![]() I thought I could eat my way out of it, I thought the supplements could save me. Went from 4 years between attacks to 2 years, to one year to multiple attacks in a year, to multiple attacks in a few months. Then an injury, which spawned another.then a few months later another. Took more suppliments, tart cherry, celery extracts, turmeric pills. Weighed my food, kept a good diary to track triggers.Ī few more years.bam another attack. Ok, more water, no booze, cut out mushrooms, cut out lentils, researched purines levels in food. Then after a few years.bam another attack. I had lost weight, ate healthier, was biking 10 miles a day, and walking about the same. Drank unsweetened tart cherry juice, drank more water. ![]() You need to see a rheumatologist, but in the meantime get in to a regular doctor (assuming you can find a GP who understands gout well enough to at least get you started on the right path) and get started on the right treatment.Īfter the first attack I changed my diet. For most people that isn't achievable without medication.įor a level as high as yours, you should be looking to get that down as soon as you can. Medical guidelines for gout say you should get your uric acid level below 6 mg/dL, or below 5 in more advanced or aggressive cases. (The reading can appear lower than it really is during a flare, and for up to a month afterward.) That's way, WAY higher than it should be. If your uric acid level was 10 mg/dL during a flare, it's actually higher than that. (Even when you're not flaring, urate also can cause erosion to joints, although that's a very slow process.) Modern gout treatment is all about getting your serum uric acid level low enough, and keeping it low enough, that the crystallization process reverses and the urate clears out over a period of time. When something triggers your immune system to go off, it can attack the urate, causing the severe inflammation we know as a gout flare. That is a long-term process, not something transient. When you have high uric acid, it precipitates out in your joints and soft tissues as monosodium urate crystals, which are highly inflammatory. Here's the most important thing anyone can tell you about gout: Flares are not directly tied to your serum uric acid level. With as high as your uric acid level is, those deposits are growing quickly. ![]() The only reason you're not flaring again right now is because nothing has triggered your immune system to go off again, but the monosodium urate deposits in your body are still there and still primed for another flare. But even if it helps you a little bit, it definitely won't lower your uric acid level enough to be meaningful. Tart cherry extract never did a thing for me. I found it also helps with my insomnia issues.Īm I just lucky or am I due for another attack any day now? I’ve been taking 1 300mg tart cherry extract pill almost every day since then and after a few months began enjoying bud light, burgers, steak, the occasional mixed drink and have had no pain or issues ever since. ![]() ![]() I also saw many people talking about cherry extract so I ordered from some Amazon. I wanted to saw my foot off.Īfter the second attack I found this sub and was certain that an ongoing daily prescription was my only option. The only difference was this time the pain was level 10 - just completely awful. I spent the next few weeks eating less meat, no alcohol, and tons of hydration then BAM another full blown attack. The prescription anti-inflammatory didn’t help whatsoever, but some Naproxin from Walgreens I picked up a week later and lots of water seemed to knock out the swelling. One dose of colchicine basically knocked out the pain within 5-6 hours. I went a few more days in level 8-9 pain before going to a CareNow where they took blood work and x-rays but were 99% sure it was gout. A week or so after the road trip I woke up one morning thinking I had broken my foot and was so confused in excruciating pain. Around a year ago I got back from a long road trip that consisted of excess drinking, tons of fast food burgers, all the bad stuff. It was always a dull level 1-2 pain and I never thought much of it but always found it odd. 31 year old male here, slightly overweight, foodie, love beer.ģ-4 years ago I began noticing a strange pain in my big toe. ![]()
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