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ha ha… here’s me looking for the simple answer!
I’m good to eat plenty of veg and to get protein etc. from dairy so that might be the way forward for now. I’ve cut down the amount I eat over the last couple of months, anyway so I imagine that’s helping the cause, if only a little. As I’ve said before, I’d prefer to be not on medication but great if it helps. The only confusion I have now is, if the allopurinol neutralises the purines how will I know if my diet plan is working?
Just another question, is there any truth in the Cider Apple vinegar can help in lowering uric acid?
Thanks again for your help.
Andy
Thanks for this… I’ve been told to get another blood test in February to check how things are going.
As for finding a diet I can live with, what’s the best way of doing that? When I check out ‘ok’ and ‘bad’ foods my head usually starts spinning with all the conflicting information. It always appears that the healthy stuff, green leafy veg, etc. seem to be on the high/med purines list… But then I’m sure I read something about not all high purine foods with cause problems…?! I’ve limited my meat intake to once or twice a week but I don’t eat as much oily fish as I perhaps should due to it being on the high purine list.
Any help or general pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated!
Thanks again.
Hello again.
Well, I eventually got a blood test and my uric acid levels are 479, which the Dr says is moderately high. My last test was in the low 500, and that was done around a year ago, which is when I was hitting the beer really quite hard .
Kidney function is fine but they didn’t test liver function, unfortunately.
Since I last posted I’ve had a really bad flare in my left big toe/ball joint, which is a location I’ve never had attacked before, and I also ended up with a skin infection in that area too. For that I had a course of Colchicine and Penicillin for the infection. I now have bunion type thing, but the Dr doesn’t think that’s related to the attack. Although it wasn’t there before!
Dr agreed it was tophi in my ear… In fact she had a student in the room at the time and I was kinda used as a ‘good’ example of Gout etc.!
I’ve now been prescribed one a day 300mg Allopurinol.
I hope this is enough info. I’m kind of happy to take the Allopurinol but I’d much rather control with diet, if that;’s doable that is.
Thanks
AndyOh… I’ve seen pic on here of tophi on the ear and mine looks identical, same position same white lumps… But yes, self diagnosed.
Thanks for your reply. I know it’s gout because I had my blood tested a few years ago and it was positive for gout/high Uric acid.
The doc did offer other meds when I pushed them but she told me my gout would probably get worse before it would get better so as I’m a pro musician I didn’t want to risk that, well at the time… I’ve since learned a little more.
I’ll try and get a blood test sorted ASAP. I need this to end!
Thanks for you help!
Gout flares more often since getting healthier
Hi
I hope you can help me with this?
For the last 15 or so years (i’m 53 now) I would get maybe one attack a year, usually right ankle but occasionally left big toe/ball or left wrist. There appears to be some tophi in my right ear, which appeared about a year ago but does look like it’s getting smaller.
Anyway, because all my doctor would ever do was to give me Naproxin(?) which even though I point out is only a bandaid and not a cure I’ve decided to stop drinking booze, increase my water intake, generally eat better/more healthier and do some exercise. Although I was not massively over weight (beer gut!) I have lost weight and I do feel much better for it. This was around three or four months ago. But in the last six weeks I’ve had two attacks. One started as a dull ache in my left hand then moved straight to my left ankle the second, a week or so after, started in my right ankle and has now moved ball of my right foot!
The thing is, I can’t figure why… Is it possible that whilst I’m generally ridding the gout I have to ride the storm of more frequent attacks for a while?
Thanks for your help.
Andy (UK)
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