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Phil Waters
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Why me? I'm too young to have one of the most painful conditions ever.
Desert Orchid
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Too much rich food & alcohol.
It's not an old person's problem so you're not too young.
It's not an old person's problem so you're not too young.
Merlin the Magician
At the Start
who says that Glaswegians are poverty stricken..... 
normally associated with rich living?????????? and booze...... 
BrianH
At the Start
Go to your GP and get prescribed Allopurinol - no more gout.
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Phil Waters
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Allopurinol is one of my best friends and has been for 3 years or so.
Flagship uberalles
Journeyman
I wonder what Harry Kewell was at when he came down with it in the World Cup...
BrianH
At the Start
All the old jokes about roast beef and port wine - they certainly wouldn't help gout but neither are they necessary to cause it.
Total bollocks about rich living. Gout is a build-up of uric acid which inadequate kidney function has failed to flush away. My poor father had it, agonizingly, in one foot for two years, along with high blood pressure. The blood pressure was brought back to normal, but the gout persisted, indicating that his kidneys weren't functioning properly. He was in hospital for six weeks before dying of kidney failure a few days after his 46th birthday.
He had been a lean, fit, athletic man up until then, fond of riding horses with me, and a bit of motorbike rallying. He was previously in the TA canoeing, trekking and motorbiking up Snowdon, and in the Second World War was a paratrooper, before that a merchant seaman. His idea of going OTT was to have three beers over the weekend. Our food was always straightforward and always fresh, unless you count the occasional rice pudding as 'rich living'.
I hope your pain gets sorted out, Phil. Having seen a gritty, uncomplaining man like my Dad absolutely white with pain, I can sympathize with you - it is not a comedy turn.
He had been a lean, fit, athletic man up until then, fond of riding horses with me, and a bit of motorbike rallying. He was previously in the TA canoeing, trekking and motorbiking up Snowdon, and in the Second World War was a paratrooper, before that a merchant seaman. His idea of going OTT was to have three beers over the weekend. Our food was always straightforward and always fresh, unless you count the occasional rice pudding as 'rich living'.
I hope your pain gets sorted out, Phil. Having seen a gritty, uncomplaining man like my Dad absolutely white with pain, I can sympathize with you - it is not a comedy turn.
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Ardross
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That's awful but I don't think that gout is always caused by inadequate kidney function though K .
According to the UK Gout Society there are a number of possible causes
UK Gout Society
According to the UK Gout Society there are a number of possible causes
UK Gout Society