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Need somewhere to vent a little. My doc isn't listening. My foot has been hurting for almost a week now. Docs P. A. just looked at it and determined it wasn't gout. Not turning red or anything. Started out at the ball area right behind the toes. Now my ankle is hurting as well. It hurts bad enough I am thinking of going in and getting it looked at. I didn't injure it that I know of.
Pic is where the pain started.
http://i.imgur.com/Ptx2WvB.jpg?1
My friend that sounds like the Kings disease to me. I hope it isn't and that you just have a muscle strain. Take some 800mg motrin 3 times a day every 8 hrs for 2 days and see if it still hurts. If it does it is either really f uped or you have something else going on like gout.
Ask for a referral to a podiatrist if they are blowing you off... Or see a different doc, maybe a quick check at an urgent care... A fresh set of eyes from a different doc might be good. Also there is a blood test to see if you have gout. If your uric acid levels are high, that is a pretty sure thing, or you just drank a whole lot the night before. I didn't have mush inflammation when I had a episode, so not all lgout issues have inflammation.
Hope you figure out what it is!
Had the exact thing happen. Did the blood test and wasn't within the perimeters of acid level of gout. But like the dr said....you don't have to have gout to have gout like symptoms.
For what it's worth, mine happened 4-5 times and then no more. Been about a year now.
King Soopers, vitamin and herb section. Black Cherry Syrup. Chug away. If is a gout related symptom. This should help take the flare up away within a day or less. If not then it's something else.
I have gout. Feels like you broke your foot. FNG hurts. Elevating it doesn't help. Ice, nope. Try this, if not, DR visit.
Hope this helps.
Check out if your symptoms match Chilblains. I had this earlier this year and it sucked if I went out in the cold. Soaking in hot water helped. It can be caused from heat extremes. For me this was running ~5 miles followed by too much heating. The onset was from being vitamin B deficient.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...n/con-20033727
Hope you get better. Foot pain can really suck when you are on your feet a lot.
I'm thinking Plantar Fasciitis, since it hurts from one end to the other.
Wheatridge and Lakewood: go see Dr. Valenti, great guy.
http://www.alliedfootandankleco.com/valenti.php
Come see me tomorrow around noon.
Could still be gout. Get tested. We men get it worse than the ladies. Our testosterone helps create the uric acid crystals while the ladies' hormones have a protective effect against the crystals even with elevated uric acid levels. I've had severe attacks where my feet ballooned up and turned red, but other times in my big toe, instep, and ankle where it really wasn't visibly noticeable. I've had broken bones, and the pain of gout seems to hurt worse than that. Insidious stuff. Go to bed feeling OK and wake up in the morning unable to walk.
Before I self-diagnosed my gout, I had numerous doctors over the years tell me that I had a "soft tissue injury". The crazy thing was that I couldn't remember injuring myself. They would tell me to ice it, even put me in a walking boot a couple of times.
I had talked to some folks and did some research on my own. I went to the Dr. and told him, "I think I have gout." He had my blood tested...and I had gout. I'm on Uloric now and it's working very well for me.
Man I hate foot pain. I do hope it's not gout for your sake, and it something easily fixed. Gout is a major PITA - when it's bad, it's the worst pain I have ever felt. Way worse than a broken bone.
Hang in there, hope you find a good doc.