Gout

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Larks

I keep a supply of Indocin handy. I get probably an attack a year. It will take you from being able to run with 18 year olds to practically speaking, crippled.

Beer can be a contributor to higher levels of uric acid so you have to watch what you mix. Avoid certain types of seafood (google it). It's taken me a while but I have been able to track back eating X and then having a few brews to attacks. It can come on that quick.

I also gout Pseudogout in the knee once. Had to get it drained / get a cort shot to get past it.

Gout is no joke.

I had some foot issues last year that resembled gout. I was really concerned about this, as I know that gout is no joke. Turns out, I was merely suffering from what my doctor described as "clutch toe/foot" -- I had just bought a stick shift car with a heavy clutch pedal and since I hadn't driven a stick shift in a few years, my foot was unaccustomed to that pressure. It was serious pain, though -- I couldn't put a sheet over my foot for a week or two and really thought it was gout -- my doctor was pretty darned sure it wasn't, although from what he said, no test really eliminates it.

I have a friend with gout and I truly sympathize. I can tell the pain he's in and when he has an attack, he can't referee.