spamtrap1888 wrote:
> 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.

Very interesting! I take a thiazide but AFAIK there are no problems. I did
have a toe problem some years ago that my dad thought was gout. Nope.
Turns out it was a pair of peep toe shoes that I had. The left shoe was
fine but the right one? The edge of the peep toe was rubbing at the outside
edge of the right big toenail and irritating the skin there.