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Who suffers? any certain attack,prevention methods? please.......

Bob

Ouch Bob! I had Gout on one occasion but thankfully, it has never come back. Cut down on red meats and alcohol, keep weight down, and there is a lovely magic pill called (I think) Colchicine which cured me within a few days. Good luck! BC XX

Also don't eat too much seafood. That brought on a nasty attack for my OH. Hopefully you'll find the trigger and can then avoid an attack.

Sue x

Alcohol, especially beer, should be avoided. Limit alcohol consumption to 1 drink 3 times a week. (pmsl)
Drink 2 to 3 Ltr of fluid daily. Adequate fluid intake helps dilute urinary uric acid. Avoid High-Purine foods (see below)
Consume a moderate amount of protein. Limit meat, fish and poultry to 4 - 6 oz per day. Try other low-purine good protein foods such as low fat dairy products, tofu and eggs.
Limit fat intake by choosing leaner meats, foods prepared with less oils and lower fat dairy products.

Avoid High-Purine foods
Sweetbreads
Anchovies
Sardines
Liver
Beef kidneys
Brains
Meat extracts (e.g Oxo, Bovril)
Herring
Mackerel
Scallops
Game meats
Gravy

Use in Moderation
Vegetables: asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms and green peas
Lentils, dried peas and beans
Beef, pork, poultry, fish and seafood
Oatmeal, wheat bran and wheat germ

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Drink plenty of water,at least 8 glasses a day.

1 teaspoon of baking Soda in water upto 4 times a day.

Cherries may cut the duration of a gout attack in half,
( black cherry juice from h&b health food shop its about £9.99 but concentrated. have 6 teaspoons in a little water in the morning and 3 tea spoons in the evening )

taking Celery seed , and /or extract of juniper, which is rich in antioxidant flavonoids can also help,

or go to the Doctors get some tablets,(something like Dicloflex)
keep some spare one's in and take as soon as you feel an attack coming on.
My OH suffers from gout,he has cut down on the beer,
now when we go out he has a 1 glass of pop before he starts on the beer.....lol

BOB you need to get GOUT more lol

Its SNOW Joke!! Keith.....

this is the fourth time this year Ive had it, first time I didnt know what it was, my foot swelled up and I spent most of the night with my foot under the cold shower spray.......third time it attacked my ankle. and knee......this time its the big toe area again......Yes I have had three doses of Colchicine...... funny thing is it is usually a three day occurence feels like a fat foot. ie if you've jumped down heavily on the ball of the foot. then the swelling and pain get in, and then as if by magic over a few hours (even without the Cochecine)it becomes bearable and able to walk on it!

I am seriously considering NOT going to a competition this year because of it. an attack then would really put a spanner in the works......not only individual competition but TEAM efforts would suffer too.........

Bob

thanks for the suggestions, Blue Moon,
avoiding that lott I will starve to death.....LOL there are only a few things there that I dont eat!! will have to moderate my diet......seriously.......

Thanks again, Bob

It's strawberry season. A friend of mine had his set of worst by strawberries.

There must be something you might suspect triggered it? Maybe you could try eliminating something, and if no attacks happen, reintroduce it back to your diet and see what happens. If still nothing, then it wasn't that.

That's if it is triggered by diet in the first place...

Sorry to hear it Bob, I have heard it is very painful.....

One of MiL's friends and a friend of mine suffer from this, and both have been told to cut down on protein and seafood, both ladies eat a lot of both......

There seems to be a good deal of advice on the boards, I hope it helps you and you don't have to suffer the pain for too long....


sally

mum used to get it in her finger and my young niece has even had it. both were prescribed allopurinol. I do think that upping your fluid intake (safely of course) is probably the best prevention. mum couldn't do this as she had kidney and water retention problems, which was why she was on the allopurinol long term. I know it's very very painful, so good luck.
Maz.

My dad suffers REALLY badly with gout. He had it between his chemo sessions last year, which was awful, as he waa already feeling totally washed out :o(

He takes allopurinol (sp) and a friend who works in a health food shop, suggested he drank concentrated cherry juice, which seems to have done the trick!

Give it a go, you've nothing to lose - GOOD LUCK!

My mum suffers badly, or did do.

She happened to be in hospital, when she suffered another attack and she was given a large dose of Colchicine (sp? Typical doctor, I can't read it ) that made her really ill, she was given a second high dose just after she got home, with the same severe effects (lets just say she couldn't make the loo in time). so she was given some sort of steroid tablets instead. They did the trick, but you can only take them a short term.

As she has is elderly and has a whole host of medical complaints, she was referred to a consultant rheumotologist to sort it out.I have his action plan in front of me.

The steroid was discontinued and she started taking 500mg of Colchicine, 1 tablet twice daily. This is for the long term and is a small dose which she has had no problems with. Once the gout settled down, she started taking Allopurimil ?as well, may be Alloprinol, again I can't read it. That started of at 100mg strength and the GP was told to increase the dosage to 200mg, then 300mg as needed, but I think she is still on the low dose, but I am not sure. You can't start this until you are clear of the gout, because if you have an active attack, it can make it flare up.

She also takes a daily sachet of some sort of mineral concoction, just to try and stop her bones from softening, which can be a consequence of long term use of the drugs.

She hasn't had a single attack since she started this regime, before that she was often in agony. I had looked on the internet and had read all the stuff about cutting out certain foods and alcohol, so I asked the consultant about that. he said that if you eat a normal varied diet, then there is no need to change anything at all. If all you eat is steaks on the barbie, then that might be a different matter, but otherwise, you don't need to alter anything

Linda

Thanks your replies,(and sympathy)
I used to think that Gout was the rich mans'( squire/king) affliction but as has been revealed it is Uric acid crystals collecting in the joints.......and not neccesarily a drinkers problem....
Of the high purine list posted by Blue Moon the only ingredient I use regularly is the OXO cubes.+cornflour, for gravy.
3 or four slices of bread each day for sandwiches.
I love vegetables......( especially raw....LOL)
we cycle our meat intake....., and does Pasta come into the wheat category?
collected some Colchecine from pharmacy Sunday morning, and
its clearing up a little today,I can actually walk on it!!

Bob

You have my sympathy> I too got gout for the first time over a year ago and had svsral treatments with Colchizine but coukld never get clear of attacks to get onto the Alluperidal. Finally I did and it is fantastic.

Best of luck. The diet link is thought to be tenuous but the cherry drink has had good press.