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What Is Gout? Need Information On Gout And Things To Do About It?
I have a swollen left big toe. Dr gave me some meds to help with pain. Took them for one week. Good results except when meds gone pain it back. I suspect gout. The toe is sore and so is the Pad on foot right behind the toe. I would like some info on gout and some things to do about it
Tue, 22 Dec 2015
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Gout is a inflammatory disease in which there is increase in uric acid in body that starts accumulating in different tissues of body and produce symptoms.starting from the big toe ist which will be tender red and hot.
taking a diet which is high in meat and seafood and beverages sweetened with fruit sugar (fructose) increases levels of uric acid and gout. Alcohol also increases the gout risk.Obesity,family history of gout,medications like thiazide diuretics used to treat hypertension,low dose aspirin,male gender and age between 30 to 50 are also risk factors.High levels of uric acid in blood,xray of the joint,fluid cytology of the joint and ultrasound of the joint may also reveal urate acid crystals.
But the good thing is it is controllable and treatable with medications like NSAIDS for pain,Corticosteroids for inflammation and colchicine for reducing levels of uric acid in blood.And i would strongly recommend you to get the tests done ist and refer to your physician for starting treatment.
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You can get back to me with another query anytime
Regards Dr Faeza Sherdil
I have read and understood your query
I hope this will help you
Gout is a inflammatory disease in which there is increase in uric acid in body that starts accumulating in different tissues of body and produce symptoms.starting from the big toe ist which will be tender red and hot.
taking a diet which is high in meat and seafood and beverages sweetened with fruit sugar (fructose) increases levels of uric acid and gout. Alcohol also increases the gout risk.Obesity,family history of gout,medications like thiazide diuretics used to treat hypertension,low dose aspirin,male gender and age between 30 to 50 are also risk factors.High levels of uric acid in blood,xray of the joint,fluid cytology of the joint and ultrasound of the joint may also reveal urate acid crystals.
But the good thing is it is controllable and treatable with medications like NSAIDS for pain,Corticosteroids for inflammation and colchicine for reducing levels of uric acid in blood.And i would strongly recommend you to get the tests done ist and refer to your physician for starting treatment.
I hope this was helpful
You can get back to me with another query anytime
Regards Dr Faeza Sherdil
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