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Title: Gout
Post by: Bird on May 01, 2013, 05:40:20 PM
Any home remedies for Gout?? I assume its gout..
Cant get into Dr until Lunchtime tomorrow which is still 72 hours quickert than casualty or the medicenter....  and I cant bend me toes to get me shoe back on at work

.. **** it hurts.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: baldheadedgit on May 01, 2013, 05:52:24 PM
Yep "gout" pain full Shit... Not much you can do .. Got any indosid in the house. ?

BHG
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: sonny on May 01, 2013, 05:57:43 PM
No guarantees and no responsibility taken - but have heard of the following:

If you have gout in your toes, then the following remedy can be used to seek relief. Take one-third cup of ground ginger in a bath tub and soak your affected foot in it for 30 minutes. This will cause you to sweat and uric acid will be eliminated. After this, make sure that you bathe thoroughly or ginger may cause skin irritation after the body dries.

And in a book - "Outback with Jack" written by an old bushie - bathe painful joints with one cup of vinegar and water, boiled up and add a tablespoon of cayenne pepper - let cool to warm before bathing the feet.
This would probably have the same effect as the first one.

Good luck, I know how painful gout can be. 
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: edz on May 01, 2013, 06:13:22 PM
Dad always used Apple Cider Vinegar  and rubbed that into the affected area from a small bowl ...Nanna used this aswell to keep her hands free and moving well enough to croche' and knit  till she was 90..Atable spoon in your food each day is supposed to be good too.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: barneys on May 01, 2013, 06:16:05 PM
take a real good pain killer .
or lots of cold gout and sit and wait .
gouts more painful than child birth
i have know en a lot of Ladies that have one child and then want other
but i have not seen a guy after having gout say i do that again
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Bird on May 01, 2013, 07:47:12 PM
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Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Knackers on May 01, 2013, 08:06:58 PM
Go and buy a can of cherries from the supermarket and eat the lot it reduces the uric acid level that gives you gout...thats what my doc recommended to me years ago and will give you some relief at least...does for me anyway.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: baldheadedgit on May 01, 2013, 08:08:53 PM
You been on the red wine mate ?

BHG
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: crackacoldie on May 01, 2013, 08:17:39 PM
Beer, rum, bourbon...bucket loads of it till you can't feel nothing.  Only temporary relief but then the whole body will ache so you won't feel the gout anyways...... >:D
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Bird on May 01, 2013, 08:33:56 PM
You been on the red wine mate ?

BHG
Not in 6 monthz, which afta readin bout it has me stuffed
Title: Gout
Post by: britts on May 01, 2013, 08:46:20 PM
Try nettle tea can help get rid of the uric acid
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: fishfinder on May 01, 2013, 09:02:36 PM
No guarantees and no responsibility taken - but have heard of the following:

If you have gout in your toes, then the following remedy can be used to seek relief. Take one-third cup of ground ginger in a bath tub and soak your affected foot in it for 30 minutes. This will cause you to sweat and  uric acid will be eliminated . After this, make sure that you bathe thoroughly or ginger may cause skin irritation after the body dries.

And in a book - "Outback with Jack" written by an old bushie - bathe painful joints with one cup of vinegar and water, boiled up and add a tablespoon of cayenne pepper - let cool to warm before bathing the feet.
This would probably have the same effect as the first one.
 
Good luck, I know how painful gout can be.


if you have gout it means that the increased levels of uric acid has formed into crystals and by then it is too late .... I have a bout of it about every 18 months and when i get it i can not walk for at least 4 days and limp for about 10 days mostly hit my ankles and knees.  The last attack I had was about 5 weeks ago had blood test no elevated levels of uric acid, so the text book doctor said I cant have gout, previously i have had blood test with the same results but after taking fluids out of infected joints shows uric crystals, I explained that to the doctor and got the eyes with daggers saying impossible.  Now 5 weeks on I still have pains continuously moving from ankles to toes back to ankles was only bailed up for a few days but in alot of pain since. Now to get to the point you can either live with it if you feel it coming take arthrexlin if you get to it too late its all over you will just have to suffer as there is no cure for uric crystals apart from time . I have heard cherry juice works as well as bi carb soda but only to lower / control the levels of uric acid or you can get some pills from the gout vet which you have to take every morning for ever to control uric acid but not guarranteed to work on every person and if you fail to take them i have heard the gout hits you fast and hard. Once  i am over this attack I am off to the vet to get the pills as 5 weeks is way to long for this kind of pain.
And with people assuming it is booze related are not always correct majority of times it is diet related but it is also from stress or the person is just unlucky their bodies just form to much uric acid. I have triggered it off with booze seafood and all the good but bad foods and i have also been very careful of my diet and drinking 4 ltrs of water a day and still get attacks


Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Black Diamond on May 01, 2013, 10:13:34 PM
I've met a lot of people lately who get it and very painful from what I hear. Luckily I don't get it but feel for you blokes that do. Whereabouts is it Bruce?
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: grafy82 on May 01, 2013, 10:46:53 PM
Pain is weakness leaving your body... But seriously, it flippen kills. I got it in my big toe last year. I was 29, reasonably fit, and I hardly drink. It doesn't discriminate. Arthrexin tablets were the only thing that would settle it down for me. I feel for you.

Cheers

Wes
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: POD on May 01, 2013, 10:50:59 PM
Avoid tomatoes.

Also, personal experience, tablets from the health food shop: Celery and Juniper (in the same tablet) works a freaking treat for me. Give it a try.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Patr80l on May 02, 2013, 07:33:14 AM
Nurofen is an over the counter anti-inflammatory.   
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: SteveandViv on May 02, 2013, 09:08:00 AM
There's also a lot of it up here due to the change of the seasons. The story goes as we come out of the hot - wet people stop drinking as much water as it gets cooler and so allowing the acidity to build up. Plus there is a lot of drinking up here. The DOc here also say use a strong antiflammatory but gain up here we have the highest number of Dialysis Patients in Australia and Voltaren etc hammers your kidneys, it's a tough one for them on what to use.

My advice is drink a lot of water, stay away from the wine and toms as noted above.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: fishfinder on May 02, 2013, 01:12:30 PM
There's also a lot of it up here due to the change of the seasons. The story goes as we come out of the hot - wet people stop drinking as much water as it gets cooler and so allowing the acidity to build up. Plus there is a lot of drinking up here. The DOc here also say use a strong antiflammatory but gain up here we have the highest number of Dialysis Patients in Australia and Voltaren etc hammers your kidneys, it's a tough one for them on what to use.

My advice is drink a lot of water, stay away from the wine and toms as noted above.
Apparently wine is actually good if you have 2 glasses a night, I stick by this rule by haveing haveing two glasses a night but make sure it is out of a glass magnum and tomato are ok if cooked.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: chester ver2.0 on May 02, 2013, 03:07:22 PM
Try Windex

Watch my Big Fat Greek Wedding and you will understand
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Jeepers Creepers on May 02, 2013, 04:28:10 PM
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allow me........ cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Hope ya feeling better, ya grumpy enough as it is, but with gout...... geez  :D
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Barry G on May 02, 2013, 05:04:08 PM
Try Windex

Watch my Big Fat Greek Wedding and you will understand
GOLD!!!!!    >:D
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: cruisindub on May 02, 2013, 07:09:27 PM
My 96 year old grandad has gout.

They breed them tough in the old days, they are of the mindset not to complain. Just soldier on.

After hearing some of the replies,  I couldn't imagine the pain he would be going through.

He thinks it will just get better rather than say he is in pain.
Tough old bugger!!
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: wmarsb on May 02, 2013, 07:52:14 PM
I do beleave the wife suffers from gout. every time I give her a cuddle and ask for a bit of loving all she says is getout getout
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: barneys on May 02, 2013, 09:41:22 PM
if you get it to offten like once very month or so look at getting on zilapin somthing like that when you get that right , dosnt matter what you do you will not get an  attack  , what you have to remember each attack is stuffing up your kidneys .
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: fishfinder on May 03, 2013, 06:05:53 AM
if you get it to offten like once very month or so look at getting on zilapin somthing like that when you get that right , dosnt matter what you do you will not get an  attack  , what you have to remember each attack is stuffing up your kidneys .
that is what i am doing but can not get on to them until this 5+ week attack disappears = not only kidneys but also premature wear on the joints
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: gregm on May 03, 2013, 07:06:01 AM
Lost

I get it and it has put me on crutches
I take celery tables and Vit C every day
Purchased Prednisone tablets (40 m/g) from Canada
When the pain starts take 2 tablets a day for 2 days then 1 a day for 3 days
You will get relief within the first day with the tablets

Greg
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Bird on May 03, 2013, 09:49:11 AM
Update time:
While this thing had all the hallmarks of Gout, which I have had several years ago, I'm not sure it was Gout.

Day before yesterday the pain got worse as the day went on... And in the afternoon, I couldnt even put a shoe back on as my toes wouldnt bend at all..

Then much to my surprise, yesterday morning when I woke up the pain was 85% gone.

Yesterday with the pills, the pain didnt get worse over the day, and have been fine since.
Im on Chemist Own brand Voltaren I think it is (Diclofenac)

Thanks to barneys for the PM's.. appreciated.

scott me fookt.
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: barneys on May 03, 2013, 09:53:08 AM
fish finder what are youtaking for it coldgout or indosen
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: qlddsl on May 04, 2013, 07:54:38 AM
There's no known cure for my gout, when I'm a bit 'excited' and try for a bit all I hear is 'GOUT of it '  >:D
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: GeoffA on May 04, 2013, 07:57:41 AM
.........
Then much to my surprise, yesterday morning when I woke up the pain was 85% gone.
..........

How's this going?? Has it passed??

Hope you've seen the back of it......
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: fishfinder on May 04, 2013, 09:23:02 AM
fish finder what are youtaking for it coldgout or indosen
Arthrexlin  (Indomathecin ) can not get to the doctors for a week flared up again yesterday morning last night ankle was red and blue - never had that before - me thinking my ankle as starting to become damaged
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: Bird on May 04, 2013, 06:31:41 PM
How's this going?? Has it passed??

Hope you've seen the back of it......
yea, foot has been fine for 2 days... Im worried!
Title: Re: Gout
Post by: MarkGU on May 07, 2013, 01:34:16 PM
Lost.
i suffer from time to time Gout,know where you are coming from.
my fix for Gout..............these http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_27502.htm (http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_27502.htm) From any Aldi store.
get stuck into them and keep these as part of your regular diet. i regularly take them with dessert and they are brilliant.
in the mean time ask your doctor about  Panafcortelone tablets, they very quickly get rid of the Gout.

PS. the above link is British but they are the same in Australia,cheers.