I have heard about gout all my life. What are the symptoms and the causes? Thanks for any information on this.

I am not on the diet because I am not interested in eating organ meat or meat of any kind in this environment. Can this be the cause?

I stopped eating meats but I eat a lot of mushrooms which is on the Paleo diet.

I woke up with swelling, pain and redness in big toe. Classic symptom. The Holistic MD told me not to give up my red meat or organ meats but to just take Vit. C and veggie detox smoothies for a while. The cause has something to do with uric acid. Maybe someone else knows more than I do.


Gentle hugs, Linda

Don't take aspirin if you have gout.

Also, a lower legs & foot massage to get lymphatic fluids flowing is presumably beneficial to moving the uric acid crystals that go to the lowest extremities.

Good luck ~ feel better!

Well, I said "don't take aspirin" because that's what my OB/Gyn told me 20 years ago when I was diagnosed w/ it, BUT ... here's better info:

EXCERPT:
'Finally, it is interesting to note that aspirin has a very different effect on the blood level of uric acid when it is taken at very high doses, such as is prescribed by doctors for treating serious forms of inflammatory arthritis (like rheumatoid arthritis). In these very high doses, aspirin actually blocks the normal reabsorption of uric acid by a different part of the kidneys, thereby causing uric acid to be dumped out of the body in the urine and resulting in a lowering of the blood level of uric acid.

However, because of the effects of moderate and high-dose aspirin, which can alter the blood level of uric acid, aspirin and aspirin-containing products (see below) are generally avoided by people with known gout.

Common aspirin-containing products include Alka-Seltzer, Anacin, Arthritis Pain Formula, aspirin gum (Aspergum), Bayer, Bufferin, Darvon Compound, Doan's Pills, Ecotrin, Empirin, Excedrin, Fiorinal products, and Percodan products.'

ENTIRE ARTICLE: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14815

Because of gut problems, I can't take any aspirin at all. He told me to up my Vitamin C and do a veggie smoothie daily. The big attack was about 2 months ago so it's not that much of a problem now. Just some residual stuff. I know, I wait forever to tell a doctor anything.


Gentle hugs, Linda

indomethacin works good .If you take it at the first sign of gout .Rich meats gives me gout.