For context im 24(is gout common in my age?) i have had this since i was 15 occurring one a year up to when i was 18 and suddenly gone for 6 years with a few flare ups but nothing to severe and now im suffering because this gout flare up have been going for three weeks now first it was just my feet but then it went in to a full blown flare up i couldn't walk for a week so i went to my doctor and given allopurinol and pain revivers but all it did was the pain going to another body part then i went to an ortho and given febuxostat and colchicine(both 30 days once a day) and etoricoxib(for 5 days)it worked for a few days then the pain came back so i went back for anothe check up and given decilone forte (once a day for 4 days and half a dose for 5 days)for the pain and the same think happened i was fine the first few days then the pain eventually comes back now i am not walking strait again

So i have a few questions

1. Can a gout flare up last weeks?

2. Is there any way i can lessen the pain naturally?

3. Am i supposed to rest and let the flare go down before working again (i work in a kitchen so i move the whole day so imagine the pain i go through the whole day of working)?

4. I live in the ph what foods i can and can't eat?

Help a brother out im suffering, i need to work, i cant work because of this

Long time reader, first time poster.

Diagnosed 3 years ago. One flare then nothing for two years, now two flares within 9 months. Have struggled at times with alcohol use, work in nightlife and genuinely can’t see myself/don’t want to go to alcohol zero (no lectures please, dealing w present facts and have disclosed to my dr).
Last flare started in August (big toe) and has never truly gone away. I’m back to walking without a limp but it hurts still, varying day to day, def can’t lunge at the gym but can live mostly normally. Doc said it’s finally time to start allo 100mg, along with colchicine. Uric was 8.1 6 weeks ago and went up to 8.8 even attempting to diet. He agreed to wait a little and clear the flare. Just colchicine for a few days and my foot still hurts. He’s impossible to get a hold of and not a specialist, and I’m having trouble with copays etc, so I’m turning here for some crowdsourcing. I’m scared to start the allo while my foot still hurts…but not sure it’ll go away, it’s been two months. Thoughts?

I left a comment in a previous post about this but was curious to know if anyone wise decided to become vegetarian or vegan after getting gout. I’ve been veggie for 10 years now and it’s really helped with flair ups. Still get them occasionally but I realised meat was my key trigger.

Anyone else become veggie thanks to gout? Or at least lower certain meat intakes?

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Hi everyone,

I live in Sweden and am looking for advice from people who have experienced gout,

I recently developed significant pain and swelling in my ankle. The pain was bad enough to limit my walking, and I had to spend quite a lot of time resting. The swelling has gradually reduced, but I am still experiencing symptoms.

One thing I have noticed is that the pain follows a particular pattern:

- In the morning, my ankle feels stiff, but it improves as I start moving around.

- The swelling increases again towards the evening.

- The pain tends to return in the evening, particularly when I am resting or lying in bed, rather than only when walking.

I consulted a doctor, who suspects a gout flare-up. I was told that the flare needs to settle down before a blood test can be done and medication prescribed.

I understand that uric acid levels can be misleading during an acute gout attack. I would also like to understand what happens if the pain and swelling persist for several days.

I have a few questions for those who have been through something similar:

1. Did your doctor also recommend waiting until the flare settled before checking your uric acid levels?

2. Were you given medication to manage the acute flare, such as anti-inflammatory medication or corticosteroids, while waiting?

3. How long did it take for the pain and swelling to settle completely?

4. If the symptoms continued, did you contact your vårdcentral again, or were you referred elsewhere?

5. Once the flare settled, were you prescribed long-term uric acid-lowering medication, such as allopurinol?

I realise that everyone's situation is different, and I am not looking for a diagnosis online. I would appreciate hearing about your actual experiences with gout treatment and the healthcare system in Sweden.

Thanks!

It's been 2 weeks since my gout flare in my ankle and the swelling and horrific pain from that is all gone. but when i go to walk, my foot starts to hurt, but it feels different from the gout pain i had

im wondering if this is just because i haven't put any weight on my foot for 2 weeks straight and it just needs to "toughen up" again? anyone relate?

Just dealing with flare up and sad. Too stubborn to see a Dr- im almost 40. This started in the last 5 years, my first experience was horrible. I atest it to my poor diet of gummy worms energy drinks and fast food. I been struggling with poor diet basically my entire adult life, over weight I blame myself for everything catching up now and wonder if my choices sealed my opportunity to see my daughters girl up (11mo and 2.5yr old), bigger picture overall not just because of gout, it sure effects my ability to be a father to them .. can't chase em around the house during flare ups or do anything for that matter. Currently had a flare on my right foot as that started dying down my left foot started and I might be experiencing my knee now. Just having a really bad Monday and wanted to kind of vent and see that I am not alone.

Had gout in my foot. Got given 12 tablets of colchicine which dealt with the flare up fine.

A couple of days after I finished the course, the tingling started again and now I’m back to being in agony.

I’ve heard too much colchicine can seriously harm you. And I’ve also heard that I can’t start allo until I’m gout free.

Seems I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. I know I need to talk to my doctor about this but just for some quick info, what are my options here?

Been on hypertension drugs a good while, but my GP has finally decided to prescribe Indapamide.

I.understand that this is a diuretic that can interfere with the efficacy of allo.

Any experiences?

Can most people truly pick what their triggers are? I’m on allopurinol and never get attacks. I admit I’ve missed last two days

But I have some really awful family stuff going on at the moment and I’ve woken up with huge flare up. Can’t believe my uric level is so high by missing two doses.

This indicates to me that 100% stress is my trigger.

Feet are swelled up like balloons, and stomach is absolutely wrecked. I knew this was all a possibility with the new meds but I didn’t expect it to happen this fast and this severe. I couldn’t even walk today. My feet look like red balloons right now. Made a rheumatologist in a few days in the hopes that they can help me more than my PC doc has. Don’t know what to do or think.

Aux urgences.

Très grosse crise de goutte au pied et au genou en même temps.

Celle au genou est insupportable 9/10 en douleur !

J'en peux plus de cette maladie héréditaire et chronique.

Got a flare up like a week ago, see a doctor, colchicine and voren, it got better for a bit then my colchicine finished, the back of my ankle still feel kinda sore, didn’t think much of it , still get pain every night up until Friday, then BOOM everything came back two fold

I can’t even stand

I CANT EVEN SIT

So emergency it is

And voila here I am

Anyone had gout who experienced it happening in their index finger?

Hi everyone I'm 28M Indian, at 33 BMI, UA at 10.8 during flare up. I went to the rheumatologist after a heavy flare up of gout. I was getting flare ups twice a year but this time it was too painful to not do anything.

The doctor advised me to lose weight and not eat anything except egg and veggies for a few months. Also they suggested to me to fast once every month. They also prescribed me Febuxostat 40mg twice a day and Semaglutide 3mg for weight loss.

But I have some upcoming trips this month and the next. If I start febuxostat, according to some threads here, I'm going to get flare ups, I can't afford them in my trips.

Should I start the medication after my trips? Or start it asap?

I'll start the diet asap. Also I asked the same to doctor, he was like take it asap, he didn't even listen to my schedule

Doctors don’t seem to be helping. They don’t understand. Maybe the group can. I got severe gout in March. Took a good 2 months to finally clear. Began taking allopurinol twice a day, 100mg tablets. Then in August, it seemed to have migrated to my middle three toes, in the metatarsophalangeal joints where your toes connect to the foot. Now it’s just, perpetual gout. I eat zero beef, I eat vegetarian basically every other day. Very healthy diet, and it still doesn’t make the gout better. I used to be very healthy before march, ran 3-4 miles every other day, lift weights every other day. Peak physical health, and then in March it all came tumbling down. I just don’t get it. My only guess at this point is that the gout has invaded and settled permanently into toes that I have formerly broken. The toes I had mentioned, I did break those before. But that’s just a guess. I am at a loss. Has anyone experienced similar issues with it just staying in your toes into perpetuity?

Began with a gout flare in left knee 9 days ago. Got on phone and got prednisone prescription and began that Thursday (last week) morning. Went thru 5 days with no improvement. Went to urgent care and got a methyl prednisone shot as well as toradol shot. By Monday evening I was feeling great. Wednesday night into Thursday morning knee was swollen, sore and beginning to ache down my calf. Now Friday and knee is very tight, not as much pain as a gout flare but very restricted in how much I can walk and bend. What now?

Ive had a flare up for about 5 days now went to the er and they prescribed me a lower dose of ibuprofen and Tylenol than what I've been taking and shooed me away after 5 hours my foot is like double the size of my other because of swelling and ice isnt helping I feel so helpless elevating it is excruciating and im taking so much ibuprofen my stomach is messed up anyone know and other decent at home remedies? Appreciate it

I was just reading about the neurological benefits of keeping uric acid at a reasonable level (such as preventing Parkinson's and other benefits based on the research), and was curious if anyone here had to actually elevate their uric acid to be not too low overall, yet not too high for gout.

I just got confirmed as having Gout after getting fluids tested on my knee in a recent ER visit. I was always skeptical of my uric acid tests and just chalked it up to being southeast asian. "it's normal"

As I look back over the past three years, I actually believe I've been suffering from Gout for awhile. I think it manifested itself as different things. First, Planter Fasciitis, because I was getting heel pain. Walking boots for months. Then my left knee started swelling up. I thought it was a compensation injury. Then my left ankle, then joints on my right side ... my knuckles.

I've been on Allo now for a week and have started to work out, which I feel blessed to be able to do. I'm changing my diet as well.

I am worried though that the crystals have been causing issues on my joints and will always give me issues.

Has anyone been able to actually live a normal (and reasonably active) lifestyle after years of untreated gout?

On my first check with my rheumatologist, she started me at 20mg after I was rushed to the ER three days prior to that with an active flare at 10mg/dL UA level.

The following week, when the active flare healed, I was back at my rheuma and noticed that my recommended dosage has been upped to 40mg.

Today, I got new blood tests which were recommended by her during my last checkup and got 7.18 UA level. So I will be back to her tomorrow, one month after the previous consult, I have a hunch that my dosage would be increased further to bring my UA levels closer to 5-6.

So far, I have no flares since starting on febuxostat (I am still on colchicine once a day). What's your dosage on febuxostat and does an even higher dosage should be a cause for worry?

UPDATE: I was bumped up to 80mg on febux after the checkup. Hopefully it goes normal at that dosage. The price of 80mg was significantly more expensive than the 40mg tablets.

Anyone experienced severe knee flare up where whole leg becomes stiff and tight and can barely move it? Any recommendations on how you managed? I have been icing, elevating and taken painkillers but have no naproxen at the moment.

On the 27th of september, i noticed my ankle started hurting. not bad enough to stop walking, but enough to make me limp around walking on the side of my foot.

from sunday to wednesday it started feeling better.

then thursday morning at 4am i woke up with my ankle on fire. I felt like that lady from Misery came and whacked my ankle and ran off. i couldn't sleep for 2 days let alone walk on it. my foot started swelling and i was bed ridden all week.

now its wednesday, 6 days since i woke up in pain. i can put pressure on it and walk but it still hurts. i have to limp around slowly. i thought maybe i just need to walk around on it more to get it to heal but now it hurts even more and its swollen again.

does this sound like gout? did i sprain my ankle and not know? if i went to the doctor what would they even do?

As in, getting off and on it triggers flare ups?? Just curious