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Gout sufferers know how good water is.
- Water reduces uric acid concentration, lowering the risk of pain-inducing crystals forming.
- Water helps flush excess uric acid, and many toxic gout treatments, from the body.
Two - Nil is brilliant.
Where’s the third one coming from?
I’ve had a recent email exchange with a long-term gout sufferer who reckons he has found a new way to combat gout with water.
You can read extracts from this exchange in the Swimming and Gout forum topic.
In fact, this is not really about swimming, but the possible effects of water. Specifically, how immersion in water can cure gout.
The biggest question in my mind, is it it purely water, or is it purification products in the swimming pool water that bring this benefit.
Why not try it out, and let me know. Lounging in the pool might be your best gout experiment yet.
Tags: Gout, swimming, water
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I thought it’d be a good idea to comment on this subject.
I am a 52 year old long-term gout sufferer and also a vey keen swimmer and I can say that I still get gout while swimming regularly. In fact, whilst swimming 3-4 times a week, recently I have had my worst ever attack, which coincidentally has led me to this site.
I thought the swimming thing was too good to be true, though I still have a hope that there may be some benefit for some gout sufferers.
I guess it’s another of those gouty aspects that needs some more research.