gout

trevek2

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Thursday 8th September 2005 at 08:40

Recently had an attack of gout. Bloody painful and I haven't drunk port for years!!!

Seems it is caused by uric acid crystalising in the kidneys and them visiting your joints. Cause is too much protein, it seems.

Any advice?

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andy

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Thursday 8th September 2005 at 08:45

drink lots of water

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Robsco

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Thursday 8th September 2005 at 15:23

I thought Gout was something ya got in World War 2?!?!?!?!? :-O

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trevek2

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Thursday 8th September 2005 at 18:58

WW2!!! I'm not that old you cheeky pup!
Big misconception. It is actually pretty common. Most sufferers are men and 75% of first attacks are in the big toe. I think I may have had it before and mistakenl;y put it down to training injury or something. My big toe and foot swelled up, all shiny red, and I couldn't walk on it.

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Robsco

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Thursday 8th September 2005 at 22:08

Well it ain't something ya hear about much, well atleast I don't! :-p

Hope you're better soon tho!

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trevek2

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Friday 9th September 2005 at 08:49

I thought so too until I mentioned it and loads of people I know say they know someone else with it. Possibly I've had an attack before and thought it was some kind of training injury, I'm not sure.

BTW, thank Andy for the tip.

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andy

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Friday 9th September 2005 at 14:30

also iodine was the original treatment for gout (also known as derbyshire neck)

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