Gout

two of my mate gets that bad one eat cherries says work really well other says no help

I get it too ,and the pain is chronic and it just suddenly comes on , usually in the middle of the night !

Oh gout, that cursed pain, I suffered for years with it in my big toe. When the doctor asked how bad the pain was, I said that I would happily take my toe off with the chainsaw, he did say , “ please don’t do that “
I tried all sorts of things, diets without fish, cheese , beer, etc, food diaries, anything I could think of, old wives tales, new wife’s tales, anything to shift that miserable condition , nothing was working.
I don’t know if you have to take any medicines for blood pressure problems, but if you do, check them Maggie, because it turns out that the meds I was on, could have a side effect of gout.
Two bloody years I was putting up with that, and towards the end I was getting the symptoms at least once a month. So back to the Docs, he looked in his big book of magic medicines and said, “ yes you’re right, they do cause gout “. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at finally getting an answer, a change of brand to another, and you know, ( fingers crossed ) I have never had another attack since.