wanderinginthezero #19

- [voiceover] so gout is a joint disease that actually doesn't havemuch to do with the joint in the sense that the joint is fine. but it's a deposition of something that doesn't belong in the joint that causes all our problems. i'm drawing it on the big toe here because that's where goutis most commonly located. and it's been described as oneof the worst kinds of pain. an acute gout inflammation,this person probably can't walk, and their big toe willbe swollen like this. the culprit here, the little crystals are called monosodium urate. monosodium urate. and it's a crystallized form of uric acid, which is something thatis normally in our body as a byproduct, a breakdown product of our dna and rna. but when for some reasonthere's too much of this, it crystallizes and as itgoes throughout our body, it gets stuck in this joint. and whatever joint it's stuck in is gonna be painful and cause gout. but more often than not it's here. and by the...

crystal growing is both fascinating and easyto do. simply dissolve a bit of table salt in somewater, place a string inside, and then let the water evaporate over a few days. as less and less water is present, the concentrationof salt will increase. however, water cannot dissolve an infiniteamount of salt, therefore there must be a maximum or saturated concentration. at that maximum concentration, salt will notdissolve but instead will solidify to form crystals on the string. this is an awesome phenomenon to show yourfriends, but imagine if crystallization occurred within your body. in people who have gouty arthritis, or gout,a compound known as uric acid begins to form crystals inside joints, which leads to intensepain. in fact, the pain is so severe that many whosuffer from a gout attack describe that even the weight of a bedsheet on their affectedjoint causes excruciating pain. what’s the reason for the formation of thesecrystals? in the table salt example, crystallizationonly ...

gout… when is the right time to start uricacid lowering treatment? old gout treatment model doesn’t hold up m. alexander otto writing in rheumatologynews reported the old dictum of not starting uric acid lowering therapy during an acuteattack is wrong. dr. brian mandell reporting on a study from the cleveland clinic demonstratedtheir findings that showed that patients who were started on uric acid lowering therapyid the same whether the treatment was started during an attack or not. comment: old legends can die.

today i'm talking about arthritis of the bigtoe joint. this is also called hallux rigidus. so essentially what this is, it's arthritisof this joint here. so if you look at a normal step what should happen as we walk is thisjoint bends 60 to 80 degrees. you can imagine, if this joint wears out, which is what arthritisis, how painful that can be. so as you walk forward now, you can no longer bend this joint. now let's look over at this picture here.so this is what that joint should look like with that cartilage in that joint a hundredtimes smoother than glass. as it starts to wear out, this cartilage gets thinner andthinner to the point where down here we have hallux rigidus or that there is no cartilageleft and essentially there is no motion left in this joint, or if there is motion it'sjust a few degrees that leads to pain. so when we look at trying to treat this probleminitially, our goal is to eliminate the pain so that people can walk pain free and do theactiviti...

remove the gout forever naturally! this is a very powerful remedy! by lifebuzzfeed.com. please like, subscribe and share this videoto friends and family. thank you. the gout is a serious arthritis form and amysterious one too; those who have it overlook it and do not notice it until it is late butalso those that notice it are going through hard times. it is an issue of too much uric acid in theblood that is an end product of waste materials that go in the blood. then they get processed in the kidneys too. those that have gout attacks have kidneysthat do not work enough to remove excess uric acid and thus acid crystals form in the joints. sings are sudden and sharp pain, heat, tenderness,redness, mostly seen on the big toenail and it can be so bad that even a feather touchcan cause pain! gout is chronic and many people have it, butalso man do not want to be dependent on aspirin all the time. blend some food items and relieve this issuewith no side effects, no steroids and regular m...

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what is gout? gout is a kind of arthritis. it can cause an attack of sudden burning pain,stiffness, and swelling in a joint, usually a big toe. these attacks can happen over and over unlessgout is treated. over time, they can harm your joints, tendons,and other tissues. gout is most common in men. what causes gout? gout is caused by too much uric acid in theblood. most of the time, having too much uric acidisn't harmful. many people with high levels in their bloodnever get gout. but when uric acid levels in your blood aretoo high, the uric acid may form hard crystals in your joints. your chances of getting gout are higher ifyou are overweight, drink too much alcohol, or eat too much meat and fish that are highin chemicals called purines. some medicines, such as water pills (diuretics),can also bring on gout. what are the symptoms of gout? the most common sign of gout is a nighttimeattack of swelling, tenderness, redness, and sharp pain in your big toe . you can alsoget gout at...