http://www.thegoutremedies.com/cherries-for-gout/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en strongcherries for goutstrongpIve never had gout and I hope you havent either but I do know that gout is one of the most painful conditions known in medicine.ppbWhatAcirc146s the cause of goutbppOur blood contains a salt called uric acid.ppUric acid is there all the time in everyoneAcirc146s blood but is normally fully dissolved in the way that sugar is fully dissolved in a hot cup of tea. But, if that tea cools down What happens to the sugar It comes out of solution as little sharp edged crystals. Well, guess what thats exactly what happens in an attack of gout pain.ppA change in the blood chemistry allows the uric acid to crystallize out of solution and form little jaggy crystals like bits of broken glass in the joints. For some reason the first joint of the big toe is the most commonly affected and the pain from gout when walking is horrific. Quite literally as many of my patients tell me Acirc150 itAcirc146s like walking over bits of broken glass.ppThese crystals and the change in blood chemistry that makes them appear is what causes gout pain and gout inflammation.ppThe treatment of gout is usually built around using antiinflammatory medicine when the gout pain or gout inflammation is bad and Acirc150 sometimes Acirc150 by taking gout prevention treatment in the form of a daily tablet or syrup. But what about natural gout pain treatments Are there other ways to treat gout pain apart from strong modern medicationsppThis story is true! IAcirc146d never heard of cherry juice or fresh cherries as a treatment for gout pain until I heard it recently from a patient. This man had been told it by his pharmacist, who had heard it from a relative, who had Acirc133 well, you get the picture donAcirc146t you!ppAnyway a quick search for the treatment of gout on Google turned up one rather ancient 1950 research paper and a whole stream of anecdotal reports about the positive effect of cherries and their juice. It seems that consuming about half a pound of fresh cherries a day or half a liter of fresh cherry juice can significantly lessen the pain and swelling of gout.ppMy patient had purchased tins of cherries from his local supermarket and he swore that drinking the cherry juice from the tins had made a big impact on his gout inflammation and had given him rapid gout pain relief.ppIf you suffer from gout pain then you might want to try kind of treatment yourself. Im not clear whether tinned cherries can have the same effect on gout pain as fresh cherries but itAcirc146s probably worth a try if you canAcirc146t easily find the fresh varieties.ppI have found nothing published to suggest that taking regular cherry juice lessens the risk of you having an attack in the first place but if you suffer from gout regularly it may be worth a try. Cherry juice, cherry pie, ice cream with cherry sauce Mmmm Acirc150 that sure sounds good to me!ppDr Gordon Cameron MD is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.ppJoint pain, arthritis pain and frozen shoulder are among his areas of special expertise. He has published an excellent electronic book called How to Live with a Frozen Shoulder and is a regular contributor to magazines and textbooks.ppYou can visit Dr Camerons a targetnew hrefhttpwww.cameronmedical.comwebsitea for more information about a targetnew hrefhttpwww.cameronmedical.comwhiplash injurya and the a targetnew hrefhttpwww.cameronmedical.comgoutpain.htmtreatment of goutap http://www.thegoutremedies.com/cherries-for-gout/