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Hello,
I have suffered gout for about 2 years at first I used to get up for work in the morning from time to time and found I could barely walk I had no idea what the problem was I went to the doctor and he gave me anti inflammatory;s he didn?t tell me I had gout, it took about 3 or 4 visits before they told me I had gout, during the 2 year period I?ve had 3 bad attacks the last one was in January this year by that time I was on 400 mg of allopurinoll I increased this to 600mg but my doctor told me I need to decrease to 300mg because I had a very low uric acid reading by this time down 180, during my last visit I had another blood test this time it up slightly to 248 I know this is nothing compared to some poor souls but its still been life changing having this, Over the last weeks I’ve been okay when I get up in the morning but by evening the joints in my feet are beginning to stick out, a bit stiff but not red and not that sore but never or less I live in terror that I?m about to have another flare up,
since my 2nd attack when I found out what it was I have changed my diet and my life style I used to enjoy a beer now I cant even though I dont know for sure if that is one off my triggers I seem to okay with wine I only eat beef ones every 2 weeks maybe pork 2 time a week and chicken 3 times a week. I am 5FT 10INCH and weigh about 12stone 8pounds so I wouldn?t consider my self over weight
If you go for a year without a gout attack, you can definitely consider yourself lucky!
To know if you are “cured” depends on uric acid levels.
I see from your profile, John, you are in Scotland. Your uric acid test results will be in moles. It’s a bit confusing because there are 2 different scales. Fortunately, it is obvious which one you are on. It is either mmol/L or μmol/L. As you can see from the Uric acid levels table in the right hand sidebar, you need to be no higher than 0.30mmol/L or 300μmol/L
If you have maintained that safe level for a year, and had no attacks, then you can consider yourself “cured”
If uric acid has been in the Danger category, then you are probably just lucky, and you can expect more gout attacks in future.
I put “cured” in quotes because most gout can only be truly cured if it is secondary gout, and you cure whatever is causing it. We usually say controlled. That means you can live a life without fear of gout pain, but you must get uric acid tested at least once a year to make sure you stay safe.
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