HELP! MY TOE IS SWOLLEN, RED, SHINY EVEN. WHAT IS THAT?
 
Swollen toes are a common sign of gout, but there could be other causes.

If you go to the doctors with swollen toes, they will usually start by asking about any possible recent injury. Often swelling can happen a few days after an injury, and this is one of the most common causes. Very tight footwear is another common cause of swollen toes. No tight socks, no tight shoes. Switch to Birkenstocks.BUT YOU AND I KNOW you didn't BANG YOUR FEET. THIS IS AN INSIDIOUS, ACCUMULATIVE SWELLING and it is GOUT !

Swollen joints come from eating too much meat & respond quickly so if you take away the CAUSES that swelling and pain is GONE!  The procedure is the same for arthritis as gouty joints – not just swollen toes. CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS. Go on lemon and water between meals. And quit eating the offenders, the uric acid rich foods. And when you eat them, eat them with a DARK GREEN SALAD. Avoid starches or sugar in same meal so the protein digests completely. Wait a bit before you drink anything. Just a small amount of water ... then after it's digested, in a few hours, throw in that big cup of water.

If there is no obvious trauma explanation, the best diagnosis comes from testing fluid from the affected joint. Some family doctors will do this themselves. Others will refer you to a specialist. In either case, the procedure is quite painless, and not nearly as bad as it sounds.

The procedure is often referred to as aspiration, or arthrocentesis. The doctor draws fluid from the joint with a very fine needle, and arranges for the fluid to be tested.

Where gout is suspected, the lab should be looking for 3 possible outcomes.

First they should rule out infection. Septic arthritis is often mistaken for gout, and vice versa. If septic arthritis is ruled out, the fluid must be examined under microscope for existence of crystals. In fact, this test should always be done as septic arthritis and crystal arthritis can coexist.

The crystal tests are for uric acid crystals (monosodium urate or MSU) and for calcium crystals (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate or CPD). If the tests show MSU crystals, you have gout. If they show CPD crystals you have pseudo-gout.

If you are very unlucky, you can have two or even all three of these conditions at the same time.But as 99% of gout is just pigging out on uric acids, Xnay on the Meat-Ey for a few D-DAYS! And the Hard Cheese-ays.

Unless you have MEDICARE or an HMO, just a meat fast will tell you all you enough about swollen toes diagnosis so that you can find out exactly what is wrong and start getting the correct treatment If you need to know more, see

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS SO THEY CAN DO THEIR WORK OF ELIMINATING THOSE URIC ACIDS, even the ones stuck in your foot.

And know this: rather than doctors, (hundreds,) labs, (hundreds,) simply go on a low uric acid diet and increase kidney action.  If you get well, then it wasn't the serious stuff. It's just uric acid gout!

YOGI BHAJAN told a foot gout sufferer, Stretch the Life meridian in leg, (Hamstring) You will instantly get rid of gout. If right foot hurts,  SIT ON THE LEFT HEEL. Heel is in the crotch The right leg is extended out in front of you. NOW bend over, inhale, bend some more go down, grab hold of toe. Now, let's get that nose on your knee while you keep the leg straight! He placed his hand on my shoulder and pushed me slowly down to nose on knee. INHALE more more more. HOLD. Now exhale and come up. Do that a few times a day, your gouty feet will be cured. He was right. This is called MAJA MUDHRA and You want to do it as often as you can! Keep those hamstrings lithe and loose. The nerves are in it.

Similar stretches work on sciatica, along with the essential oil marjoram, diluted in any oil, rubbed on energetically.

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