@carbcounter I seriously doubt what you wrote is true. If you have gout your uric acid is high. It needs medicine to make it normal. Gout is a disease. It does not go away. During a flare it is worse. If not treated, it will cause permanent damage. If you have had a gout flare get youfr uric acid baseline done when its over. Psuedo gout and gout can happen to the same person but there is no crossover in the disease. Read the other link I posted.
There is a lot of great info here:
https://cls.health/blog/how-long-does-gout-last-without-treatment
More great info:
The Gout and Uric Acid ConnectionMisleading levels during a flare: Blood tests taken during an acute gout attack can sometimes show "normal" uric acid levels. This is because the inflammation can cause the body to temporarily excrete more uric acid, or the crystals themselves may have temporarily moved out of the bloodstream and settled into the joint.Normalizing requires treatment: Simply waiting out a flare does not resolve the root hyperuricemia (high uric acid in the blood). Without dietary changes, weight management, or uric acid-lowering medications (like allopurinol), uric acid levels will likely remain too high.The target range: To prevent future flares and allow existing crystals in your joints to dissolve, doctors generally aim to lower and maintain your blood uric acid levels to strictly below \(6.0 \text{ mg/dL}\).The Importance of Long-Term ManagementEven when you are entirely pain-free, uric acid crystals can continue to accumulate and cause permanent joint and bone damage if left unmanaged. To properly track your levels, blood tests should be conducted during "interval" periods (when you are completely flare-free) to get an accurate baseline of your uric acid control.
Here is another great article: https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/treatment-and-care/medications/gout-stages-progression/