moxie
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Post by moxie on Jul 28, 2012 6:39:09 GMT -5
"All 6'2", scary biker looking of him" I'll massage his tootsies! *Taking notes on the rest for my non-biker hubby.
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973beachbum
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 28, 2012 7:42:36 GMT -5
DH was just diagnosed with gout. Anyone know anything about it? We eat mostly chicken and fish, very little red meat which he's been told to avoid. He does drink a beer or two every night and recently switched to oatmeal for breskfast recently to try and reduce his cholesterol, It seems that beer, oatmeal and beer are high in purine which can trigger an attack. There are a bunch of things that are high in purines. Asparagus, shellfish and meat gravies are some of them. I used to have a list of the never, sometimes and okay foods. I will try and find it for you. When he didn't eat the wrong foods his gout was almost not there. When he didn't it was a nightmare.
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Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jul 28, 2012 11:44:54 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. I've started a list of foods he shouldn't eat so hopefully that will help him make good choices. This week was the first time he's had the joint pain in his big toe, so hopefully it hasn't progressed too far and modifying his diet will help prevent more flareups,
Keep the advice coming if you have it. I don't coddle him much especially if the issue is of his own making, so he'd better change his diet or no sypathy from me!
He doesn't know anyone in his family who has it, so it doesn't appeasr to be genetic, but we'll see.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2012 14:23:13 GMT -5
DH has gout. It can be a side effect of kidney damage and high blood pressure. He has a prescription for prednisone and oxycodone that he is supposed to take when it flares up. DH has given up beer, we don't eat meats with nitrites/nitrates in them, but he eats a lot of meat.
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mandyms
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Post by mandyms on Jul 30, 2012 8:50:01 GMT -5
Water, water, water! That's the first thing I tell patients (I'm a dietitian and see people for this quite frequently); at least 1 ounce for every kg of body weight (divide his weight by 2.2) to help flush uric acid out. Calcium (from food) has also been shown to help reduce flare ups (3 servings per day--8 oz milk/soy/fortified juice or 6 oz yogurt are examples of one serving). If he is overweight, GRADUAL weight loss can help (1-2 pound per week, exceeding that amount can cause a flare up)
Unless people are heavy drinkers (more than 2 drinks per day), they may not have to avoid alcohol all together. Usually the water works. I usually tell them to try that first before making too many restrictions. I do tell them to avoid the high purine foods and take in an "appropriate" amount of protein (adult men usually need only 6-7 ounces per day, the typical American diet is 2-3 times that amount and uric acid a byproduct of protein breakdown) if they feel a flare up developing to reduce the purine intake and really push the water.
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