Cerises : Le fruit préféré des personnes atteintes de la goutte
J'adore les cerises, c'est l'un de mes fruits préférés. Je pourrais manger un bol entier sans m'arrêter, même si je n'ai pas la goutte. J'essaie généralement de contrôler ma consommation, car ma passion et mon amour profond pour les cerises sont incommensurables ! Heureusement, elles sont bénéfiques pour les personnes atteintes de la goutte. Alors, qu'est-ce qui rend ce fruit si spécial ? Les informations nutritionnelles et les bienfaits pour la santé des cerises montrent qu'elles sont riches en vitamines C et A. Toutes les cerises contiennent de la vitamine C et des fibres. Des études montrent qu'une consommation régulière de vitamine C peut aider à réduire les niveaux d'acide urique jusqu'à 50 % et à contrôler l'inflammation des articulations affectées par la goutte, qui est l'une des principales causes de douleurs sévères associées à cette affection.
La cerise est également un fruit très peu calorique, avec seulement 63 calories pour 100 g. C'est un aliment riche en pigments qui possède de puissantes propriétés antioxydantes et anti-inflammatoires, ce qui aide à réduire le risque de maladies cardiaques. De plus, les cerises peuvent aider le corps humain à lutter contre les cancers, le vieillissement, le décalage horaire, les maladies neurologiques et peuvent même calmer le système nerveux, aidant ainsi à soulager la neurose, l'insomnie, les maux de tête et même la dépression. De plus, elles ne sont pas seulement bénéfiques pour les personnes atteintes de la goutte, mais peuvent également aider les personnes atteintes de fibromyalgie, une affection douloureuse des muscles, ainsi que les blessures sportives.
Quelle est la corrélation entre les cerises et la goutte ?
Maintenant, en ce qui concerne les preuves que cela aide les personnes atteintes de la goutte, la première étude sur les cerises pour la goutte est apparue dans la littérature médicale en 1950 (Rapports du Texas sur la biologie et la médecine). Une étude publiée en 2003 dans le Journal of Nutrition a révélé que parmi 10 femmes en bonne santé qui ont consommé deux portions de cerises Bing, l'acide urique a diminué de 15%. Une Journal of Nutrition de étude de 2006 a découvert que 18 adultes en bonne santé qui ont mangé 280 grammes de cerises Bing chaque jour pendant un mois ont connu une réduction significative des niveaux sanguins de substances associées à l'inflammation et à l'activité des cellules immunitaires.
Une étude du Journal Arthritis & Rheumatism étude, portant sur 633 patients atteints de goutte confirmée et suivis pendant 1 an a révélé que les patients atteints de goutte qui consommaient des cerises (une portion de 1/2 tasse ou l'équivalent de 10 à 12 cerises) ou un extrait à base de cerises pendant 2 jours étaient moins susceptibles de faire une crise de goutte ultérieure, avec une réduction de 35% du risque. Les patients qui consommaient plus de cerises, jusqu'à trois portions en deux jours, avaient une réduction encore plus importante, de 50% du risque. De plus, le risque d'attaques de goutte aurait pu diminuer de près de 75% lorsque la consommation de cerises était combinée à l'utilisation d'allopurinol.
Les bienfaits des cerises pour la goutte
Outre leur action contre les symptômes de la goutte, les cerises sont également bénéfiques pour de nombreux autres aspects de la santé. En voici quelques exemples :
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Les cerises sont riches en antioxydants
Comme mentionné précédemment, les antioxydants jouent un rôle important dans l'efficacité des cerises pour traiter la goutte. Ces mêmes antioxydants sont également capables de ralentir les dommages causés par les radicaux libres. Les radicaux libres causent des dommages aux cellules qui peuvent vous rendre plus vulnérable au cancer et au diabète. En consommant des cerises, riches en antioxydants, tous les jours, vous pouvez vous aider à éviter ces maladies mortelles.
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Les cerises favorisent la récupération après l'exercice physique.
L'exercice est important pour les patients atteints de la goutte car il favorise la mobilité et améliore les articulations. Heureusement, les cerises peuvent vous aider à récupérer de cette activité intense. Lorsque vous faites de l'exercice, vous pouvez avoir une inflammation des voies respiratoires. En prenant des cerises, vous pouvez éviter ce symptôme et vous remettre en forme pour une nouvelle journée d'activité physique.
Les cerises sont également riches en potassium, un minéral qui favorise la récupération musculaire, la fréquence cardiaque, l'hydratation, la digestion et la pression artérielle.
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Les cerises aident à améliorer votre sommeil
Saviez-vous que le stress peut déclencher une crise de goutte ? C'est l'un des faits moins connus sur la goutte. Mais maintenant que vous le savez, il est essentiel de vous reposer suffisamment la nuit afin de pouvoir faire face aux défis du lendemain.
Malheureusement, ce n'est pas aussi facile que de fermer les yeux et de compter les moutons. L'insomnie est une réalité et certaines personnes ont du mal à s'endormir la nuit. Le jus de cerise pourrait bien aider, car il peut augmenter la production de mélatonine dans le corps. Le meilleur, c'est que vous n'avez pas besoin de prendre des somnifères artificiels. Consommer des cerises est naturel et permettra à votre corps de produire ce dont il a besoin pour vous permettre de passer une bonne nuit de sommeil.
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Les cerises peuvent atténuer les symptômes de l'ostéoarthrite
Si vous souffrez d'une autre forme d'arthrite appelée ostéoarthrite, les cerises peuvent également vous aider. Comme pour la goutte, les cerises peuvent aider à réduire la douleur et l'inflammation associées à cette affection. Dans une étude, étude,on a constaté que les patients qui ont bu du jus de cerise pendant trois semaines ont réduit leurs symptômes de douleur et ont également connu moins d'inflammation.
Comment un patient atteint de la goutte consomme-t-il des cerises ?
Il est généralement considéré bénéfique pour les patients atteints de la goutte de consommer des cerises sous différentes formes et variétés, telles que les cerises en conserve, congelées, crues, cuites, aigres, en comprimés, sucrées et noires. Les cerises séchées, fraîches ou en jus sont également bonnes. Il est prétendu que manger environ 25 cerises est dix fois plus efficace que l'aspirine et les autres analgésiques courants pour contrôler la douleur. Cependant, en cas de crise de goutte ou d'exacerbation des symptômes, combien de cerises devriez-vous consommer ? Certains suggèrent de manger de 30 à 40 cerises toutes les 4 heures pendant une crise de goutte, et la même quantité quotidiennement à titre préventif, ou simplement de manger au minimum une tasse de cerises fraîches ou séchées après chaque repas, ce qui peut être très efficace pour le traitement de la douleur.
Environ 20 cerises équivalent à 25 milligrammes d'anthocyanines, la dose quotidienne recommandée à prendre, que ce soit sous forme de jus ou en mangeant les fruits à des fins préventives. Vous pouvez également boire une tasse de jus de cerise, de jus de cerise noire ou de jus de cerise aigre deux fois par jour, ou mélanger 2 cuillères à soupe de poudre de cerise concentrée avec une tasse d'eau.
Vous pouvez facilement trouver du jus de cerise dans votre magasin d'aliments naturels local ou en ligne. Vous devrez choisir un jus non sucré sans additifs. Cependant, cela peut être plus facile à dire qu'à faire, car la plupart des produits de jus de fruits sont très riches en sucre et peuvent en fait aggraver les symptômes de la goutte. Ces produits sont souvent étiquetés comme "à base de concentré" ou "non à base de concentré". Vous devrez choisir un jus à base de concentré sans sucre ajouté. Ce que les fabricants font, c'est extraire la pulpe des cerises et enlever l'eau. L'eau est ensuite congelée pour le transport, puis réintégrée avant d'être mise en rayon.
Vous avez également la possibilité de faire votre propre jus de cerise à la maison en suivant ces étapes :
- Tout d'abord, retirez les tiges de vos cerises avant de les laver.
- Mettez une tasse de cerises dans un robot culinaire et ajoutez un quart de tasse d'eau. Vous pouvez en mettre plus si vous le souhaitez, suivez simplement le même ratio d'une tasse de cerises pour un quart de tasse d'eau.
- Mélangez jusqu'à ce que les cerises soient séparées des noyaux.
- Pour conserver le jus, versez-le simplement dans un pot. Consommez le jus dans les cinq jours.
Il peut sembler étrange que les cerises aident à contrôler la goutte, car cette condition est souvent associée à la consommation de sucre, de fructose et de jus de fruits. Cependant, il se peut que vous n'ayez besoin de manger qu'une petite quantité de cerises pour en tirer les bienfaits, ce qui signifie que la contribution en sucre est faible. 10 cerises douces ou 1 tasse de cerises acides contiennent environ 4 grammes de fructose,, 25 cerises vous apporteraient 10 grammes de fructose.
Les baies, les pommes, l'ananas, les oranges, les bananes et les raisins contiennent bien plus de sucre par 100g que les cerises. Il faudrait manger plus de 60 cerises pour dépasser la limite où le fructose de la cerise pourrait commencer à vous affecter négativement et peut produire des niveaux d'acide urique plus élevés. Je pense que manger de 12 à 25 cerises par jour est idéal. Limiter le fructose/le sucre dans votre alimentation est l'une des parties les plus importantes de la gestion et de la prévention des crises de goutte.
Si vous avez la goutte, il est impératif de limiter votre consommation de fructose/sucre à moins de 25 grammes par jour, y compris les fruits, car le fructose/sucre peut augmenter les niveaux d'acide urique dans votre corps. N'oubliez pas que les traitements varient selon les personnes ; vous devez ajuster la dose en conséquence. Par exemple, le concentré de cerises régulier est très sucré et épais. Une cuillère à soupe équivaut à environ 45 à 60 cerises.
Sur une note supplémentaire, chaque fois que vous cherchez des produits à base de cerises, il serait préférable qu'ils soient à base de cerises aigres, car ce sont celles qui sont les plus efficaces parmi toutes les autres cerises pour lutter contre l'arthrite, en agissant mieux dans la prévention et le traitement de cette condition douloureuse, en réduisant les niveaux d'acide urique et en brisant les cristaux responsables de la douleur articulaire. En général, on a trouvé que les cerises aigres ont des concentrations plus élevées de phénoliques et d'anthocyanines que les cerises douces. Les cerises aigres sont également légèrement moins sucrées.
Voilà, assurez-vous d'ajouter la cerise à votre alimentation quotidienne sous la forme et/ou la méthode que vous préférez, c'est un must pour les personnes souffrant de la goutte. À la prochaine !
Quelle a été votre expérience en prenant des cerises pour la goutte ? Est-ce que cela a aidé ? Est-ce que cela n'a pas aidé ? Sous quelle forme avez-vous pris les cerises ? Partagez vos histoires dans les commentaires ci-dessous.
77 replies to "Goût et Cerises"
I didn’t know this. I am in my mid 40s and I experienced gout before. Now, I can try the cherries to help me combat the gout. Thanks for sharing!
Is octopus good for gout?
Hi Dennis!
No. It falls under the category of seafood which raises uric acid levels just like lobster, shrimp, crabs etc…
Howdy! The three gout attacks I have had seem to be triggered by cherries.
My first gout attack came after a gluttonous cherry binge — so, I’ve been operantly conditioned to note when I eat them: my 2nd and current attacks came after binging on cherries, too.
I justify the binge with “now I will find out if cherries are causing my gout”. But that knowledge is little consolation when I can’t walk. I guess I have my answer, though.
Sharing this info to help justify my masochistic tendencies.
I love cherries. I thought they were a gouters best friend.
I have been on tart cherry/celery seed capsules for three months and NO gout attacks. However, I am also careful not to eat more than one high purine food in a meal. I limit the high purine foods, except for some of the vegetables. Latest research show that high purine vegetables are not likely to cause gout and the benefits of eating fish outweigh the risk of getting gout. Just don’t eat eight ounces of fish at one sitting!
I’m just at the point where a vicious month-long attack is starting to subside. It’s the first time I’ve tried cherries to help with gout. I picked up a kilo and have been eating about 20-25 each day split into twice a day for the last three days. I must say, not having taken any other painkillers, there is a definite easing of pain within about 45min – 1 hour after I eat them each time. I can’t say if they’re breaking up the crystals or clearing out the attack fully (need a blood test for that), but they’re definitely helping with some much welcomed pain relief. The attack was in my left big toe and heel/ankle. It’s probably the most nasty one I’ve had. I’m on prednisone for a week now (as of today) and that’s started to really punch out the inflammation and pain. But yes! I’ll definitely be incorporating more cherries into my diet generally (they’re delicious anyway!) and up that consumption if I’m unfortunate enough to get another attack.
It’s been working for me. Hopefully it does for you too!
Cheers!
Hi Spiro,
My husband has had his 4th major your attack in 2 months and they are unbearable, I’ve never seen him in so much pain. However it has now moved over to his right foot normally it’s in his left. He is on Indomethacin 50mg. Now just went out and bought cherry juice and fresh cherries as well as nettle leaf tea. My question is how much of everything do I give him? He is in so much pain it’s crazy!
Thank you for your website, it’s a great help. I should also state he is healthy and only 45, although we have been told he has a “fatty liver” and we don’t know why. He isn’t a big drinking a beer here and there..
Hi Tammy!
You can drink tart cherry juice but I’m not a big fan since there is so much sugar, prefer he takes Tart Cherry Extract, doesn’t have to be mine, you can find it anywhere. It will be more effective. You can eat a cup of fresh cherries daily, drink as much nettle leaf tea as he likes. If doctor prescribed medication, give it a couple more days, the pain should decrease daily, if it doesn’t, please go back and ask to see if they can elevate the dosage. Soak his foot in warm water and Epsom salt to help relieve him of some pain.
Good luck!
I had my first gout attack a few months ago in my knuckle which then spread to my hand. I never what to go through that pain again. Currently have moderate gout in my big toe (only 2 months after my first!) One of the positive things about experiencing it once is that you begin to educate yourself, and I’ve been popping 3 cherry supplements a day to lower the pain. It helps. No expensive drugs needed. That’s my 2 cents
[…] Cherries: Cherries, whether sweet or sour, can also be very helpful in treating gout due to their antioxidant properties. Cherries also contain anthocyanin, which can reduce inflammation as well as minimize flare-ups. […]
I get an occasional flare up (e.g., once every two years) and my uric acid levels typically test just above the reference range. Given the infrequency, I’ve decided not to pursue a prescription medication at present and attempt using your products, along with additional hydration, exercise and diet modifications.
I’ve ordered the two subject products from you via Amazon.com and expect delivery today. I’m presently in a slow recovery from last week’s flare up. I presume these items will speed recovery. I am not on any medication.
Quick question: Can I take Tart Cherry Extract and Nutrigout simultaneously? Or should I stagger consumption, alternating between products daily?
Thanks in advance,
John Huddy
Hi John!
Thank you for your question!
Yes you can take them simultaneously. They are not medication so nothing will affect you.
Good luck!
Spiro,
I am a gout sufferer since 2012 and the attacks have off and on since then. Some sites that I have visited so far have given some redial solutions to gout attacks or flares, such as taking raw garlic, bananas and lemon water. But is lemon water with sugar safe?
Skip the sugar if you can since lemon has some natural sugar in it already. It is safe.
Great article! Very informative and helpful. Thanks
Hi Spiro!
I’m sure my gout flared up quite bad after eating cherry tomatoes. Would you agree
with that cherries good for gout cherry tomatoes bad gout?
Hi Raymond!
Yes tomatoes have gotten me in the past. Read my article to learn more how tomatoes affect your gout–> https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-tomatoes/
Spiro what is your best product right now for gout. I’m currently in a attack and I need some relief thank you. Ron moore
For inflammation and swelling, the cream! Apply it up to 4 times daily for some relief. NutriGout and NutriGout Plus are dietary supplements to help supplement your gout diet. What are our weakest parts of the body as gout sufferers? Kidneys and liver. That is where uric acid production comes about so we need extra nutrients to maintain them and keep them healthy.
Personally I take NutriGout Plus and Tart Cherry Extract daily. Plus Apple Cider Vinegar, B12 and vitamin D. In addition, I take a ginseng vial 1-2 times a week. Drink plenty of water!
Dear Spiro,
Thanks for your newsletter. I have heart disease and take high levels of niacin B3 which creates a flush. This product saved my life. My diet is excellent. My bloods for heart disease: Triglycerides and cholesterol are normal now. No more symptoms.
I recently had a 2 month case of gout. I am off the anti inflammatory but still on the medication that lowers Uric Acid.
Question for you: can your cherry tart product replace the medication? I notice that actual cherries have too much sugar.
I would be grateful for your opinion.
Hi Robert!
Thank you for your comment!
To answer your question I wouldn’t get off of your medication. Your doctor knows your medical file best and you should follow his advice. Tart Cherry Extract helps control uric acid and is meant to supplement your gout diet. If it were a cure, then everybody would be off their medication and would take Tart Cherry for life but that is not the case. Mind you I get emails from gout sufferers that claim it has helped them a lot with their gout.
Other gout sufferers will state that it helps with their inflammation. It is a popular remedy in the gout community and many will swear by it but I am not a doctor and can’t advise you to replace your medication with it.
If you do suffer from gout, you do want to take a supplement like NutriGout though that helps cleanse the liver and kidneys which are the most important organs for a gout sufferer and to basically limit the disease from worsening down the road. The liver and kidneys is where all the uric acid gets produced, so if you take care of them, they will take care of you. Obviously, one must eat better too! Foods that are good for the liver and kidneys. But check out the ingredients and do your own research and you will see that these ingredients are the very best for cleansing your liver and kidneys.
At the end taking a supplement like NutriGout or Tart Cherry Extract will not harm you but help you.
Good luck!
Is product Tart Cherry Extract Capsule Gluten Free ?
Hi Nikhil!
No it is not gluten free. If you’ve read my blog, I am not a believer in the gluten free fad. Unless you suffer from celiac disease which are the only folks that should avoid gluten, you can take it. Nothing wrong with gluten. Most important part of the wheat chaff.
Thanks for your site Spiro. Good to read the comments.
So I have been getting ready to go walk over a new hunting club. Everything pointed to this past weekend. Everything ready. Then BAM…the dreaded gout! Now I am lame in my right foot. Dang!
In my case a couple of Cokes will give me gout. However…this time it was Norvasc..a high blood pressure pill. I changed to it from a long time run with another brand that was starting to make me sleepy and weak. With Norvasc I felt GREAT…until my right foot swelled and it went into gout over the weekend. Today is the worst.
I have had it before but this time is different. It’s in my ankle and my tendon down there is sore. After taking your advice I hobbled into Walmart before daylight (instead of the woods) for my dosing of tart cherry juice. I imbibed a couple of glasses straight off. We shall see.
In the past when I had an episode coming on I’d take an expensive Colcrys (colchicine) pill. Now I can’t because I’m on Simvastin for cholesterol. Darn!
So I’m depending on that juice effect my friend. Let us see.
Again, super thanks for your timely info! Big time. Ouch!
–Buck
When you eliminate fruit from your diet what do you replace it with?
Can I take the tart cherry capsules in addition to eating 20 bing cherries a day? Thanks!
Yup! You’re good!
Hi,
my mother is on Warfarin (blood thinner medication), is it safe to take cherry suplements along with it?
Thank you,
Amelia
Hi,I ate many fresh cherries yesterday but my ache in the knee seems more severe. Can it eat cherries during an attack?
Hi James!
Yes cherries won’t worsen your inflammation, it must be something else that is causing it.
Hi,
I bought some black cherry concentrate in hopes that it will help prevent my gout attacks…or at least make them less severe. How many mg do I need to take to equal a good serving of cherries? Do you think tart cherry juice is better than black cherry capsules?
Hi Diane!
Best to take tart cherry capsules and skip the sugar intake. I don’t drink any juice whatsoever for that simple reason.
I don’t think the cherry juice works immediately in respond to Dianne’s comment. Just like medicine it takes a while to be in your system to work.
Drink and eat cherries, juice (I found Northland cranberry worked better- so I mixed with cherry juice). The thing that really helped was drinking dandelion root tea twice a day—-
My mother suffers high uric acid.Is cherry usefull to reduce high uric acid?
Yes it is according to research, see studies in article.
How about drinking more water? My brother has been stricken with gout since after landing in the hospital with kidney failure, largely because he was drinking hardly any water due to prostate problems. Wanted to suppress urination. Bad idea! He had lots of crystals in his urine when catheter was inserted. Aren’t those the same crystals causing problems in feet and joints?
It seems from studies that sweet cherries are more effective than tart ones.
“Regular red sweet bing cherries were shown to have a greater anti-inflammatory activity than tart cherries, which makes sense, since we think it may be the anthocyanin phytonutrients in cherries, and there’s lots more in sweet red cherries than in tart, and nearly none in yellow Rainier cherries.”
Source – http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-inflammatory-life-is-a-bowl-of-cherries
And more on cherries & gout – http://nutritionfacts.org/video/gout-treatment-with-a-cherry-on-top/
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The past two days have just been horrible for me. I had my first case of gout in January of 2015. Since then I’ve only had one painful incident earlier this year where I was limping for about a week but I didn’t have that burning and drilling pain feeling.
However, 4 days ago I was limping and for the past two nights I’ve suffered for 8 hours or more a day of the burning pain. It comes and will literally force me to stop doing anything while I can’t help but cry out in pain. Then it’ll subside only to come right back in a few seconds. I’ve found that if I lie down or prop my foot up it gets much worse. If I sit down it is almost manageable.
I can’t find any podiatrist around me that are able to just let me in and talk to me about this on short notice. I was wondering if there was anything I should be doing to lower the pain? My friends have gotten me black cherry juice, almonds, and salad. My meals the last four days have been a handful of almonds with salad. For the salad it’s just romaine lettuce with some pieces of carrots and I top it with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and salt and pepper. Other than that I’ve been doing water by the gallons (4 days and 2 gallons are gone). Any help would be appreciated.
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Yes, Cherry worked like medicine for me.
My does is 7+7+7 cherries per day.
Somewhat confused regarding cherries. Have been buying tart cherry juice concentrate yet concerned about its fructose content. What is the fructose content of cherry pills?
Hi Luis!
It depends each supplement is different but I’ll tell you that it is much lower so you are better off anyway.
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Hello Spiro, when will you have your product back on amazon? it seems to be out of stock and no expected time for restocking?
By the end of this week it will be back in stock. Check by Friday. NutriGout. is available though if interested.
Been looking at taking cherry extract pills to control my gout. Is there some kind of formula for how many milligrams to take?
thank you
Hi Michael!
Not really. But you can take anywhere between 500 mg to 1500 mg daily.
I’ve got this gout for more than 10 years and I’ve had it now and then. Now I’m 2 weeks pregnant and I’m in pain because of this attack which started last night. Does anybody know any medications which relieves pain and is safe for pregnancy?
Hi San!
Please check out my post on Goût et Grossesse
[…] Drink a lot of water while suffering from an attack at least 12 glasses in a day in order to stabilize uric acid levels to a normal level. Some folks will add apple cider vinegar or even baking soda in water to lower uric acid levels a little quicker. Other gout patients have also experienced pain relief by eating a lot of cherries. […]
Start taking alfalfa pills, my father had gout really bad and he took alfalfa pills for 5-10 years and it has disappeared? I just got my first bout of gout just over a year ago and it was caused by eating too many tomatoes, so I do not eat tomatoes and I have not had any issues. I have started taking alfalfa pills on a regular basis.
Thank you for this article. Gout is so terrible. My left foot, big toe would be red and swollen for 2 weeks (I’ve never had it for longer than that) and immediately when I feel the pain coming, I drink lots of water and cherry juice. Cherry juice/cherries does wonders. =)
I suffered with my first gout attack for 19 days now. At first I had a muscle spasm in my right foot. Within hours the horrifying pain started. I eventually went to the emergency room I was give steroids and morphine. An x ray revealed gout.The pain was so bad I began to get nausea. I was sent home with pain meds which didn’t help. I’ve started drinking pure black cherry juice. I pray that it works.
This is my first encounter with that horrible nasty Gout. I have been a fairly active person all my life, 3 Masters World Games, Marathon and all other miles, now past 14 years a Yoga practitioner with daily visit to Gym. This terrible ‘thing’ hit me around 3am when I felt a ‘twitch’ in my right big toe. Needless to say it was something far more serious than a twitch and now 5–YES five weeks later (what was Christmas 2015?) and I am still staring at a swollen Red big toe and part of foot. I have been on Ibuprofen for first 2-3 days then Doctor started me on an inflammatory 50mg 3 times a day, then week later upped it to 500mg… still did NOT work, so I got Steroids for 5 days –1 per day plus a 20 day prescription of antibiotics… 1 day left, finished all others. I don’t drink beer or ‘hard’ liquor but we do like wine with our evening meal, very little meat as we are mostly no-meat eaters. I cut back on the wine to less than glass a day, drinking huge amounts of water compared to my very little, tart concentrated Cherry Juice and a specific Yoga practice. I gather my younger brother had an encounter/bout with this nasty Gout as well. Now my Dr. has prescribed an X-ray just to be sure there is no fracture in toe… I doubt that very much. No more chems for me he said BUT this is becoming quite unbearable and I did raise the matter of permanent damage but he seems not concerned sensing the foot is improving. He said no to Allopurinol as that was ‘for long term use and for those who have recurring bouts’. I CANNOT stand this much longer ! ANY Suggestions
It’s too early in your diagnosis to really say much, your doctor should guide you on how serious this bout with gout really is. I can’t believe that you say that for the pain you took steroids, antibiotics and no relief. Did he prescribe you Colchicine? Colchicine works very fast, within days you have pain relief.
I also had a bad bout with gout this month. I got a prescription for Methylprednisolone. It is a card of pills. The first day you take 6 pill and the next day 5 and the next day 4 and so on for six days. The first card helped a lot but needed to get a second prescription and now the pain and most of the swelling is gone. I’m also drinking the cherry juice two times a day. I like my beer but stopped drinking it.
50Mg Indomethicin capsules 3 X per day……gone in a couple of days.
2 tablespoons of cherry powder concentrated is equivalent to how much cherry juice concentrated? I find this article very informative. I will share it with others. Thank you.
It depends on how many milligrams the extract is, better to compare that way.
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