Hi thanks for your question,your 44 year and over weight and pain in the feet.Look dear Gout typically involves distal metatarso phalengeal joint of you foot and gives pain.From the complaint it seems you may have Gout,There is no harm in getting your serum uric acid done even if it proves to be normal at least it will rule out one cause of pain feet ,so go for it .

Hi,

Thanks for writing in.

Uric acid levels normal range includes- 2.4-6.0 mg/dL (female) and 3.4-7.0 mg/dL (male). Normal values will vary from laboratory to laboratory.
High uric acid levels can be because of certain medicines or endocrine problems or cancer/chemotherapy.

Only about 20% of people with elevated uric acid levels ever develop gout. Sometimes people will have pain in joints and feet and sometimes no pain at all.
Slight ache in feet could be because of obesity not necessarily due to hyperuricemia.

You can avoid food with tendency to cause hyperuricemia like all organ meats (such as liver), meat extracts and gravy; Yeasts, and yeast extracts (such as beer, and alcoholic beverages) ;Asparagus, spinach, beans, peas, lentils, oatmeal, cauliflower and mushroom.

I hope I have answered your query. In case of doubt, I shall be happy to help you.
Best regards,
Dr. Neelam.