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Gout & kidney cancer
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Apr 24, 2011 - 11:15 pm
The past week my big toe has been swollen, red, extremely painful. It seems to be gout, but I'm pretty a-typical for a gout patient. So what's up with that? I learned that gout is due to too much uric acid in the blood stream. The kidney's job is to filter it out! Gee, you think there's something wrong with my kidney? : ) |
Joined: Jan 2010
Jamie1.3cm, We are in the same boat. Last September my GP added Niaspan to my medications for Blood Pressure and too much bad Cholesteral. A week or to later I had a gout attack in my right foot/ankle. I could not walk for a weekend. On Monday I went to the GP and he eliminated a broken foot/ankle by xray and confirmed my Gout by a blood test for uric acid. A week later I saw an ad for Niaspan on TV and after touting its virtues the ad said one of its side effects was Gout. I took myself off Niaspan, not my GP. Three months later in January, 2011 I started seeing a nephrologist. Both my GP and Kidney Cancer Dr. said that was not necessary, but they would not stop me from doing so and would not recommend one to me. Both at the time (when I had the Gout attack) said I could take Advil for a single one time use and that cured the Gout at the time. I needed 2 Drs. to approve for the Advil as we all know that those of us with 1 kidney should not take Advil type drugs. Since seeing the Nephrologist (who also said the Advil was OK for a one time use) he has put me on Allopurinol for the gout and has monitoerd my blood pressure more aggressively. Gout is very definately related to kidney function and probably to a lesser extent to kidney cancer as well. He state that I have Stage 3 CKC (chronic kidney disease). This is measured by a GFR blood test. I believe it goes without saying that all of us Kidney Cancer survivors have abnormal GFR ratings. I am now 67 1/2 years old and the Nephrologist advises I have a 1% chance of Kidney failure in the next 5 years and a 10% chance of having a heart issuue in the next 5 years unless my GFR numbers improve which he believes will occur if I get my Blood Pressure down to close to 120/80. What I have learned from this is that neither my GP or Kidney Cancer gave me the right answers to my problem and that there are somethings you have to do youself.
Best Wishes,
Icemantoo
Joined: Sep 2010
did you talk to the doctor and about your concerns. I always ask lots of questions, they don't like it, but I don't care.
Joined: Jan 2011
Hey Iceman and VA. Yea, I don't see how we could avoid gout, given our kidney issues. Geez-a-lou gout is painful! I treated it at home with hot salt water soaks and eating cherries (cherries counter-act the uric acid). But I have to say, as painful as it was, mine was relatively minor compared to some I've seen.
I always take a list of questions to my docs and they just have to suffer through it! : )
Joined: Apr 2011
I suffered several acute gout attacks in the big toe and almost daily pain from gout prior to being diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma (kidney cancer). The time I began gout symtoms corresponded pretty well with my probable cancer development and caused me to have a strong suspician there might be a connection but I could find no association using computer searches. I took Allopurinol for some months before and after removal of my left kidney. After surgery, I asked someone at a vitimin store what was good for gout and was advised to try Black Cherry concentrate. I add 3 tablespoons of Black Cherry concentrate to 2 cups of soy milk every evening and gave up the Allopurinol. Never had another gout attack, not even a little one.