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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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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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Vitamin C and Gout?

May 16th, 2009 kinggout 2 comments

vitamin-cI have read several articles saying that Vitamin C is good at keeping Gout at bay.  It says it keeps your uric acid low and blah, blah, blah.  I’m here to tell you that I ain’t buying it.  After my Gout incident with Niacin, I ward off any vitamins now!  You can get all the vitamins you need in a well balanced (gout friendly) diet.  Besides, its also said that Vitamin C can keep your cold at bay, and that does not work either!  So don’t believe it.  If you take Vitamin C and can vouch for it, please comment here.  I just don’t think its viable at all.