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Quick update. Just finished talking on the phone with my doc. I was not very happy. He is adamant that gout is a disease that people bring upon themselves at least for 80% of people who develop gout. He admits that they are a few unlucky ones that do everything right, eat and live well and still get gout but they are the minority of the cases. The bottom line is he wont prescribe allopurinol?because a) I've only had one attack so far and b) because my 7.7 level of UA is diet-manageable according to him. Oh well. I am going to start looking for a specialist, probably a rheumatologist. Thanks again for the valuable information everyone has provided.
Thanks Keith for the prompt reply.
Hopefully I will be able to convince my doc to prescribe allopurinol and follow my diet along with the drug treatment.
I have a another quick question. While researching gout, the consensus seems to be that symptoms are severe to excruciating pain in the joints -usually one of the big toes- which strikes without warning. Certainly this is how my first gout experience was. But can it be possible to have gout with mild to moderate pain which may be persistent but tolerable lasting for days and then fades away? How about gout that strikes with warning such as a dull ache that lasts for days and then gradually ?transforms into a full-blown attack with unbearable pain??
