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GOUT

this is all a fairy tale, rich poor does not matter. Gout is a buildup of uric acid in your body, it crystalizes in your muscles somewhere usually if the feet but, it can be anywhere. when you get a "flare up" it's like a sea urchin with all those little spikes in your muscle. it can be bad enough to murder someone to get relief! high dose of MOTRIN will kill a flare up and it safe, they give women 1000 MG doses of it for menstrual cramps. so it's safe. but since I have been taking Allopurinol I have not had a flare up, all the diet suggestions are just "old wives tales" get to an arthritis doctor and they will fix you up almost ALL heart meds have Allopurinol in them, the last place you want your gout to settle in is your heart!
No heart meds have allopurinol in them. Uric acid builds up in the joints. It was originally known as a disease of the wealthy due to the rich foods they would eat compared to commoners.


Yes Hydrochlorothiazide can cause/increase acid levels.
My wife suffered from this for several years. Her uremic acid levels were high normal, so she didn't exhibit the classic cause and effect issue. Hers was induced by a diuretic she was taking for high blood pressure. Once she stopped taking the diuretic, her symptoms disappeared.

As others have said, soda and beer are particularly bad for gout. Also drinking a lot of water helps. But your best source of advice is from a specialist that specializes in gout treatment. This is how we found out about the diuretic.
Any diuretic can make someone more prone to a flare up, just from the concentration of uric acid (and other stuff) in the blood being higher because of less fluid- because you’re peeing it out. We run into it with HF patients a lot- sometimes a necessary evil.

Fun fact, we sometimes use colchicine after a bypass for pain control. Same thing with pericarditis. You know it’s working because they get diarrhea!
 
Go to Walmart get you some maraschino cherries the ones in the red juice. Get you about 5 jars. Then eat them until your almost sick. No really eat all you can. Help with my gout everytime. You will only be able to eat about 1 jar.then just eat you a few thought out day for a few days. Works for me. Then go to health food store and get you some black cherry extract take about a tablespoon everyday for prevention. I don't know what the cherries do but it works.
 
I had my first and only bout with Gout about 18 months ago. Instead of going on my usual morning walk, I drove over to a friends house . He saw me hobbling around, looked at my toe and declared that I had gout. He went into the house and came out wth a 32 oz jar of tart cherry juice and told me to drink about 6 oz every hour until I finished the whole jar. I did that two days in a row and was cured. I keep a couple of jars in the pantry for potential flare ups.
 
I have suffered from gout since I was in my twenties and used to take colchicine.
That stuff is pure poison but when I met with a rheumatologist I was told take Prednisone and skip the colchicine.
Instead naproxen is the key...Aleve....it is sold as 220mg tablets but you would want to take 2 tabs twice a day but make really sure to eat food before taking any.
So I would take 10 mg Prednisone
And 2 Aleve and the attack always subsided quickly.
I have taken Allopurinol every day as well and if you are taking allopurinol and have an attack, keep up the allopurinol through out.
Anyway I am so glad those attacks are a thing of the past but I am ready if it hits. The secret is to treat it immediately.
After a while you can tell an attack is starting...wait too long and it will be hard to get rid of it.
 
Apple cider Vinegar pills. You will thank me. I have told several people about this that have suffered their whole lives with it on and off. They have not had a case in 3 years or more. Look it up it WORKS!
 
I dealt with it for decades.l tried every home remedy there is. Doctors kept telling me if it’s only a couple flair ups a year , it’s not worth taking meds. Finally went to a podiatrist. He said that’s completely wrong. Even if there’s not a painful fair up the uric acid crystals are still doing damage. I’ve been on Allopurinol ever since. No side effects and no pain.
 
when mine starts to flair up i just pop an indomethacin. usually stops it fast, on occasion i have had to take 2 a day for a couple of days. bonus is i can use it for my other issues if needed
 
When I had it- I discovered it was triggered by certain foods--If I ate Spinach it flared up--if I ate oysters it flared up- so once I discovered that trouble no more--eating raw pineapple always helped a lot with a spell.
 
Apple cider Vinegar pills. You will thank me. I have told several people about this that have suffered their whole lives with it on and off. They have not had a case in 3 years or more. Look it up it WORKS!
I've suffered severe gout attacks in the past, one bad enough I had to have emergency surgery on it. I started drinking ACV with the mother and haven't had a flare up since. I stopped taking the alopurinol.
 
I would add reduce meat a little. Increase water intake. More vegtables, beans, legumes. Cut out alcohol until you have things under control.
 
Gout prescription medicine sent my blood pressure thru the roof. I tried everything to curb the gout.
Then due to 4 heart attacks and Crohn's disease I have backed way off of red meat (pork is a red meat). Now pretty much chicken and fish (love those quail and salmon).
I have found that drinking plenty of water (even if I'm not thirsty) has a large effect. 60 ounces of water every day. More if I'm working outside. Not a fan of Gatorade. Homemade lemonade works also.
If your urine is dark, you are on the threshold of having Gout.
 
THIS tart cherry juice.
8 ounces a day keeps the Gout away.
The best 100% (not from concentrate) tart cherry juice (and for a great price) is Trader Joe's stores' house brand. Do yourself a big favor. Once you discover T.J.'s you'll find more and more items you simply can't match elsewhere. Unfortunately, smaller cities typically don't have T.J.'s.
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I am sure most of you old guys have suffered with gout. Doc's have had me on Prednisone and Colchicine it gives me relief but a soon as I quit taking it the gout flares back up. Been suffering for 3 months, first in a finger and now it has migrated to both feet. Ice seems to help but is not a cure. Anybody got a home remedy that helped? I take supplements that are supposed to help, Vit C, Turmeric, cider vinegar, magnesium. I've even quit drinking!!!
I got my first gout attack while guiding an elk hunt. I thought I had broke my foot from carrying out the meat and cape. It always occurred in my right big toe until recently I had an attack in my right wrist. That was the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt. I am now 43, never had alcohol, don’t smoke or any other habits like that. I take colchecine as soon as I feel it and drink a cup of water with baking soda 1x per day when I feel the attack coming. Solves it in most cases. Good luck
 
I'm starting to suspect diet soda is the cause of all kinds of inflammatory symptoms. As well as urinary issues.

Diet Gatorade might even be worse.
any additives starting with 2 in any foods. do your homework for your yourself, family and grandkids. major cause.
 
I would add reduce meat a little. Increase water intake. More vegtables, beans, legumes. Cut out alcohol until you have things under control.
I did not find this to be the case. Cut out the sugar/carbs (including beer) in your diet and you’ll not only lose weight, your gout will be gone. I was likely eating 1/2lb or more of bacon every morning w/ eggs and a large venison steak w/ eggs in the afternoon…NO carbs. No flare ups or even hints of such.
 
My dad had the gout bad as he aged. Prednisone helped. The #1 thing for him was avoiding sausage, pork, turkey and fish. Cherry juice helps too, although he wouldn't drink it.
 

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