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Originally Posted by TSNAPCRACKLEPOP
gout is usually more in the distal joints, not the ankle itself
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yup, and this ain't gout, it is usually unilateral, hot and painful to touch, pseudogout is much more common in the knee, also tends to be unilateral as I recall, calcium hydroxyapatite crystals or some such thing. I suppose it could be gout, start drinking cherry juice and if it improves, my money would be on gout, but it just does not sound like it to me.
What did your bloodwork show? There are some specific tests to order, gout might not show up if not during acute attack, but if your HLA B27 antigen is positive, it is positive, though this is not 100% diagnostic. If it is episodic in nature, sounds like this is the case, you ought to get blood work while you are in the midst of an attack
How old are you, what else is wrong with you, how is your skin.
Could be osteoarthritis(wear and tear) but sounds more like an auto immune type deal to me, rheumatoid disease maybe, or something seronegative. With psoriatic, you usually see skin and/or nail manifestations.
How is your stomach? Can you tolerate aspirin, ibuprofen, that sort of stuff. Typical treatment for a lot of this sort of thing is symptomatic. Alleve, two twice a day with food ain't bad;
Mark, you got a fine subtalar joint fusion there, does the head of that screw bother you? Looks like it might impinge on the tibia. Do you wear a heal lift to even you up? Typically get a bit of a limb length discrepancy with something like that