When you suffer with more than one symptom, I always think that they may be related. I suffer with a problem called gastroparesis, which in a nutshell is paralysis of the stomach. Food rwill remain in my stomach for up to 6 hours before it gradually moves on and there are certain types of food I cannot eat without regurgitating. This problem, which I have had for 10 years, gives me exceedingly high acid levels in my stomach.
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2 years ago I started with tremendous pain in my lower back which developed into severe sciatica. Recently I had an MRI and I have swollen discs beween L3, L4, L5 and S1 but the vertabrae are not squashing together, just the cartilidge that is impinging on the canal carrying the sciatic nerve.
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Just recently I have had terrible pain in the middle toe of my right foot that comes on at night and lasts for a good 48 hours and makes it exceedingly difficult to walk.
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I am now wondering if my toe problem is GOUT and is there the possibility that the flareup in my lower spine is also gout related.