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craig22855
craig22855

Hi everyone

I have been suffering with gout for the past 10 years or so. I am a 35 year old male weighing about 14 and a half stone.

I take 300mg of allopurinol every day which does have an effect on whether attacks come on. However there are some things that come on even though I am taking them.

At the moment I have bad pain and swelling in my right hand which came on through repetitive strain from using my phone. Has anyone else had an attack like this?

I also get foot pain next day if I have been crouching with our kids for prolonged periods. This pain then moves throughout the foot into various areas. To be honest any repetition will bring joint pain.

The whole condition is really starting to get me down. I have really cut down on alcohol consumption but I feel like I am walking on egg shells with it all the time, just waiting on the next attack.

Look forward to hearing from you all with some words of wisdom!

Thanks

Craig

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  • a51514
    a51514 craig22855

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    In medicine you treat the most likely thing first. You already have gout and the pain you describe sounds like gout.  Unless you have only been on Allopurinol for a few months (in which case this may be breakthrough gout attacks from lowering blood urate too quickly). my advice remains

    1. Get your blood urate level checked (ideally 1-2 weeks after an attack as occasionally urate levels can actually be lower during an attack).

    2. If your uriate levels are higher than the target level, i'd expect my rheumatologist to change the dose or change the urate lowering drug if the urate levels are higher than he thinks they should be despite you being on 300mg of allopurinol.

    ...and get your cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure checked.

     

  • david49690
    david49690 craig22855

    Posted

    Craig, I'm no doctor but I have suffered from gout for over 20 years, although I seem to be controlling it now. however your symptoms do not appear to me to be of a gouty nature. As I said, I'm no doctor and I hope somebody follows this up and gives you some qualified advice. Meantime; good luck

    David

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