While leaving for an island trip with my whole bunch of friends last week, I experienced some pain on the back of my heel. And since I was on a trip, I left most of my natural health remedies at home and had to bear with the limping for a few days.
My friends started to ask me if I had history of gout as my ankle was starting to swell then. I have heard much about gout but never thought it could happen to me. As such, I was avoiding all kinds of seafood during the trip, just in case it was gout. The most common gout symptoms are discomfort, sourness, swelling and intense pain of the affected area. In most patients with the disease, the first gout symptoms appear at the level of the big toe. And I didn’t have that. The skin around the affected regions turns yellow, appears to be stretched and bruised. People who suffer from gout usually experience pain attacks that may last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours and in some cases, even days. In most cases, the pain attacks seem to amplify at night and many people with gout have trouble sleeping. The regions affected by gout become very sensitive and people with the disease canít tolerate clothing or shoes. That means, you won’t be able to get on running treadmills.
I started taking some supplements such as Garlic oil, Vitamin E, Glucosamine and Vitamin C when I returned from the trip. I even increase my dosage on green food supplement to boost my immunity and increase the alkalinity in my body. I have yet to do a blood test to determine if my uric acid is on the high but according to my doctor, he didn’t think it was gout causing the swelling. I’m going through some therapies and will monitor the progress and improvement the next few days.
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