Seeking anyone who has knowledge of Gout

Hi all,

I would be grateful for any advice on the following.......

so over the past couple of months i've had a few random swellings.One day my left hand swelled up.The following day it had gone down but the right hand swelled up and lasted a few days.In fact when i rubbed it,it seemed like i was pushing the infection under my skin and down into my middle finger which in turn swelled up and hurt like crazy for 3 days.Weird i know.I then had a random swollen left shoulder for a few days.After that,for several weeks my wrists ached a tad,that often happened due to my trade and the fact i am 57,i assumed was a touch of arthritis.

Then last Friday the pain in my right hand and wrist was intense to the point it was unbearable.The following day both hands were swollen.

So i took ibrufen for a few days until i managed to see a doctor who gave me a prescription for codiene and sent me to a walk in hospital for blood tests.

2 days later i was in worse pain and my shoulder had become painful as well but i was called back to the doctors where i was given stronger anti inflametries,i think Naproxine.I was told that my blood test had showed that my B 12 was very low so i was also given a prescription for a 6week course of tablets to raise my B12 levels.

I was also told that it looks like i have gout and i was sent again to hospital this time for uric acid tests.

1) May i ask peoples opinions on this in general please?

2) Also if i was diagnosed with gout,should i have not been given Allopurinol to treat it?

3) Finally someone told me gout sufferers have a 25% lower life expectancy,how can this be with treatment?

Thankyou in advance

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