gout at age 23?

good morning .im completly floreed this morning..my daughter has been complaining lately that her foots been hurting her im telling her wear normal shoes its those hoochy shoes that are hurting your foot.. she woke up screaming in pain this moring so my husband tok her to the emergency room and the dr diagnosed her as having the gout..what the F%$K ?? shes only 23 years old..not over weight ..what can cause a 23 year old to have gout a disece that men get and menopause woman get? i know no one here is a docter but if any one has any insight let me know..i goggled gout and i cant believe it.. she is going to her primary care dr tuesday// im telling you no matter what age they are you worry you think at 23 it be all over..ughhhhhhhh have nice day thanks JoAnn: SMOKIN::

OOOOHHHH! That poor baby! My DH has gout - started at 43. He is slender, works out and eats low fat. Gout has much to do with uric acid and body's failure to process properly. DH went on meds, which made him ill and steroids, that made the gout better and whipped the rest of him. I'm not a real homeopathic kind of person but I will tell you that he has had nothing but good luck with black cherry juice and black cherries. At first he ate and drank them, then he started taking black cherry pills six months ago (yep, black cherry extract - found them on line). Since then, he has had almost no problem. We met a guy in Vitamin World who was looing for black cherry pills and he, too, has gout and swears by them. I am hoping that this is an isolated incident for your daughter - the poor thing. This is just simply unfair and absolutely unacceptable (my mother tone of voice to the fates). I hope that she feels better soon. Oh, one more thing - make them give her something for the pain. Some docs are real jerks about it but my husband has had major abdominal surgery and said that it didn't hurt as much as the gout - course you don't have to walk on your stomach...Good luck to your daughter. Judi C

I keep black cherry juice in the house for my DH too ... I'll have to look into the black cherry pills though! Karyn

aaah poor baby!!! (you AND her) My dad had gout at 30 and my brother in his mid-30's. It sucks! I'll keep a prayer for her!

Hey Slork....love your new board picture....you look so sweet and so professional in your teacher picture!!! Only we know the real difference!!! I am sorry to hear that Floey has the gout....seems like they can do something for her. I am no expert or anything and do not know a lot about it, but know that I will keep good thoughts coming her way! And get your aohell back!! Love ya girl!

hi JoAnn ... my DH does get bouts of it ... but his cousin's wife (who's under 30) does too ... I haven't heard of it too frequently in younger women, but she claimed her trigger was herring ... and then we noticed, whenever my husband ate a lot of shrimp, he'd get an attack. I don't know what, if anything specific really triggers it, but my husband has stayed away from shrimp and (thankfully) hasn't had another episode since (about 2 years now). Good luck to her! Karyn

Gout is a form of arthritis, and, as my PCP informed me when he dx'd me with arthritis at age 20, even little babies can get it. Gout is sort of 'specialized' arthritis, and very sensitive to diet. When my SO gets a flare-up, he does the black cherry juice, AND avoids certain forms of protein. (Sorry, I can't tell you which ones---he has to be his OWN food police, LOL!)