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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Painful Toe

My husband had a blood test for uric acid levels to see if he had gout. It was negative. But he still experiences swelling in his big toe, sometimes his entire foot. It is painful. The swelling is associated with the big toe today and sometimes seems to start after some stress on the joint, exercise or gardening. If not gout, what/
Mon, 14 Sep 2015
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hi, i appreciate your concern. pain ful swelling ,in big toe,sometime entire foot ,and redness,looks like gout or pseudogout.uric acid levels fluctuates every time in a day ,less after taking pain killers.
in my pts i consider uric acid levels constantly above 5 to 6,along with symptoms,apossitive . still i advice my pts to take safe pain killers,reduce tea,coffee,nuts,redmeat,coloured veg,for control of uric acid.warm water fomentation will help reduce swelling .thanks .i will be happy to answer future query.
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Suggest Treatment For Swollen And Painful Toe

hi, i appreciate your concern. pain ful swelling ,in big toe,sometime entire foot ,and redness,looks like gout or pseudogout.uric acid levels fluctuates every time in a day ,less after taking pain killers. in my pts i consider uric acid levels constantly above 5 to 6,along with symptoms,apossitive . still i advice my pts to take safe pain killers,reduce tea,coffee,nuts,redmeat,coloured veg,for control of uric acid.warm water fomentation will help reduce swelling .thanks .i will be happy to answer future query.