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@Nobody, thanks for you advice. Will allopurinol decrease the low level chronic inflammation (not bad enough to use colchicine), assuming that it does manage to lower my uric acid level. The strange thing is that my symptoms were worse previously when I had a much lower uric acid of 5.0 mg/dl (I’m assuming it was not wrong, though I may go back to the same lab to recheck).
I’m reluctant to go with allopurinol because i) more than one person has suggested that I would have to take it for life, ii) I’ve heard that allopurinol can initially lead to attacks, iii) A family friend of my dad’s been taking it but it doesn’t seem to do much for him. He also says you can get attacks even with low uric acid levels.
That said, I’d be interested in anyone who has had positive experiences with it@ keith: I started taking celery seed the week before my first blood test, and was pretty much consistent. It is supposed to lower uric acid. Some herbal teas for cleaning I’ve been taking was less consistent, but they are supposed to take effect in the long term anyways. I saw an article on taking celery seed that mentioned uric acid level may initially increase as uric crystal dissolves. Not sure if it is true or not.
Update: I’m still having some swelling and redness which tends to occur at night and after physical activity. It turns out my uric acid levels have been fluctuating as well. The second time I test, a couple weeks after the first one, I had 7.5mg/dl, but the rheumatologist didn’t even tell me! I found out only after I called for the result (I thought they would call me if there was something I needed to know.)
I’m wondering if the uric fluctuation is due to different time of day when blood test was taken, or a change in diet. I relaxed my diet restrictions a little bit, ate more meat (chicken and fish) for example, after my first blood test.
I’m a 35 year old, skinny Asian guy. Was in good shape before a gout attack over about month and a half ago. I had been eating out a lot due to my wife’s absence, and my uric acid level was at 8.4 at the time of the attack. After a strict diet and some herbs, I brought my uric acid level down down to 5 mg/dl, and at a visit to rheumatologist, was told that no further treatment was needed. But I’m still getting redness, swelling and mild pain on occasion. I can be walkable in the morning, and limping at night. Has anyone had similar experience. I’m baffled why symptoms persist even though I hit the target uric acid level.