gout arthritis

The Best Treatments For Gout Using Home Remedies and Modern Medicine

March 8th, 2010 kinggout No comments

Gout is a form of arthritis and a nightmare, if you have ever had you know what I mean. Usually gout effects the big toe joint in men but has made appearances in woman as well. Tiny uric acid crystals form into needle like spears that get lodged in your joints but always seems to end up in the foot with other areas affected including the ankle, sometimes knee and is also extremely painful. Some people suffer from this all over their body and for some reason Pacific Islanders are more susceptible to gout, my 27 year old friend Richard in Hawaii had to spend time in the hospital for a gout attack that was in almost in every joint in his body and this was not the first time, Richard’s condition is hereditary like his father before him and down the line.

Diet and heredity do play a major part, if one has a high level of uric acid in the blood chances are they can develop gouty arthritis because the uric acid is not being expelled properly by the body. The joke is that only rich people get it because of all the fancy foods they eat like duck, liver, liquors, and cheesecakes. There are many famous people in history who have suffered from gout.

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Harmful Side Effects of the Medication Allopurinol used in the Treatment for Gout

September 10th, 2009 kinggout 2 comments

allopurinol-tabletsSo you just visited the doctor for a case of the arthritis condition gout and you were prescribed a medication in tablet form Allopurinol (when the cherry juice is not enough), which is the most prescribed long term medication for the treatment of gout which you will be taking for the rest of your life.  Allopurinol is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, it works by lowering the body’s production of uric acid and is a very strong medication.

It can take almost a month for the medicine to kick in as it slowing lowers the production of uric acid in your body.  The pain and swelling you experience in the toe joint are the uric acid crystals that have settled in there because you have too much uric acid in the blood and no where for it to go thus causing inflammation in your joints, sometimes in more places than your toe like ankle, knee, leaving you suffering from gout.

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Gout Ok, Ankle Bad, Bah!

August 22nd, 2009 kinggout No comments

ankle-specsJust a progress report on the gout since I haven’t had anything to post about…

Not much actually is going on as I have not heard of any breaking news to report on and my gout has seemingly behaved.  Although I am having major ankle issues that I do not think is gout related, but could be.

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Gout Attack, 3 a.m. Eternal!

July 26th, 2009 kinggout 5 comments

Big-Mac-equels-goutThe time is 3 a.m., that’s when I awoke this morning due to a throbbing gouty toe!  The Gout has reared its ugly head and attacked me in the middle of the night.  To be honest, I’ve been asking for it.  Not watching my diet and not drinking enough water to flush everything out.  Damn those Reese’s peanut butter cups (high fructose corn syrup) and a trip too many to McDonald’s across the street.  I know, I know, shame on me!  Well ya know, things have been going so good as far as my gout not acting up and all I became careless.  You can NOT become careless or gout will bite you on your ghoulie!

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Scientists Out A Gene For Gout!

July 7th, 2009 kinggout No comments

abcg2-gene-uric-acidJohns Hopkins scientists now have shown that the malfunctioning gene they helped uncover can lead to high concentrations of blood urate that forms crystals in joint tissue, causing inflammation and pain the hallmark of this disease, Gout.

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