| Overview of Gout | | | | been caught over a year earlier. |
| Gout is a systemic disease caused by the | | | | Nearly 90 to 95% of all people with |
| buildup of uric acid in the joints, | | | | diabetes have type 2. Who gets it? Just |
| causing inflammation, swelling, and | | | | about any body. Fat, skinny, regular |
| pain. This condition can develop for two | | | | build, it makes no difference; just |
| reasons. The liver may produce more uric | | | | about everyone can develop diabetes. |
| acid than the body can excrete in the | | | | Most at risk are people regardless of |
| urine, or a diet of rich foods (e.g., | | | | body build who live on a high intake of |
| red meat, cream sauces, red wine) puts | | | | "junk food". Least at risk are people |
| more uric acid into the bloodstream than | | | | who eat a regular balanced diet. |
| the kidneys can filter. In both cases, a | | | | What you may not know about diabetes - |
| condition called hyperuricemia results. | | | | the truth about insulin resistance. 92% |
| Over time, the uric acid crystallizes | | | | of people with type 2 diabetes have |
| and settles in the joint spaces, most | | | | insulin resistance. Get the facts - go |
| commonly in the first metatarsal | | | | to your local diabetes agency or |
| phalangeal joint of the big toe or in | | | | research it on the internet. |
| the ankle joint. | | | | Obesity is a major risk factor for |
| Signs and Symptoms | | | | diabetes. Obesity is not a guarantee you |
| The most common symptoms of gout are | | | | will develop diabetes and many obese |
| inflammation, swelling, and tenderness | | | | persons never develop it, but persons |
| in the joint of the first toe. Touching | | | | who are obese |
| or moving it is intensely painful and | | | | Diabetic meals can be healthy and |
| patients often say it hurts to have as | | | | savory. |
| much as a bedsheet over the toe. Gout | | | | A key to diabetes management is |
| develops quickly and typically occurs in | | | | maintaining a regular exercise program. |
| only one joint at a time. Symptoms may | | | | Its never too late to start and you can |
| develop in two or three joints | | | | do it with a simple walking program. |
| simultaneously, but this is rare. If | | | | Just walk 1 kilometer a day and over a |
| widespread symptoms occur, the condition | | | | period of a month build it up to two |
| is probably not gout. | | | | miles (3 kilometers) a day. |
| Diagnosis | | | | Sticking to dietary goals while eating |
| The most reliable way to diagnose gout | | | | out can be very challenging. Many, even |
| is to examine the joint fluid for uric | | | | most, restaurants cater to people with |
| acid crystals. This is done by drawing | | | | special dietary needs - just ask. And |
| fluid from the joint with a needle and | | | | learn those restaurants which do not and |
| examining it under a polarized light | | | | avoid them. |
| microscope. Although the test is | | | | When it comes to diabetic nutrition, not |
| invasive, the results are definitive, | | | | sure what to believe? There are many |
| and a positive result facilitates proper | | | | stories out there, some believable, |
| treatment and quick relief. | | | | others not. Research what you need to |
| Treatment | | | | know from trusted resources - your local |
| Treatment for gout involves decreasing | | | | diabetes support center, the internet, |
| the amount of uric acid in the joint. If | | | | friends who have diabetes. |
| dietary habits are the cause, the | | | | The help of friends and family can make |
| patient's lifestyle must be changed to | | | | all the difference to someone with |
| avoid the condition. Gout is readily | | | | diabetes. |
| corrected with patient cooperation, and | | | | Help for Diabetes, Gout and Other |
| it is usually not treated unless it | | | | Disorders |
| occurs frequently. Colchicine is a | | | | Check out these products, Native's Gift, |
| common medication for treating acute | | | | Desert Promise, Bio88+, and see if there |
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| is necessary, the two most common | | | | "Native and Natural" products, |
| choices are probenecid and allopurinol. | | | | manufactured under strict quality |
| Prevention | | | | control. In the case of Bio88+, a Greens |
| Alcohol and rich foods are primary | | | | product, it is manufactured in a |
| contributors to excessive uric acid | | | | government controlled University |
| levels. Although some patients have a | | | | laboratory. |
| genetic predisposition to excessive uric | | | | On the testimonials page below I am L. |
| acid production, most gout patients have | | | | Windblad and my wife is J.D. Windblad. I |
| normal kidneys and uncontrolled dietary | | | | have long-term gout (since 1977), damage |
| habits. Prevention is the best defense | | | | from gout including numbness and pain in |
| against the disease. | | | | the feet, a prostate which had ceased |
| Many patients who suffer from gout | | | | functioning for the past 2 years, and in |
| continue to indulge, and suffer frequent | | | | Jan 2004 I was diagnosed with a lazy |
| attacks as a result. Although medication | | | | thyroid. By the end of January my |
| makes it possible to live with gout, the | | | | thyroid was functioning normally, by |
| continued accumulation of uric acid in | | | | April I was noticing an improvement in |
| the joints eventually damages them, | | | | prostate functioning and by mid-May it |
| seriously inhibiting movement. | | | | was definitely clear that not only was |
| Overview of Diabetes | | | | the pain gone but feeling was coming |
| New to diabetes? Learn the basics - | | | | back into my feet. This is written in |
| check with your local diabetes clinic or | | | | June 2004 and its all still getting |
| research it on the internet. | | | | better. |
| A key to diabetes management is | | | | Check out these product testimonials and |
| maintaining a regular exercise program. | | | | see what you think about what these |
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| Sticking to dietary goals while eating | | | | lives. Scroll to the bottom of the page |
| out also can be very challenging - see | | | | and contact the people who gave these |
| comments below. | | | | testimonials. |
| 20 million Americans and Canadians have | | | | There are other stories of "miracles" |
| diabetes. Nearly 7 million don't know | | | | with these products and they will be |
| it. Type 2 diabetes usually develops | | | | posted as soon as they can be collected. |
| slowly, and the symptoms often go | | | | What these products actually do is work |
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| to his face which we noticed right away | | | | supposed to function, and they |
| because we saw him only a couple of | | | | accomplish this at least in part by |
| times a year. He and his wife put it | | | | restoring your natural Ph balances. |
| down to simple weight gain. After 2½ | | | | Make sure to go to the product |
| years they finally snapped to there | | | | testimonials page above, scroll to the |
| being something wrong and when he was | | | | bottom, and click on the email contact |
| finally checked out his diabetes was | | | | for any of the people given, and receive |
| "off the charts". Fortunately, they | | | | their confirmation and personal full |
| caught it in time, but it should have | | | | testimonial. |