Some help with gout, please?

Some help with gout, please?I wonder has anyone here suffered from gout? I have a pain in my big toe and I visited the doctor a few weeks ago. He says he thinks it might be gout but me being 31 means he is willing to leave it a few weeks before making a diagnosis. The more I read the more I think it is gout. This is really frustrating as I'm very athletic and it's kinda hobbled me. Has anyone else suffered from this problem? If so did it sort itself out?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

JeffKan1
Fellow gout sufferer here. There's a ton of people that get gout and just are not sure what to do. So here's my information that I've learned in 11 years of fighting gout, and I seem to be getting it under control. I was first diagnosed at age 35. But it just depends on if you have excess uric acid in your system, because then it can pool in the joints, then it can form crystals, then your body's immune system attacks, and poof... you've got that horrible pain.

Gout will not sort itself out. You have to take action if you don't want the chance of the pain returning.

Best website I've found so far: www.best-gout-remedies.com.

For gout attacks, indomethacine and/ or colchicine. You'll need scripts from your dr. for these.

For the rest of your life, do these things: drink lots of water, 1 oz for every 2 lbs of body weight, each day. Once or twice a day, sip on 8 oz of water mixed with 1/2 tsp of baking soda. Helps the body be more alkaline (opposite of acidic) and get rid of uric acid.

Take allopurinol every day. Very inexpensive and no side effects, you'll need a script for this. Helps the body get rid of uric acid.

Take celery seed pills. These may help the liver not to create so much uric acid. For diet, stay away from things that dehydrate the body, like beer and coffee. Don't eat organ meats, high fructose corn syrup. Avoid beer; red wine occasionally is ok. Eat lots of fruits and veggies, cottage cheese, sour cream, plain yogurt in smoothies mixed with orange juice and fruit. Drink fruit juices that are 100% juice, V8 VFusion is my favorite, it comes in many flavors.

Educate yourself on foods that are high in purines, avoid these foods as the body turns purines into uric acid.

Good luck to you!

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