whatzit?
What conditions could cause pain in the muscle or ligaments, or
tendons near a knee joint or my heel area (not sure exactly what is
hurting, but it isn't in the joint like gout is)?
This condition recurs periodically, and by the time I can make an
appointment and get in to see my doctor, the pain has gone. The pain
process usually starts and stops within a two week period. I've had
this happen to my Achilles and heel, too. I need to know what to use
as a departure point with the doctor; i.e., what I suspect might be
wrong.
I know this isn't exactly the right forum to ask this in, but if I
can get a good lead as a suspect cause, I can then hunt a better
forum or group.
You, we, as gout sufferers have an inability to remove enough uric
acid from our systems and it accumulates. Why we cannot get rid of
enough uric acid is for most physicians and for you and me, unknown,
Fungal involvement, of course,not withstanding (a feeble attempt at
humor). My suspicion is that we also fail to properly process other
end product metabolites besides just uric acid.
A well documented side effect from taking allopurinol is joint,
tendon and muscle aches that can come close to crippling you for
short periods of time, i.e. a day or two. It always goes away but it
is not an easy condition to deal with. Indeed it does not feel like a
gout attack but is, nontheless, painful and difficult to deal with.
Mine and those reported by other allopp[urinol takers, are no where
near the same intensity as a real gout attack and not nearly as long
lived. If you are on allopurinol, it suggests that you are not
getting enough water through your system.
I get the same kind of pains you describe after a workout and it is
especially true if I am in the third succesive day of a regular
workout routine. I find that if I push through mine and keep the
water intake at a high level, it all pretty much goes away.
I doubt if it is uric acid but I suspect that it is some other
metabolite, or combination of metabolites, that your body is just not
good at processing. In other words I am speculating-and this is my
own pure speculation here, that in addition to not being abble to
remove sufficient uric acid, your body also is unable to remove other
metabolites as well. Actually one of my primary candidate is lactic
acid. I'm sure you know the culprit. It's the one that makes you so
sore you can hardly walk when you play softball at the company picnic
after not having played, or for that matter even run hard, for over
five years.
I do not think the pain I get is from uric acid crystals, but, I do
believe it is caused by the same metabolic failure mechanisms that
cause the excess uric acid.
Increase the water intake, take a celebrex or two and I bet it goes
away pretty easily.