Orchidflower
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Gout runs in my family (ok, one cousin has it badly, but he loves his rich foods so......), but I have been getting sharp needle-like pains in the two toes on ONE foot only and these are the two toes next to the big toe. It's the big toe that gets joint pain with gout from what I can tell from reading.
Then I was reading that if you have pains like this in the SAME toes or joints on BOTH feet it can be the first indication of rheumatoid arthritis, and I have another cousin who has that (my cousins are going to h*ll in a handbag if you can't tell). But, no, it's just on one foot's toes/joints.
Anyway, I can't seem to figure out what this is. Just started paining, and my CBC or complete blood count in November indicated nothing wrong that would be the cause of this.
Anyone here had this happen? And know what the heck it might be? It's not curtailing my lifestyle, but I guess I'm just not into pain. Just started up...and, if it's something I can stop with dropping certain foods or with little effort, I'd like to do it.
Any ideas? It's definitely not ill-fitting shoes or anything like that.
Then I was reading that if you have pains like this in the SAME toes or joints on BOTH feet it can be the first indication of rheumatoid arthritis, and I have another cousin who has that (my cousins are going to h*ll in a handbag if you can't tell). But, no, it's just on one foot's toes/joints.
Anyway, I can't seem to figure out what this is. Just started paining, and my CBC or complete blood count in November indicated nothing wrong that would be the cause of this.
Anyone here had this happen? And know what the heck it might be? It's not curtailing my lifestyle, but I guess I'm just not into pain. Just started up...and, if it's something I can stop with dropping certain foods or with little effort, I'd like to do it.
Any ideas? It's definitely not ill-fitting shoes or anything like that.