Prenez soin de vos pieds si vous souffrez de la goutte
Vos pieds comportent environ 26 os ainsi qu'un complexe réseau de muscles, de ligaments et de tendons. À chaque pas que vous faites, vos pieds absorbent l'impact complet de votre poids corporel, vous permettant de rester debout et équilibré.
Saviez-vous que la santé de vos pieds peut être indicative de votre santé globale? Des articulations raides peuvent indiquer de l'arthrite, des picotements ou des engourdissements peuvent signifier que vous avez le diabète. Des pieds enflés peuvent indiquer une maladie rénale ou une maladie cardiaque. Il est très important d'avoir des pieds en bonne santé. Après tout, vos pieds sont le fondement de votre corps.
Souffrir de la goutte peut causer toutes sortes de complications si l'on n'est pas prudent, et une chose est sûre : vous voulez garder vos pieds en bonne santé et forts. Je soulève cette question car une étude récente indique que les personnes de 45 ans et plus souffrant de la goutte sont plus susceptibles, par rapport à celles qui n'ont pas la goutte, d'avoir une dysfonction des membres inférieurs mais pas des membres supérieurs. Ils sont plus susceptibles de marcher plus lentement que la moyenne pour leur âge.
L'étude a également montré que ceux qui souffrent d'hyperuricémieont également une mauvaise performance dans les membres inférieurs, y compris les pieds. La façon dont les chercheurs ont mesuré la fonction des membres inférieurs comprenait des montées répétées de chaise, de la station debout et de l'équilibre, ainsi qu'un test de marche de 4 mètres. Cette étude devrait nous rappeler que nous pouvons subir un sort similaire si nous ne prenons pas soin de nos pieds autant que possible pour les maintenir en bonne santé et forts.
L'importance de pieds en bonne santé
Les personnes atteintes de diabète ont également ce problème où elles doivent prendre soin de leurs pieds. Le diabète cause souvent des problèmes avec les pieds et les jambes. Cela peut devenir si grave que cela peut entraîner l'amputation de la jambe ou du pied. Parmi les personnes atteintes de diabète âgées de 45 ans ou plus, le risque de perdre une jambe ou un pied par amputation est dix fois plus élevé que chez les personnes sans diabète. Ceux qui souffrent de la goutte et de diabète, doivent être très prudents.
Ce qui se produit, c'est que, au fil des années, les attaques de goutte dans le gros orteil et d'autres zones de vos pieds usent et déchirent lentement votre pied ou votre jambe, se dégradant lentement. Le flux sanguin est également réduit, ce qui rend plus difficile pour votre corps de guérir les blessures.
Les symptômes potentiels que vous pouvez ressentir avec vos pieds comprennent des picotements, des brûlures ou des douleurs, une odeur de pied, la peau de vos pieds peut devenir sèche et/ou fissurée (comme j'ai déjà vécu), vous pouvez avoir une infection fongique telle que le pied d'athlète qui peut apparaître entre vos orteils ou avoir des champignons dans vos ongles (comme je le fais actuellement et je le combats avec mon podiatre), vous pourriez ne pas ressentir très bien le froid ou la chaleur, perdant votre sens du toucher, la couleur et la température de vos pieds peuvent changer, ainsi que la forme de votre pied. Tous ces symptômes vous ralentiront évidemment et limiteront votre mobilité.
Quelques conseils consistent à examiner vos pieds quotidiennement, généralement après un bain ou une douche. Lavez vos pieds tous les jours, séchez-les avec précaution surtout entre les orteils et coupez vos ongles de pieds. Une bonne paire de chaussures fera une grande différence, croyez-moi, j'ai toujours investi dans des chaussures confortables. Cela fait une énorme différence puisque je souffre de la goutte. Assurez-vous que vos chaussures vous vont bien et ne soient pas trop serrées. Et mesdames, oubliez les talons hauts!
Si vos pieds transpirent beaucoup comme les miens, je vous suggère une paire de chaussures Geox qui ont de petits trous pour laisser vos pieds respirer. Achetez toujours des chaussures le soir car votre pied se dilate pendant la journée et est plus grand l'après-midi.
J'ai récemment découvert les chaussures Asics et je dois vous dire qu'elles offrent le meilleur soutien pour vos pieds. Un peu cher mais ça vaut vraiment la peine!
À la maison, je ne peux pas marcher sans mes Crocs. Ils me procurent un grand confort et un bon amorti. Utilisez un hydratant comme le beurre de cacao si vous souffrez d'une peau sèche ou gercée. Ensuite, mettez une paire de chaussettes en coton confortables et allez dormir. Le matin, vous remarquerez que vos pieds sont beaucoup plus doux. On m'a dit que cela fonctionne très bien avec la vaseline aussi.
Indépendamment de la chaussure que vous portez, si vous souffrez d'une crise de goutte, cela ne soulagera pas votre douleur et votre inflammation, selon une étude de 2019.
L'exercice peut aider à augmenter la circulation sanguine dans vos pieds. Rien ne vous aidera plus que de faire une simple marche tous les jours. Cela peut sembler contre-intuitif car la marche met une pression sur vos pieds, mais vous ne pouvez pas vraiment soulever des poids avec vos muscles des pieds, n'est-ce pas ?
Donc, la meilleure façon de les exercer et de maintenir ces muscles forts est de marcher. Cela renforce également la force et la flexibilité des pieds. Assurez-vous de parler à votre médecin si vous ressentez une douleur, une rougeur ou tout autre problème de pied après l'exercice. Consultez ces 5 exercices pour des pieds plus forts et plus flexibles de la formatrice en fitness Stacey Lei Krauss qui ne prennent que 5 minutes par jour.
En conclusion, les bons soins des pieds et les examens réguliers avec votre podiatre ou médecin sont une partie importante de vos soins de santé en tant que personne souffrant de la goutte. Prenez soin de vos pieds !
26 replies to "Goût et Vos Pieds"
I’m wondering I’m just getting over gout and was thinking about a pedicure, the swelling gone, just still a little sore but not reddish purple anymy!! Is it ok to get a pedicure?
It depends. If it still hurts, wait a little more, if not go ahead. Touch your feet and play around with them as if somebody would be giving you a pedicure and see.
Have had gout for years. Just recently went to dr. gave me allopurinal and colchicine 0.6 mg. Big toe is numb and can’t bend at all, now right side of foot has pain. Any suggestions.
Give it some time Jimmy, the colchicine will eventually kick in.
So I’ve been eating a low carb high fat high protein diet on and off for years (10 years) I am now 31 , Male, no health problems.
In the last 3-4 months I’ve been stressed been drinking 2-3 shots of Vodka or Whiskey almost everynight and indulging in fats and meats and cheeses. I even occaisonally would cheat and eat say 3 cinnabons and lots of sugary stuff. Just generally unhealthy/bad diet for gout.
3 weeks ago went to French restaurant, ate chicken liver and other stuff and drank ALOT. But also, I walked around in the cold for at least an hour drunk/full stomach with very bad uncomfortable dress shoes. I know this because a few weeks ago I wore the same shoes and it hurt my right foot a little bit. But this time walked ALOT on these bad shoes.
Next day my right foot felt sore I could tell its from the shoes. It looks like I have a mild case of bunion.
However 2 nights later I wake up middle of night as per usual to go take a leak, I feel my right foot and lower leg tingling sensation, burning a little bit and foot looked slightly swollen compared to left foot, but no redness and no pain to the touch. Definitely Something was up. It didn’t hurt too touch the bunion/big toe area where gout usually attacks. I thought it was gout but wasn’t sure as the pain got just only a little worse. Then for next few days I was lightly limping trying not to put pressure on the big toe trying to keep it straight. It feels like the muscle of big toe is cramped and hurts to bend the big toe. Anyways few days of limping then it went away completely and I forgot about it. This was just about 1 month ago.
Last night I woke up middle of the night to go bathroom, again I feel the same symptoms in my right lowe leg and foot, tingling, mild burning sensation and again in the same big toe area it look like bunion and swollen a little bit. Again not painful to touch but my big toe feels like muscle is cramped and hurts to bend it. For dinner I had big salad salty with a good portion of meat and beef and 2-3 vodka shots. Drank very little water.
So this time I thought for sure is gout. I went to emergency room 4:30 am , doctor looked at it said not sure if gout or Bunion bc usually with gout so painful you cant even touch the area, he was squeezing the swollen area I didnt really feel any pain, just the normal amount if someone squeezes your foot.
Went to another doctor today he said he thinks its gout and prescribed me to get my uric acid checked ( which I did blood test today will get results tomorrow) and prescribed pain killer INDOCIN (Indomethacin) which I DIDNT take any yet as I dont feel the pain is that bad. Its just a dull aching swollen pain.
Can there be such a thing as mild gout attack not a full attack that is typical? Maybe both times this happpened was mild gout attack. That’s what the doctor said. He said even you check your uric acid now it will be low bc already you got attack so already it deposited the uric crystals out of your blood stream. Not sure!
I hope its bunion and not gout. When I look at both my feet, I can tell the right foot looks like it has a bit of bunion compared with left. But it’s too much coincidence I get the attack after eating really bad. In between the 2 episodes of this like zero pain or anything I completely forgot. There was no lingering from the first time it happened.
Appreciate you inputs!!!
No other inputs Sam but to get it checked. I would check it with a qualified rheumatologist and take it from there. It can be either or but nobody can diagnose you until you get your uric acid results back. If you think it’s bunions go also and visit a podiatrist.
I had a gout flare up about 2-3 weeks ago.. and then I had been watching my diet and taking ACV, bicarbonate salt, milk, 80mg Uloric (before was taking 40mg on and off) and some tart cherries in pill format. Today I got my result of my blood work at Urate level of 3.0. IS THAT POSSIBLE??
Then.. my skin on certain parts and legs feel itchy like some neuropathy sort of itch. The doctor said my numbers other than the low uric acid was all fine. A year ago my Urate levels were 8.5. I have some numbness and some tingle on feet or sides of foot and parts of hands and arm itch.
F Uric Acid 3.0 L 3.7-8.6 (mg/dL)
F C-Reactive Protein, Quant 4.1 0.0-4.9 (mg/L)
F Sedimentation Rate-Westergren 2 0-30 (mm/hr)
F WBC 8.0 3.4-10.8 (x10E3/uL) MB
F RBC 4.98 4.14-5.80 (x10E6/uL) MB
F Hemoglobin 13.6 13.0-17.7 (g/dL) MB
F Hematocrit 42.0 37.5-51.0 (%) MB
F MCV 84 79-97 (fL) MB
F MCH 27.3 26.6-33.0 (pg) MB
F MCHC 32.4 31.5-35.7 (g/dL) MB
F RDW 14.0 12.3-15.4 (%) MB
F Platelets 352 150-379 (x10E3/uL) MB
F *Neutrophils 66 Not Estab. (%) MB
F Lymphs 20 Not Estab. (%) MB
F Monocytes 8 Not Estab. (%) MB
F Eos 4 Not Estab. (%) MB
F Basos 1 Not Estab. (%) MB
Immature Cells MB
F Neutrophils (Absolute) 5.3 1.4-7.0 (x10E3/uL) MB
F Lymphs (Absolute) 1.6 0.7-3.1 (x10E3/uL) MB
F Monocytes(Absolute) 0.7 0.1-0.9 (x10E3/uL) MB
F Eos (Absolute) 0.3 0.0-0.4 (x10E3/uL) MB
F Baso (Absolute) 0.0 0.0-0.2 (x10E3/uL) MB
F Immature Granulocytes 1 Not Estab. (%) MB
F Immature Grans (Abs) 0.1 0.0-0.1 (x10E3/uL) MB
NRBC MB
That’s a great number Pectin! Keep it up!
I am taking both Colchicine and Allopuirnol and they are not helping after 5 days.
Was also taking both plus Indomed 1st time 2 months ago which helped. Thought Cochocine was the Gold Std, maybe it isn’t. Taking 6-8 Aleve plus 2 Tramadol now to stop the pain, but only stops for 3-4 hours.
Good day Spiro!
If you have symptoms of gout, is this for lifetime?
Thanks!
In the majority of cases, yes.
I have uric acid count 8. When I play badminton my feet pains. Is it due to the uric acid crystals, will they dissolve. What to do to get rid of uric acid crystals???
You can take colchicine and/or allopurinol for guaranteed results for uric acid crystals removal.
Hi,
I’m a new visitor to your website. Do you know if there are certain types of shoes that can help? I’m thinking of Vibram fivefingers shoes: https://us.vibram.com/shop/fivefingers/
A friend of mine told me they helped but I asked my chiropractor and he wasn’t so convinced…
They would be hard to put on when your foot is swollen but I’m wondering if they can help prevent attacks if you wear them when not swollen…
Hi Keith!
Most comfortable shoes I find when suffering from a flare-up are Skechers with the gel cushion and they are very light. I doubt these fivefinger shoes would help since there isn’t enough cushion between your foot and surface.
I have had gout on and off for years.
The past few weeks the gout had gone to my
knee then the foot and the other knee and
foot. Right now the gout seems to be gone.
I have no pain but my foot and ankle is really
swollen and hot to the touch. Is this common?
Yes it could be Paul. Especially if your gout is moving around in different places inside your foot. Go visit your doctor to make sure.
Obviously I am suffering from a flare up and looking for a quick remedy. I have suffered for about 7 years now with only limited painful attacks in that time. It seems to me that gout is different in all of us. This current attack has built up over a week with a pain in the outside of my foot in the morning that eased with walking and activity. Then last night it went mad and I can no longer weight bear on the foot at all and the whole foot is swollen and red. Big toe is fine but ankle isn’t. The odd thing is that I can touch the area, rest my foot on the other with only a little discomfort.
Definitely time to try and find the right diet and cut down on the alcohol. Here’s hoping the 2 hour solution will work for me.
Interesting blog and glad to see that someone hasn’t thrown out modern medicine.
Hi there! 3 years ago gout attacked me and went to the doctor and checked everything, blood test, urine, text etc… and found out I have gout and he gave me Indocid 25mg to get away my gout and it works! I’m just wondering I went way back home overseas for almost 2 years stayed there and I ate like shrimps, beans, pork, beef, baked scallops, some beer but not much, in a short story I took the food that can trigger gout and luckily my gout didn’t attack me. That suprised me but I go to the gym 4x a week and sweat a lot but I’m not sure that’s the reason the gout didn’t attack me and now I went back to here, to aussie after a month, since I arrived my gout attacked me on my left fòot. That was December 28 of last year. I took my medcine and drink and my gout is gone. Just this January 13 recently my gout attacked me again but on my right foot my big toe the joints really hurts a lot and swollen my first time and I went to the doctor but different one and asked for medicine and she gave me a new medicine called lengout and I had this blood and urine checked again! I’m just wondering for 3 days now my toe still hurts a lot, I dont know why even I took my medcine 3x a day!
QUESTIONS: WHEY PROTEIN CAN TRIGGER GOUT?
TESTEROD CAN TRIGGER GOUT?
SOYA MILK CAN TRIGGER GOUT?
PLS ADVICE! APPRECIATE IT!! Thank you
Macky
Hi Mark!
Whey protein can cause uric acid levels to go higher, think of eating too much meat which is high in protein, it’s the same thing, your body doesn’t need that much protein and excess protein harms the kidneys. Soya milk is fine, in moderation of course. As for Testerod I am not familiar with the product.
Hi, I just recently had my first gout attack and i’m really confused even after visiting my dr. Still awaying uric acid levels.
I walked 21 miles over a course of 4 days, my big toe was sore for over a week. Next think I know I was at the gym and I couldn’t walk and it hurt to take my shoe over. Go to the dr and get told I have gout. I took cherry extract, its mostly gone but my toe that was sore BEFORE the attack still hurts.
I’ve been reading online that a foot injury could cause gout. How is that even possible ? Please help, you seem to be very educated on the topic.
Thank you
Mark
Hi Mark!
Hard to diagnose, you have to take a blood test to measure your uric acid and that will determine if you have gout. It could be muscular pain and all you need is a good foot massage but I can’t tell you that via email. A foot injury in the past can’t cause gout, if you already have high uric acid and you injure your foot, that can then cause a gout attack but not an old injury being the cause of you being diagnosed with gout. Definitely go see your doctor.
Spiro
One of the gout side effects that I have started to face recently is that even a small walk will cause pain in my foot just behind the big toe where the flare usually attacks, I am searching for a shoes or a special insole that I can use to decrease the pressure on my big toe as maybe this will help in reducing the pain, anyone got an idea on what to use and from where can I get it online please?
Best to see a podiatrist so he/she can examine your foot and maybe recommend a custom made sole just for your foot.
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