is gout afatal diseas?!
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No.gout is a increased amount of uric acid in your blood which causes crystals to lodge in joints.You will often
hear gout being found in the great toe.painful, red and swollen.They can place you on pills and have you avoid certain foods such asw hot dogs, lunch meat, liver, etc.You will not die from it but it can be painful..sometimes stress can cause it.
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No. It is easily treated.
Only if you die from it.
The classic picture is of excruciating and sudden pain, swelling, redness, warmness and stiffness in the joint. Low-grade fever may also be present. The patient usually suffers from two sources of pain. The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved. The inflammation of the tissues around the joint also causes the skin to be swollen, tender and sore if it is even slightly touched. For example, a blanket draping over the affected area would cause extreme pain.
No, it isn't life threatening.
Gout, if left untreated and over many years can be fatal.
Basically, with Gout, you cannot consume foods that contain Purines, that is foods high in proteins. You can eat Chicken, Cherries and More chicken and wash it all down with water. No milk, eggs, cheese, gravies, chocolate the list is endless. Oh, yes, you can also eat yogurt.
The doctor can give you medication to break down the purine. The medication's side effects are pretty strong. The purines cause crystals to build in your blood stream. These crystals settle in joints starting at your toes. Each time there is a gout attack the progression of gout to each joint goes on. An attack of gout can be so painful that if your laying on the bed with your leg elevated and someone sits slowly on the opposite side, it will hurt you to have the bed move. Something as simple as putting a blanket on will hurt.
The best cure that is quickest and easiest and not so expensive, eat what you should, drink lots of water (lack of water WILL bring on an attack of gout) and go to a health food store or vitamin supplement shop like GNC and buy Devil's Claw. We buy it in the natural form and use a mortar and pestle to chop it into a tea type form. It tastes icky but My husbands pain is gone.
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My husband has gout thorough research and discussion with Doctors
No. Gout is a form of arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid in joints such as the big toe. As someone who has had it, it can be extremely painful.
Gout has four distinct stages:
1. asymptomatic,
2. acute,
3. intercritical,
4. chronic.
In the first stage, it lacks any symptoms but uric acid levels keep increasing. The acute stage is marked by the first attack. The last stage is marked by gout in several joints.
It should be first treated with pain relief preferably with a drug such as Neurofen. Once the diagnosis has been confirmed, the drugs of choice are indomethacin (or Indocid), other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or intraarticular glucocorticoids, administered via a joint injection.
Colchicine (marketed as Calgout) was previously the drug of choice in acute attacks of gout. It impairs the motility of granulocytes and can prevent the inflammatory phenomena that initiate an attack of gout. Colchicine should be taken within the first 12 hours of the attack and usually relieves the pain within 48 hours. Its main side-effects (gastrointestinal upset) can complicate its use. NSAIDs are the preferred form of analgesia for patients with gout.
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Wikipedia Gout
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout
Diet and Gout
http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/ty2036.asp?navbar=hw69013
Fast facts about gout
http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/gout/ffgout.htm
No.
Not that I've heard and I've had it for four years.
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