Yes - my brother had gout that affected his elbow. Gout showed up first in my big toe, as well. Before I started taking allopurinol, I had a horribly painful attack in my right knee. I'm glad his pain has gone away. It's a pain like no other.

It affected my Dad in his big toe and his hand/wrist. He adjusted his diet and had some meds (this was back in the late 50’s-60’s) and it helped tremendously even then.

I’m glad your DH is back to normal.

I'm not sure but it seems like I remember it can show up in just about any joint?

I've had a few gout incidents over the years, always of the big toe type. There's a prescription medication that acts like a wonder drug, causing the intense pain to end in an hour or two. As I recall, it's a "take every 12 hours" item that I've never had to get to the third dose of because after two, it's done and done. The docs I've been treated by for these incidents have not suggested I do anything differently as far as eating habits. These incidents are neither frequent nor numerous and it seems to rarely visit me.

Good luck to your husband. It strikes me that the steroid injection was an overreaction by his doc.

Was he munching on cold meat sandwiches on quick breaks? Processed organ meat -- read the labels -- and other things are a trigger. Along with cauliflower and asparagus. I take the allopurinol and it's good stuff. have had only a couple attacks which require taking the tiny pills Elmer mentioned ... they work quick and have rrely needed the third dose. They only prescribe a tiny handful of those at a time: potent; good for one or two painful attacks. LMK if you want the name of the drug and I'll snag it from the cupboard.

My husband has it. We avoid all meat, alcochol, etc. He has had gout attacks in his big toes, his heel (Archilles tendon) and knee. The first time he got it in his knee, we didn't suspect gout. He is allergic to allpurinal, so he has to take a different medication and every year, his health insurance company give him grief because the other meds are more expensive. Good luck to your husband.

Yes, he was given a few Colchicine tablets and those really work well. Elmer, I agree that the injection was unnecessary and we regretted it later. He usually steers clear of gout triggering foods, believe me. Several years ago, he had to have a toe joint removed due to gout.

He had been eating tuna salad a lot lately, and enjoying a couple of beers after a long hot day of patio construction. We steamed some cauliflower earlier in the week, too. tsk tsk tsk on us.

I didn't know about elbows being affected, but I once got gout in both knees from eating too much asparagus. It hit the knees--hard--around 4 a.m. learned from having my DNA tested that I don't react well to the drug normally given for gout, so I've been careful not to over-indulge on asparagus ever since.

Do different people have different gout triggers?

I didn't know about elbows or any other joint being affected ( other than toe or foot).

thank you for sharing this. I hope your husband has no more flare ups.

Recently a friend of mine's husband who has been vegetarian for several year and always ate super healthy, ran daily for exercise, and is also very tall and lean.. maybe even bordeline health nut as we used to call it-----.. had some discomfort in his feet . He took off his shoes to look and his foot seemed swollen but to the point that he could not get the shoe back on. Long story but he was diagnosed with gout.

I know it is generally the rich food diet and all but ther are always exceptions and there you have some.

I’ve attached a fact sheet from the CDC about gout. It was an eye opener for us. He is going to be much more self aware of his condition now that he understands that he is remission from a condition for which there is no cure.

I wasn’t aware of the fact that many types of fruit juices and some kind of fruits can trigger symptoms in some people. There is a long list of vegetables that can cause problems, too. So, salonva, one can be a vegetarian and still have problems with gout.

He can go symptom free for months, perhaps years and then……bang! Historically, he gets flare-ups in his toes and fingers. His Dad also suffered from it.

The fact sheet explains gout in a straightforward, simple manner. Since we know that it causes such pain and can lead to more serious issues down the road, we are going to do a better job of diet management as well as be watchful about the kinds of physical activities he gets into.

Thanks for the good wishes, everybody.

CDC fact sheet about gout.