Is it possible to get gout in your abdomen?

Is it possible to get gout in your abdomen?I have just been to the hospital with a bad pain in my abdomen. Last night it started as a sharp muscle pain which I thought might be a hernia. However today the area has become very swollen, hot and painful and the skin is hot and tender to touch. My hip is also feeling sore and it goes down my leg a little.

I am 5 weeks pregnant and when I arrived at the hospital they thought it might be ectopic but ruled that out with an ultrasound. They said that I have traces of blood and an infection present in my urine sample, and have put it down to inflammation from a urinary tract infection. I have had a UTI before and have not experienced any urgent need to urinate or any pain while doing so, so I was not aware of any UTI symptoms before they made this diagnosis.

My housemate had gout a few months ago and I saw how painful that was, but with my skin so hot and sore and the area so painful (I also have a cold and early pregnancy nausea and lethargy so that masked a few symptoms) I was worried it might be something similar? I know that gout usually presents in joints but I thought it might also build up in caesarean scars or something?
I have a doc's appt. On Tuesday so I will double check then but I would like your opinion for now. Thanks!
Oh, I know it isn't contagious, i just recognised a few symptoms. Tuesday is the earliest I could get in- It is Sunday here and we have no 24/7 clinics.

Chrys
gout is not catching...and if you were that worried you get into your Dr pronto...

MishMash
Gout is a build up of uric acid crystals and generally occurs in the big toe.

That pain feels like broken pins and needles inside your joint. Horrible. Your pain sounds like cellulitis, which is an infection in the skin - this stings very bad a bit like gout does, but different. Have you been scratched in the painful area recently ? or had an insect bite ? When you see the doctor on Tuesday they'll likely be putting you on Antibiotics.

Hemen Ee
I know this will sound weird for most gout patients, but it is possible to have an gout-like inflammation outside the common attack spots, such as the joints. I believe you've read that gout is the result of excessive accumulation of uric acid which causes the crystallazation of urate crystals that the immune system assumed as foreign invaders.

Usually, the crystallization happens in the synovial fluid of the joints, but there is another condition where the crystallazation happens somewhere else, such as below the skin, and that is what causes the formation of tophi which is visible.

Luckily you've mentioned that you are pregnant. This has further supported my assumption. Pregnant ladies usually go through a drastic drop of calcium content in the body because your growing baby needs a lot of calcium to the formation of bones. Calcium is an alkalizing minerals, when your body loses calcium too fast, this will give room for the acidosis process to happen which gives you the muscle cramp (muscles need lots of calcium ion to move), nausea or morning sickness, and an unusure gout attack.

Your doctor might say other thing, but if the solution he suggested doesn't work then you can try taking some calcium supplement (follow the recommended consumption) or some natural coral calcium or even ionized alkaline water.

Jane M
Pregnancy symptoms can vary from one woman to another. In fact, some pregnant woman may not have any pregnancy symptoms at all for a while and another woman will know she is pregnant very easily just from her symptoms alone.

Some of the early pregnancy symptoms are the following:

missed menstrual period
morning sickness
frequent urination
mood swings
swollen and tender breasts
constipation
sensitivity to smell
fatigue

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