely will cause a flare up when first starting out. the med starts to break down the uric acid in the body and it will migrate to the joints. after awhile the acid will lessen, and if taken as prescribed, will /should stop the attacks. allapurinol can be murder on the body in several ways, although many take it for years with out any side affects. i myself wont take it. when i start to get an attack, 1 or 2 endomethesyn ( spelling ?) pills will stop mine. and ya your right, i wouldn't wish gout on my worst enemy. lol. daveWell, I"m on my second flare up in two weeks. Doc gave me prednisone burst, Got rid of the gout, after taking the last pill, I started on the Allipurinol, 24 hours later, bang, gout is back with a vengeance. Went to work last yesterday and hobbled around on it for 8 hours.
When I got home and went to be, OMG, the worst pain yet. Got no sleep, was moaning and groaning all night. Just felt like my toe was in a vice, and every 10-15 seconds, someone would turn the screws a little tighter.
Reading about the allipurinol last night I see that one side effect is that it can cause an attack when you first start taking it. So dont know if that's the deal our not.
Got a call into the doc to see what the heck i'm suppose to do about it.
That’s Indomethacin...and it is the front line medicine for treating gout attacks.allipurinol can and most likely will cause a flare up when first starting out. the med starts to break down the uric acid in the body and it will migrate to the joints. after awhile the acid will lessen, and if taken as prescribed, will /should stop the attacks. allapurinol can be murder on the body in several ways, although many take it for years with out any side affects. i myself wont take it. when i start to get an attack, 1 or 2 endomethesyn ( spelling ?) pills will stop mine. and ya your right, i wouldn't wish gout on my worst enemy. lol. dave
yup, it gets worse as day gose on! by night time its mortal hell!!Just home from the Doc. He thinks it came right back because I didnt wait a week between the prednisone and starting the Allipurinol. Guess you're suppose to wait till your gout is completely cleared up before starting on the Allipurinol.
So im on another prednisone burst to get me cleared up, then I'll wait a week or two and start the other. And he wants to start me at a lower dose and build up this time. I'm hoping we get this under control this time cause gout sucks. Mine for some reason gets especially bad at night when I go to bed. Got almost no sleep the last two nights.
yup, it gets worse as day gose on! by night time its mortal hell!!
I like the tart cherry and celery seed combo supplement. Also tossing in MSM and white willow. Thanks for the calcium mention. Have to look at blood work and see what number that's at.For many years I have dealt with parts of my feet getting figity then swelling and then more painful then you could imagine. My blood work always comes back good on the uric acid, the last few times my calcium has been a little high. I found that pseudo-gout is caused by calcium in the bloodstream and the symptoms are the same as gout. Over the counter supplement is Tart Cherry, I took it for a week straight and the swelling and pain went away. I now take it when I feel a flair up coming and it helps a lot. Cutting back on the calcium reduces the frequency also but calcium is in a lot of foods.