How To Prevent Gout From Recurring?

Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2015

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Question : I HAD GOUT IN MY BIG TOE. I HAD IT TREATED AND IT IS NOW GONE, EXCEPT I HAVE URATE CRYSTALS
LEFT. IT IS NOT PAINFUL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY WILL GO AWAY OR IF THERE IS SOME
WAY THAT I CAN GET THEM TO LEAVE. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
lowering your uric acid levels will help

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

keeping your uric acid level below 6 mg/dL will prevent more gout attacks and will gradually help the crystals disappear. I suppose you're talking about the skin nodules...

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar