Uric Acid levels

It's amazing how much diet can help with stuff like that. I had bladder and kidney infections most of the time I was growing up. They never really figured out why I had them or why they suddenly went away when I was 11 (I think it was the chiropractor I went to at 11...had a broken tailbone pinching a nerve before that). Follow the diet the dr. gave. Also, make sure to drink LOTS of water. A gallon a day if possible. It helps to flush the acids out of the system. Stay away from sodas. They raise the acidic levels of the body and even the diet ones have salt which holds in the fluids you don't want and make you less thirsty for water. Try eating more yogurt. It's been shown to help even out the ph level in a persons body. Have your husband do kegel excericises...I know this one seems odd, but some urinary problems can be helped by better muscle control in that area. It can't hurt either. Those are the main things I can think of right now. Oh, and stay away from antacids. Some of them can actually cause kidney stones.

I hope he doesn't have problems with diabetes too. keeping fingers crossed for you

LeBoof

Sorry your DH is having some health problems.

I think the diet recs from the doc are great and really probably all that is needed. Look into it further. There may be additional foods that will actually help him. Good Luck.

Here's why we were a bit surprised by the Dr saying DH has gout. When we looked at the food restrictions they are foods that DH does not eat a lot of. He does not drink soda. We do not fry food nor do we eat excessively fatty food. We do eat beef and peas. We hardly ever eat lentils and he'll eat oysters or shellfish about once every six months or longer. He drinks one maybe two cups of coffee a day and the rest of the day he drinks water. He does drink alcohol but not everyday...usually on the weekend. So when the Dr said "moderation" DH already is consuming problem foods/drinks in moderation. I guess he'll have to further reduce his level of moderation or eliminate them.

I guess it's surprising and frustrating because I make sure we eat a mostly healthy diet. I see people eat triple times worse a diet than we eat and yet DH has problems.

Dh says he would like to be retested in a few months. He's doubting the test results.

In the mean time I'm going to call a nutritionist. Anyone think chiro care would help?

sorry it took me so long to find this...but I finally got my dad talking about his gout and the treatments he's tried...

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That's the catch-22, but basically, protein itself is part of the problem so when my dad's gout acts up he eats almost no protein. He has found that some fish doesn't bother him too much, and he eats a little yogurt. But that's about it.

When his gout gets really bad and he needs to be out and about he uses Colchicine, but this medication has some nasty side effects and so he only uses it when he really has to be functional. That said he calls it a miracle drug and it drops his acid levels and the gout is just GONE within a day or two...so it can be worth it.

Since his uric acid levels don't respond well to dietary changes (like your dh, his diet is fine and he is getting exercise) he also takes Allopurinol...it's a medication that blocks production of uris acid.

And his big tip for anyone with a uric acid imbalance is the same as a pp mentioned....drink lots and lots and LOTS of water to help flush the system. And drink water all the time...not just during a "bout".

hope your dh is feeling better fast!

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DH feels fine. He went in for a routine physical and they did routine blood work. That's how they found high uric acid levels. Another reason I'm

He is doing a three hour glucose test tomorrow. We'll see how that goes.

Right now DH is resisting changing any eating/drinking habits because he does feel fine.

Thanks for all the info. We're still hoping the test results were just a fluke due to other reasons.

How is your dh doing?

My dh is showing major symptoms of gout right now. He is in alot of pain

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I will def check that out