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Gout - medical downgrade?

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Anyone know if gout would trigger a medical downgrade or worse? Or is the RAF happy to live with it, so to speak.
 
I know somebody that has it, he was just given a G2 marker against him, otherwise fully fit. Not sure if thats standard practice thou.
 
I've had it for years. Alopurinol sorts it out - no problem, no downgrade.
 
As above had it for a while now signed on for los 30 2 yrs ago no mention of downgrade allupurinol for life though and management of diet
 
Don't Worry

Don't Worry

Happy to confirm with the others.

I've had it since I was 16 and wasn't a problem when I joined at 18. Have tried various drugs and am currently on Naproxen.
 
Great, thanks. Ref the drugs, I had two acute attacks a few years back and just got over what I think was one in my knee! The worse ever! At what point is it worth taking a pill for life or dealing with the acute attacks as they happen?

Am I correct in saying Allupurinol is to prevent rather than cure acute attacks? You take this one for life? What about Naproxen?

It's really frustrating because I don't really follow the trend with respect to food types etc. I eat none of the main culprits and drink cider which (according to the link below) is very low in purine. Perhaps picked it up as an hereditary condition?

http://www.dietaryfiberfood.com/purine-food.php
 
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Dave Yeeles is a bigjobby said:
Great, thanks. Ref the drugs, I had two acute attacks a few years back and just got over what I think was one in my knee! The worse ever! At what point is it worth taking a pill for life or dealing with the acute attacks as they happen?

Am I correct in saying Allupurinol is to prevent rather than cure acute attacks? You take this one for life? What about Naproxen?

It's really frustrating because I don't really follow the trend with respect to food types etc. I eat none of the main culprits and drink cider which (according to the link below) is very low in purine. Perhaps picked it up as an hereditary condition?

http://www.dietaryfiberfood.com/purine-food.php
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Allopurinol is the usual medicine for gout and it reduces the amount of Uric Acid in your blood that causes the gout; you take it for life once it's been proven that you suffer reoccurrences of gout. It is an hereditary condition as both my father & brother suffer too. Cherries are suppossed to be very good for gout as they break down the uric acid.
 
I don't take Naproxen daily. I can tell if I'm about to have an attack and pop a pill or two for a couple of days - this is effective for most of the time but sometimes it doesn't work and I'm in a lot of pain.

Diet is important. For me, some offal and shellfish affects me so I take a pill before I eat them.

Just to clarify - IT'S NOT PORT OR STILTON..........and it's not an old man's diease.......honest......
 
Downgrade? Gad, sir! It should be a court martial for a self-inflicted condition. Don't listen to these modern medicos -- it's definitely too much port and stilton, doncherknow . . . :0

(Seriously, the formation of uric acid crystals in the joints can be excruciatingly painful, is no laughing matter. and is not caused by the demon drink, though reducing intake can help treatment. In my day it could be anything from 'excused boots' to a downgrade depending on the extent and the trade, but memory ain't what it used to be).
 
Cherry Active capsules available from health shops, expensive but worth it according to hubby that use to have severe bouts of gout, they take a while to get into your system but he has been taking them for the last 3 years and now only gets a twinge now and again, and he still downs half a bottle of red wine a night!
 
Henry the Eighth had gout. He also had syphillis. And he was fat.

Not that i'm trying to tar you with the same brush or anything, but I think that you lot are filthy, disgusting and diseased individuals who deserve your big toes to throb in pain because of your sick, over indulgent lifestyles.

Happy New Year :PDT_Xtremez_14:


Serious note. It's actually refreshing to see people AREN'T being downgraded for taking a tablet a day. I hope it stays that way for the dirty afflicted scuzzbags :PDT_Xtremez_30:

TW.
 
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