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nealjkingParticipant
Well, I already said I couldn't figure out how to contact him through the GoutPal system of pointers. Does that count as sufficiently negative?
nealjkingParticipantBy the way, I have a whole sequence of photos of the development of my tophus over 5 days. I've never seen anything like it posted anywhere, so maybe Keith Taylor, the webmaster of GoutPal, would like to look at it. However, I have been unable to figure out how to actually contact him, as all leads seem to go in circles, never actually showing an email address or (as far as I can recognize) a message system. Anybody who knows how is welcome to forward this message to him.
nealjkingParticipantzip2play,
Your consideration, “Is it arthritis or is it a gout tophus?”, confuses me: I thought gout was considered a form of arthritis. So, if it was arthritis but NOT a gout tophus, what else would that white lump/stuff be?
nealjkingParticipantzip2play,
Why didn't you get it punctured before it migrated below the nail?
nealjkingParticipantI have had occasional attacks of gout over the last 10 years, and have just now been prescribed allopurinol. But I have never before had my toe “wrapped” in white like that.
Also, what is odd is that there is a long-standing lump on that knuckle, that appears to be a tophus: white shows through when you apply a little pressure. But there is no damage to the bones, as confirmed by X-rays: the lump deflects the toe but not by intruding into it. Two doctors separately remarked on that.
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