Could high UA levels be causing Migraines too?

[hogsrul]

So, I am currently coming off a long week of an attack on my big toe.  I tried several of the home remedies (cherry juice, baking soda, black bean broth, etc.)  and none of it worked.  Only today was I finally able to walk semi-normally again. 

Now to my question.  I have been having migraines every 2-3 months, with one coming right as church service started this morning.  My headaches are like this: They start with a blind spot in the right eye (aura), like you have just looked at the sun and the white spot won't go away when you look at something else.  That lasts for about 45 min. and then the headache and feeling of tiredness and confusion set in for the rest of the day. 

With what we know about UA crystals forming around our joints, could these crystals or UA actually be in my brain and cause these headaches?  Possibly when I have a very high level of UA?  My UA hasn't been tested in over 1 yr., but I remember it was around 9 last time.

Just a thought, I wanted to see if anyone else suffered from this as well.  Hope the above made sense.

Thanks,

Hogsrul

[trev]

Hi ! I have been both a long term Gout and Migraine sufferer and the have never co- existed.

Only recently though , I got a few migraine niggles while trying a BP med called Clonidine -which relaxes blood vessels and would possibly cause this mild return after 20 years.

However… !!! – I have noticed in the past, with a proper gout attack, the tendency for headaches to persist for some days before the attack kicked in – and for a number of times I was caught out , only remembering too late , that this could happen.

This could be a link to your exp. but I don't think it's a UA thing primarily- maybe just a body sensitization by the pain mechanism?

Migraines are not normal headaches, as you know- if you take treatment for them it will probably restrict vascular blood flow which may make an imminent gout attack more likely to kick in. (My opinion- non medical) .

Either way, one is a relatively short term episode and the other [Gout] a long term auto-immune issue.

[zip2play]

I would not be surprised if there was a high correlation between gout and migraine. Add me to the pile who has gout and gets Migraines/Clusters.

Same aura…same blind spot and then radiant colorful vanGoghish patterns. All so pretty and then the PAIN.

I got a trick…a beta blocker, propranolol my choice and a quiet bed, at the first inkling of that blindish spot.

Fortunately I am down to only a couple a year…usually APRIL! {{go figger}}

[azasadny]

I've been a migraine sufferer for about 35 years and a neurologist determined that my migraines are caused by a change in barometric pressure that my body can't adjust to quickly enough, causing inappropriate vasodilation of the cranial blood vessels. My migraines and gout don't have anything in common, but that's just me. I take Relpax (40mg) at the start of a migraine and the pain is gone in 15-20 minutes. Find the “root cause” of your migraines and treat that. There is a human tendency to want to “tie things together” and we look for cause/effect relationships where none may exist. Good luck with your migraines and gout!

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