On Aug 29, 5:42*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:

> Yes, a typical gout sufferer is a carnivore who has consumed way more
> protein than is nutritionally necessary for many years. *You are
> symptom-free as the stuff builds up in your body, until your
> first attack.
>
> Then things get more complicated, since as you comply with your
> treatment, the lowered uric acid levels in your bloodstream
> can cause the uric acid stored in tissues to migrate. *Commonly,
> according to my rheumatologist, it migrates out of cartilage,
> back into synovial fluid, and you have more joint symptoms (which are
> not necessarily as severe as a full attack). *Eventually most
> people ultimately reach a stable point and this stops happening.
> Gout is considered highly treatable.
>
> Another thing to consider is that gout is part of a larger
> "metabolic syndrome". *If you leave any of the components of
> this syndrome untreated (hypertension, hyperglycemia, lipid disorders,
> hyperuricemia), the others are more likely to emerge with symptoms.
>

For years I had what I didn't realize were gout attacks (I would think
I had stubbed my toe or something.) Turned out it was a side effect of
the diuretic blood pressure medication I had been taking. Getting off
the thiazide cut them out radically.