Gout Pal Interactive

32 year old male.  Ive had Gout since I was 19.  My mum has it, so the odds were never in my favour…..  I am lying on the couch at the moment with it in my elbow.  I have pretty much got it under control with Allopurinol but still have the odd attack (1-2 per year).  I find it is brought on now when I fly.  I travel a bit with work and I don't know whether it is the altitude or dehydration (even though I drink lots of water) that brings it on, but its certainly something to be aware of.   My mother said the pain of Gout is worse than child birth, so I guess I know what its like to give birth (I'm sure the girls will like that). Happy gout cure hunting.         

My very first attack of gout was after a transpacific flight to Tokyo on business.  I thought I had a sprain in my foot and since I was at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, went to the hot water public baths to bath my foot….after a bit, the hot water jets on my foot “cured my sprain”

It wasn't until a few more attacks (several more on the same type of flight) that I went to my Dr. who diagnosed the gout.

He treated it with an injection of ACTH, a steroid of sorts that provided immediate relief.  I don't think the drug is available any longer, but it was “magic”