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Do you know someone who is over the age of 50, who is male and hasgout?

I know eight people in that category besides myself and gout is mostoften associated with males at or near their 5th decade of life.

Do you know someone between 20 and 30, who is male, and who has gout.I know of a few from this forum but have never met anyone. It is veryrare to have gout in your thirties.

Do any of you know a woman in her 50’s with gout, that is more rarethan a male in his thirties. It happens but not often. Women usuallyget gout about 10 years after they go through menopause or in theirlate 60 and early seventies.

I am skeptical that there are women in their thirties that havecrystals diagnosed gout. My rumatologist says he has heard of onecase but has not seen one himself.

Personally..meaning people I see..I don’t know anyone with gout. Through email/internet..I KNOW TOO MANY!!

2 years ago my 17 y/o nephew had an attack.

ALL the women in my rhuematologists family have gout(accordingto him).NONE of the men?? (yet???)..in a completely unrelatedconversation..my mother has played bridge with a woman in her mid tolate 30’s..for years and years..turns out that she IS the sister ofthe rheumatologist..and in conversation said that same thing..thather and and the other women have gout and are on allopurinol.

They are of Polynesian ancestry(HIGHEST incidence of gout)

I agree that gout is rarest in pre-menopausal women.I have comeacross a few women in their late 20’s/30’s on the internet/throughemail that said they have had positive i/d of this..I don’t know..Ididn’t/haven’t had regular contact..don’t know why they would lie.

Communicated with several males late teens early twenties.

Many late 20’s to mid 30’s.I had it YEARS before I was 30.

LOTS! from mid 30’s to mid 40’s

I think mid 40’s to early 50’s..if you haven’t got it bythen..I’m not sure you ever will.

The “first” attack thing of men in their mid to late 50’s..isALL too often..NOT the first attack..the previous ones were blamed onother things..injuries/athletic/overuse etc.,

A question: Does trauma to a joint/area increase the risk ofgout? When I was 12 I was shot in the foot at a Scout camp. If ithappened to my son now I would be sueing somebody’s assbig-style, but my parent’s idea was to let the Scouts’ organisationsort it out.

I had a .22 pellet lodged in my ankle joint and had a 3hr Op toremove it. Left me with a big Y-shaped scar and reduced tendonmovement, as the surgeons had to cut and re-stich. Anyway,whenever I got pain in this area I thought it was down to this. Sodid my first GP. Then the ‘attacks’ became more frequent up untilmy last one which was 5wks ago.

Coming up to a week on the Allo and all seems well. I still haveproblems with ankle when I walk with purpose, but I am puttingthis down to the fact that I lost 12wks mobility this year and myankle is just not strong enough at present (y’know, you walk infunny ways when you hobble and get those secondary strainsand pulls). Also, is it likely that the last big attack has done realpermanent damage as my foot doesn’t feel ‘right’?

Your views, as ever, would be appreciated.