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My big toe has hurt for months. Blood tests are normal. What could I have and what kind of doc should I see?

Gout — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:21:04 +0000

fifty50 asked:

My dad had gout, I think, so perhaps I inherited a tendency. My big toe is not swollen, red, hot or swollen. It has just been painful for months. It comes and goes. I’m 52 and female.

My toe hurts most when I bend it up or down.

Does anyone know what kind of doctor treats this problem, a podiatrist perhaps?

I just want to know what I have. I don’t want to go to a doctor simply to be told to take Aleve.

I was just diagnosed with gout. My father has polycythemia. Related?

Gout — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:29:47 +0000

swimeveryday asked:

I am an avid triathlete and this is killing me. My right foot just blew up. The ER gave me NSAIDs and Vikidin. When should I expect this to be normal enough to ride and run?

How do i make him see he has to go to the doctors?

Gout — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:15:08 +0000

Kira-Lee Kimber asked:

My Dad has gout, and it’s really disgusting, he’s had it for about a week and it’s died down, i’ve researched a little and it says to drink heaps of water and don’t take aspirin, but i don’t just want to rely on books, i want him to go see a doctor about it, btw it’s on his foot, he doesn’t drink so it couldn’t be about increased consumption of alcohol. How do i make him go see a doctor? he doesn’t want to go, he says it’s alrite. What do i do?

IS GOUT A PAIN IN THE FOOT?

Gout — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:01:10 +0000

shanookie0420 asked:

I HAVE A CONSTANT PAIN IN THE HEEL OF MY FOOT WHAT CAN IT BE AND HOW CAN I GET RID OF IT?

Do I have Gout?

Gout — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:23:01 +0000

One morning i stretched and my muscle in my toe and leg tightened ALOT, and my toe hurt all that week, now its back, im not sure what it is. Ive had a pain at the begining of big toeEspecially at where it connects to foot on side, but its gotten worse, then better(but not much) when i slept with it raised. Could it be gout. The skin where it hurts is pink, but i think its just bruising. Long periods of inactivity usedto hurt, now it doesnt hurt unless i stretch or touch it. Help please!

Do gout drugs stop working?

Gout — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:51:26 +0000

I have had gout for about 10 years and at first the attacks didn’t come along very often. It seems as I have had it longer the attacks are getting worse and I am having them more often.

At the moment I take cholrcine which did work up until recently, now it doesnt seem to help as much if at all.

I have heard so much about cherries being helpful that I eat them daily, now I am worried that because I eat them so often they stop working as pain relief for gout.

I always try and be careful in what I eat and I don’t drink beer as I have been told that can contribute to gout. Does your body just get used to all the gout treatments and the cherries and eventually they stop being so effective?

Gout Remedies

Gout — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:07:33 +0000

My soon to be husband has terrible pain in his foot and even up into his left ankle. The visits to Dr’s have not helped at all, he has tried pain killers but we don’t know if that is making it worse rather than better.

He never drinks any alcohol and doesn’t eat any game food but people keep saying it is probably gout, so if it is gout what can we do to try and reduce the level of pain he has.

We are ready to try just about anything, changes in diet and lifestyle are fine, the pain is so bad that we are ready to give just about anything a try.

What can I do to eliminate pain (soreness) in my big toe?

Gout — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:25:25 +0000

icatfishman asked:

This is not a throbbing pain and it is not related to toe nail. The discomfort is in the joint where my right toe joins my foot. Sometime when I am lying down it will hurt like hell for 10 seconds or so but mostly, it bends about 70% of what is normal and seems to have a bit of swelling. The swelling increases from time to time. Primarily, the feeling is stiffness.

I have bad an MRI on the toe and they have determined I do not have gout. The MRI shows alot of blood flow around the joint so they know that something is not correct. It has been surmised that I have some arthritis in the joint.

That is fine and all but it is not solving the problem which is limited mobility in the toe which has been going on for a couple of years now. I do not recall injuring the joint. Any ideas?

Ideas about relieving the discomfort and increasing the mobility are both helpful. I am aware of this condition almost all of the time which really ticks me off.

Thanks

i am 17 and might have gout?

Gout — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:38:35 +0000

vetkin asked:

my toes swells everytime, especially during rainy nights. my finger joints swells too. i don’t want to have gout. i’m too young

How did you help stop your “gout attacks”?

Gout — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:22:29 +0000

I had my first gout attack a couple of months ago. I have had them 4 times since then.

I have been to foot doctor who helped with some predisone. I still get the attacks. How can I stop these gout attacks?

What is the best natural way to treat gout?

Gout — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:44:02 +0000

I know that many gout medicines have very bad side effects.

I don’t want to put my fiance’s health in greater risk down the road. He is only in his 20’s

What is the best remedy for the treatment of gout?

Gout — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:58:08 +0000

I’ve tried limiting purines from a diet perspective. Is there anything anyone has tried before I launch into a lifetime of allopurinol?

What over the counter drug is good for gout?

Gout — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:29:41 +0000

my boyfriend has gout (which is a type of arthritis) he doesn’t have health insurance to get the medication he needs and it is too expensive to buy ourselves.

Now we are trying to find something that isn’t so expensive.

What is the latest treatment for gout?

Gout — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:11:39 +0000

I am having gout for the past five weeks. I am not over weight and eat food low in purines.

I have been taking allopurinol but the pain just wont go away, any suggestions for what else i can do

I need to find remedies for gout

Gout — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:33:01 +0000

Having gout is bad enough, the pain from gout is something that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy but having no health insurance makes it even worse.

The costs to go see a Dr every time you get a swollen big toe joint and then add on the cost of any medication he may tell you to take and you are easily looking at a hundred dollars or more. While I can not tell you that I know some miracle home remedies or magic cure for gout that I know about but no one else does I can tell you a few things that you can and should be doing to help yourself.

Start doing things to prevent your next gout attack rather than waiting till you wake up in the middle of the night in excruciating pain and then wish you had taken more notice.

Before you start mixing up home remedies for gout you can start changing what you eat.

Cut Out Game Meat
Stop Eating Liver and Organ Meat
Drink More Water
Cut Down on Red Meat

Increasing your water intake will help your kidneys deal with the uric acid that you do take and since game, organs and red meat are all high in purines (which become uric acid) cutting those out of your diet will help your body deal with the uric acid that is one of the root causes of your gout.

Treating Gout

Gout — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:57:51 +0000

Amongst the most effective ways to treat gout is also the most unpopular way, Diet!

Most people who develop gout are men who eat to much red meat, game meat or drink to much alcohol, admittedly that isn’t everyone but it is enough people to make it worth mentioning.

As a man I can tell you that one thing we hate is to be told we must stop doing something we like to do, whether that is eating huge steaks or having a beer with our dinner. Gout attacks have been linked to diet for hundreds of years and that isn’t going to change.

Treating gout is as simple as changing your diet, if you start to cut out the bad foods and add in some foods that will help lower your uric acid levels then you are treating your gout without taking any medication.

Gout treatments are available from your Dr but they are still medications and that means that you are putting more chemicals into your body and even the best medications have the potential for side effects.

As well as changing your diet you should look at any medications you are already taking and see if they are known to increase your uric acid levels, if so then before stopping taking them go and see your Dr with print outs of your research and discuss any alternatives that are available.

What Gout Treatment is Best for You?

Gout — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:09:17 +0000

In most cases gout will normally, attack one joint only in the body but when it does it is often very sudden as well as being a very intense pain. In most cases, the most common part of the body that this ailment affects is the big toe (metatarsophalangeal). When it comes to gout treatment, there are certain things that the person suffering from this ailment are looking for it to do.
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Gout treatment needs to deal with not only the pain but the inflammation or swelling of the joints. There are many medical solutions that seem to treat either the pain or the inflammation, treating both while also keeping the user lucid and active is the ideal solution.

Today there are several different kinds of medications that are used for treating this condition but in many cases, alterations to a person’s dietary habits need to take place as well. Ideally a person suffering from gout is required to avoid a diet that contains foods which are rich in purine and they also need to increase the amounts of fluids they intake. By doing this, they are actually helping to reduce the risk of the gout becoming any worse and preventing further attacks in the future.