Swollen and painful big toe

[Al O’Purinol]

I am a vegetarian (no fish no eggs) teetotal.

Cannot understand why I have a swollen and painful big toe. Please help me have been suffering for a Full month.

Waiting blood test results.

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Do you know why your big toe is red, swollen, and painful?

[Keith Taylor (GoutPal Admin)]

Jaswir Panesar said:

I am a vegetarian (no fish no eggs) tetotal. Cannot understand why. Please help me have been suffering for a Full month. Waiting blood test results.

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Try black cherry extract from Holland and Barrett.

[Keith Taylor (GoutPal Admin)]

Jaswir Panesar said:

I am a vegetarian (no fish no eggs) tetotal. Cannot understand why. Please help me have been suffering for a Full month. Waiting blood test results.

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Firstly, if you are still waiting test results, are you sure this is gout? In fact, blood tests might be inconclusive, and you may need further investigation to confirm gout or a disease with similar symptoms, e.g. pseudo gout or septic arthritis.

Being vegetarian does not prevent you from getting gout. You are surrounded by the meat that is the main source of uric acid – your own body. Far more uric acid is produced by the normal life-cycle of human cells than could ever be got from diiet. There are many reasons why we get too much uric acid. The main ones are:

• Being overweight
• Losing weight rapidly – e.g. fasting or illness
• Surgery or other physical trauma
• Kidney problems – from disease or hereditary
• Dehydration – from lack of fluid intake or diuretic medicine

Step 1 is to wait for the test results. Once you know your uric acid level, you can come back here for more advise about keeping it below 6mg/dL

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Jaswir,

While you are waiting for the diagnosis, there's no reason not to treat the pain. Call you doctor and have him prescribe colchicine. Take the .5mg tablets one an hour til the pain stops, you get vicious diahrrhea,  or you reach 16 pills.

I have found that the pain stops the instant the diarrhea begins.

IF it works that way, you have probably diagnosed yourself because colchicine is very specific for gout.

If you cannot find a doctor to prescribe colchine, buy some over the counter ibuprofen. It's not the best but it is better than nothing for pain.

[metamorph]

Jaswir,

Meanwhile, you could try black bean broth which I found very effective in relieving gout pain and inflammation. For more details go to the Topic – “Black Bean Cure for Gout” under Gout Cures (pg. 1).

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Let me add that it is rather rare for vegans to develop gout because their intake of purines is so very low. So a good guess is that you will turn out NOT to have gout.

Let us know your uric acid level when you get it.

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