Shaklee "Gout" Set

How to fight gout pain?

Gout is an excruciatingly painful form of arthritis that often effects the feet.

Dietary factors, such as red meat and alcohol, can trigger gout pain. However, medications and medical conditions can be a problem too, says Kenneth G. Saag, MD, a rheumatologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

"Non-food items are the major risk factors for developing gout,"

Shaklee "Gout" Set

- Alfalfa 

- Performance Drink

- Omega Guard/Advance Joint Health Tablet.



 

9 Triggers which could be causing you gout pain.

1-Aspirin.

Aspirin drives up the amount of uric acid in your blood. At high enough levels, uric acid deposits in joints (especially in the big toe and fingers) and forms the razor-sharp crystals responsible for gout.

2-Diuretics

Diuretics help reduce blood pressure by flushing water and salt from the body. At the same time, they block the excretion of uric acid from the kidneys, which can allow uric acid to accumulate to gout.

3-Dehydration

"Dehydration can increase the blood uric acid concentration, and in susceptible individuals such an increase can contribute to a gout attack," Theodore Vanitallie, MD, professor emeritus of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.



Aim to drink around eight cups of water a day, Dr. Vanitallie

4-Extra Weight

Research suggests that obesity itself ups gout risk by both stimulating the body to make more uric acid and blocking uric acid excretion.

5-Fasting

"Trying to lose weight by fasting can put you at risk of gout attack," Dr. Vanitallie 

6-Menopause

This is because estrogen, a hormone that helps the kidneys excrete uric acid, dips during and after menopause. 

7-Injury

"A traumatic event can start a small inflammatory response, which may then precipitate a gout attack in that joint," Dr. Vanittalie.

8-Uncomfortable shoes



"That combination of having high uric acid, being predisposed to gout, and wearing shoes that are hurting your feet, that could do it," Dr. Vanitallie.



9-Family History

About 20% of people with gout have a family history of the condition. 

If you do, be aware of other risk factors, especially as you age. (Men in their mid-40s are at the highest risk of gout; post-menopausal women are at increasing risk as they age.)