I have gout...

arybvtcw0eolkf

Now how bleed'n manly is that!..

(how bleed'n sore it is is another thing)

:mad:

5starpool

I know someone who had that recently. He was in pain and limping for months. Damn acid.

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I thought gout was some medieval thing, I didn't know people still got it.

Is it in your fingers, or toes?

Looks sore from the google images.

Slow Motion

Mairt wrote: »

Now how bleed'n manly is that!..

(how bleed'n sore it is is another thing)

:mad:

That's what you get for living up in the big house, drinking port and beating the serfs!:D


Actually I know someone else who has it and it's bleeding sore, sorry to hear it mate!

arybvtcw0eolkf

At the moment I have it in my left ankle, although I've had it in my finger's, toes, side of my feet & knee's.

Its pain unlike anything else in this world.

Poor ol' Marto

someothername

sorry to hear the news Mairt - how do you get rid of it?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Quiff81 wrote: »

sorry to hear the news Mairt - how do you get rid of it?

Medication, which I can't take at the moment because I'm just getting out a really bad tummy upset and the meds rip my arse out.

TerrorFirmer

Ouch, guess the lifting's off the menu for the next while!

someothername

Mairt wrote: »

Medication, which I can't take at the moment because I'm just getting out a really bad tummy upset and the meds rip my arse out.

thats bad news brother Mairt........ no one like to have an are like the flag of Japan

LostinBlanch

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it's reckoned that taking purine rich foods cause it.
Taken from D'internet http://arthritisinsight.com/medical/disease/gout.html

These include beer and other alcoholic beverages, anchovies, sardines (in oil), fish roes, herring, yeast, organ meats (e.g., liver, kidneys), legumes (e.g., dried beans, peas, and soybeans), meat extracts, consommé, gravies, mushrooms, spinach, asparagus, cauliflower, and poultry. Weight loss can help reduce uric acid levels in those people that are overweight.

So get rid of the veggies and you should be ok.

Best of luck with it though. Dont' like seeing any brothers fall by the wayside.

John Mason

my granddad used to get that, he had a walking cane and one of those little stools to rest his foot on

looks like a sober christmas for you :eek:

crosstownk

Gout - the king of diseases and the disease of kings.

It's all the good food and drink that has you that way, Mairt. Well done. Something we should all aspire to

Zaph

Nasty stuff, Brother Mairt, I hope it clears up for you soon.

Stky10

I've got it a couple of times in the past when I've been on a drinking binge for a couple of weeks, one time so bad that I ended up having x-rays because I was sure I'd broken something cos the pain was so bad...

Just drink lots of water and point percy at the porcelain anytime you feel the bladder coming under any pressure at all and you'll be grand..

arybvtcw0eolkf

Ohhhhhh, Christmas breakup day.. Will I, won't I, should I ... Go for a gargle?.

Damn right I will

And fvck the begrudging doctors. Of course I'll suffer tomorrow but what the heck..

Cathmandooo

Mairt wrote: »

Ohhhhhh, Christmas breakup day.. Will I, won't I, should I ... Go for a gargle?.

Damn right I will

And fvck the begrudging doctors. Of course I'll suffer tomorrow but what the heck..

Sure it wont kill ya


(famous last words)

Hope you feel better soon, enjoy your pints

Robbo

If you can drink your way into a problem, you can drink your way out of it.

Oilrig

Cut down on the rich stuff & take loads of Vit C.

Ibuprofen helps in the short term.

If you get the chronic variety, yer buggered. Take it seriously.

bombidol

I get it from time to time and by god its vicious. Loads and loads of water is yer only man.

DublinWriter

Mairt wrote: »

At the moment I have it in my left ankle, although I've had it in my finger's, toes, side of my feet & knee's.

I had it in a couple of toes, then it disappeared and traveled up to my right hip joint for a couple of months.

Unpleasant, to say the least.

DeadParrot

I have it at the mo in my big toe.
I'd cry but I'm far too manly for that.
Its fcuking painful.

Third_Echelon

Ah. Rich man's disease.

Fair play. I'd imagine gout will make a bit of a comeback with all this money we have in Ireland now. Most nights of the week if you walk past a restaurant in town it will be fairly full....

Terry

He only has it from hanging around with his former employer in Leixlip.

I knew you were up his arse, Mairt.




























Just kidding.

LostinBlanch

Well it serves ya right for drinking fruit juice and soft drinks :eek:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=GAER1UZVWKU5NQFIQMGCFF4AVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/02/01/ngout101.xml

Drinking too many sugary soft drinks and fruit juices can substantially increase the risk of gout, scientists say in a report published today.

Researchers found that the risks associated with these drinks were higher than with certain types of alcohol, overindulgence in which is seen as a traditional cause of the painful joint disease.

In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists in America and Canada followed more than 46,000 men aged over 40 with no previous history of gout over 12 years and monitored their intake of soft drinks, fruit and fruit juices.

The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, found that the risk of developing gout was 85 per cent higher among men who drank two or more cans of soft drinks a day than those who consumed less than one a month. This is greater than the risk associated with drinking spirits.

Men who consumed large amounts of fruit juice or fructose-rich fruits, such as apples and oranges, also had a higher risk of the condition. However, those who drank diet soft drinks showed no extra risk.

The researchers believe the findings could explain why cases of gout have doubled in America in recent decades.

Attacks of gout, which are caused by too much uric acid in the body, usually start in the toe but affect the joints most severely as this is where the acid lies and crystallises. Dieticians traditionally advise sufferers, of whom there are about 600,000 in Britain, to restrict their intake of purines - chemicals found in meat and alcohol that turn into uric acid.

But many soft drinks and fruit juices contain large amounts of fructose, a naturally occurring sugar that can increase uric acid levels.

The report stresses, however, the benefit of fruit and vegetables to prevent other chronic disorders such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and certain cancers.

The authors, Hyon K Choi, from British Columbia University in Vancouver, and Gary Curhan, from Harvard Medical School, said: "These findings support the importance of recommending a reduction in fructose intake in patients with hyperuricaemia and gout in order to reduce the risk of gout".

Sian Porter, from the British Diatectic Association, said: "Gout sufferers are often told to increase their intake of fluids, sometimes by up to three or 3.5 litres a day.

"This study suggests there could be problems if patients start to follow that advice by increasing their intake of soft drinks instead of water."

King of Kings

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0201/health.html

at least you're not alone. maybe you can start a support group.

momec

well i've gout for the past 5yrs or so, an it wasn't until this year that it really took hold . i was at different doctors an on all types of tablets an pain killers . i was so bad last easter i had to look some where for relief
i searched all different sites an just happened to come accross one with a cure that works for me anyway . i have been drinking soda water it's hard stuff to drink but it works also i changed what alcoholic drink i drink to cider because these are an alkaline to uric acid which causes gout.
i've been pain free an tablet free for four months now . so see how it works for you :)

Tom Dunne

Ok, hands up who didn't notice this thread is from six months ago? Anyone? Down the back?

Hands up who didn't realise this isn't a medical forum.