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Pseudo Gout

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 2, 2023 | Replies (36)

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@pfreeman61 Welcome to Mayo Connect! Your situation sounds concerning to you. @johnbishop offered you some sound advice.
I have gout issues, and frankly had not heard of pseudogout! My body has wierd things going on, anyway, and my uric acid levels caused gout problems. I take allopurinol to decrease that, but still find keeping a healthy diet to be critical for me. Overdoing it on sugary sweets can bring on my gout, as well as shellfish and pork products.

Here is a Mayo Clinic article on pseudogout that you might find helpful https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pseudogout/symptoms-causes/syc-20376983
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Pseudogout is the buildup of calcium crystals in the joints as Chris Trout so eloquently described. The only similarity it has with gout is the pain and it attacks joints. Medical science still isn’t completely sure how one gets it. They do know that there are several things that people that have it had in common. I have none of those issues other than a traumatic injury.