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My uncle and my dad used to get gout, my uncle much more often.
They were both heavy drinkers.
Their feet swelled up like sausages and it was painful.
After a day or three it went away and they went back to drinking as usual until the next time. Neither of them ever learned until the inevitable end.
I’m not a heavy drinker though.., maybe a dozen or so beers on a Saturday
Gout's a bitch. I get it once in a while, usually in my right big toe.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gout/symptoms-causes/
THAT IS JUST where mine is.. Right big toe. I am really depressed about it. I have to stop eating my foods I like and no more beer? Well... thats a tough one. Do you drink?
You should be prescribed a prophylactic to take daily to reduce Uric acid in your system. I take Allopurinol and it's quite effective at preventing outbreaks.
It is not super painful and my first time. They gave me a pill to take for 3 times a day (10 days total). And said see how that goes... I am going to lay off some beers for a bit and tone down my meat. I EAT A LOT of meat. Everyday.
I drink quite a bit of beer. Beer alone doesn't cause the problem for me, since I only get it about once a year. I do drink a lot of water too though. I have water with me at all times.
I think it's the rich food on top of the beer that puts it over the edge for me. A few years back, a local restaurant had a Dungeness crab special; a whole Dungeness crab with parsley potatoes for $12. I was eating it 6~7 times a week, lunch and dinner, and thinking about it the rest of the time, for three weeks. Then I got the worst case of gout ever. It hurt terribly and affected my left big toe as well. I still wanted the crab though.
So you might want to ease up on the richer meats.
(I know they are tastier.)
If it becomes a regular thing, the medication route might be best.