Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, in the knee, Pseudogout is more likely than gout. Feels the same, but different crystals: Gout is uric acid, pseudogout is calcium pyrophosphate (also known as CPPDD) A needle in the knee and sending the fluid for crystal analysis is the way to get a diagnosis. The other diagnoses mentioned are evident on physical exam. The initial treatment of both is rest and usually anti-inflammatory medicines .... Phil On Oct 25, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2009, at 3:42 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > >> Lluis, >> If you are unfortunate enough to have gout rather than a simple >> sprain, I literally feel your pain. A few years back I went to my >> doctor because I was afraid that I had broken my toe. "No," he >> reassured me. "You have joined the British aristocracy. You have >> gout." >> "But don't worry," he told me, "after a few weeks of agonizing >> pain, it will go away. At least until the next time." And, he was >> right. >> I don't mean to practice medicine without a license but there is a >> therapy that works fairly well for me. I take a .6 milligram >> colchicine tablet every morning as a preventive. If I start having >> gout symptoms, I up the dosage until I get diarrhea. That usually >> aborts the episode. No one really knows how colchicine works but it >> has been used for gout for several hundred years. The alternative >> is to give up meat, chocolate, and red wine. > > Against the possible diagnosis of gout, stands the likelihood that > Lluis never touches these things.... > > Also I recall that gout usually starts in and involves the small > joints esp the feet... > > Seems more likely that Lluis was involved in some sort of physical > interaction with the senorita, and one of the seven veils, > > > Steve > > > > >> A fate almost worse than the gout pain itself. >> But however you treat your knee pain, take good care of yourself. >> You give the soul to the LUG. >> Larry Z >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information