I woke up this morning with a cramp on the point of my inside ankle bone. Everything was fine until 4 o’clock when it started getting worse. Within an hour the inside ankle has blown up like a red balloon. It feels pressurized with my veins popping out of the foot/ankle area. I have been getting this for the last 2 years and uric acid numbers always sit at the upper limit, recently within range. The doctor took xrays and said there is no signs of crystal buildup. He gave me colchicine and indomethicin but never made it clear it was gout. He just told me to keep taking medication when needed and walk on it basically. The weird thing is the frequency. I got hit in the ankle today and will probably have off and on pain there for the next 2 weeks. After that it will let up for a couple days then move to the other foot. Gout medications don’t seem to work which makes me wonder. A year ago I went to a different dr. who gave me all sorts of anti inflammatories and steroids that didn’t do anything either. He seemed to think it might not be gout because of the frequency and the negative response to gout medications. I don’t drink alcohol and don’t consume purines and eat pretty healthy. Also drink up to 15 glasses of water a day. Is there anything else besides gout that has similar pain symptoms and seems to never go away? Any ideas? Sorry about the novel!
Chet
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If the colchicine does not work within 24-48hrs then its probably not gout. If that is the case, get another opinion. It sounds more like an unusual presentation of some rheumatological problem — go see a rheumatologist.
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If the colchicine does not work within 24-48hrs then its probably not gout. If that is the case, get another opinion. It sounds more like an unusual presentation of some rheumatological problem — go see a rheumatologist.
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