[MSFT_Edging]

I would love for my gout to be genetically engineered away.

I didn't have a flare up until my late 20s but it finally explained the very slight ache in my big toe. After the first one, the second and third happened within a year. I stopped drinking almost entirely aside from some gin a few times a year.

I reduced various food consumption with no change. Whisky/beer will cripple me if I have more than one of either. After some research, vegan marathon runners are even plagued by this.

[monkpit]

I second Allopurinol. Your doctor will try to tell you gout is due to your diet and lifestyle. The reality is (according to nearly everyone who actually has gout on the internet) that you just _have gout_ - you can’t diet it away.

I cut out all drinking and went vegetarian after a gout diagnosis and still had flare ups. I never drink sugary drinks or eat fast food, and yet doctors would constantly recommend cutting these out and “lifestyle changes”.

Allopurinol is the only thing keeping me from being bedridden on days I can feel a flare up.

[morkalork]

If you haven't already tried it, Allopurinol is an effective and almost entirely side-effect free treatment.

I lament the time I lost living without it!