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No, I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day the way it is done in the West. But on the eve of Thanksgiving a few days ago, I had some things I had to be thankful for and gratitude always needs to be expressed. In 2007, I found out that I had a kidney stone 1cm in diameter.

If you have recurrent pain and swelling behind your big toe or in your ear, you may have gout. Gout occurs when uric acid crystals precipitate out from your joint fluid to cause pain, swelling and heat. The only way to prove that a hot painful joint is caused by gout is for the doctor to [...]

There is no cure for gout, but it can be controlled and treated. Usually, the pain associated with gout will subside within 24 hours after treatment has begun. The main objectives of treatment are pain relieving and prevent future attacks of gout. Although gout is well known, it is not a typical arthritic condition.

There are 250, 000 and 750,000 American affected by kidney stones every year in America. Kidney stones usually occur four times more often in men than in women. Approximately 80% of kidney stones formed are composed of calcium oxalate, and calcium phosphate. The other 20% is made up of uric acid, struvite, or cystine.

High tech medical treatments are normally not required for treating most small kidney stones, as natural cures for kidney stones are available. One of the most common is drinking a lot of or adequate amounts of water, which assists the body pass out kidney stones without pain.

You?re Not Alone! If you have lower back pain, you are not alone. This is one of the most common types of back problems. But, how do you know if you are in need of a visit to a doctor, a chiropractor, or some other medical professional, or if you can just treat it [...]

1. I finally passed the damned kidney stone I mentioned more than a month ago. It’s amazing how something so tiny can cause such pain and cost so much money. Two trips to the doctor, plus a very invasive visit to the urologist, plus three prescriptions, an x-ray, and a partidge in a pear tree.

Crohn?s Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), one of many disorders that cause inflammation in the intestines. There is particular difficulty diagnosing Crohn?s Disease because of the similarity between Crohn?s and other intestinal problems, specifically ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome.

Gout is a painful disease of the joints, which usually affects the big toe first in most people. It is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. Uric acid is formed by the breakdown of chemicals called purines, which can lead to high levels of uric acid and cause many problems such as [...]

Gout is a common disease and often presents suddenly with a painful joint. The most common and well-recognized symptom is swelling of the joint in the big toe where it joins the foot. This can be extremely painful and enlarged and if not treated the pain will last about 10 days and can cause lasting