GOUT: My Personal Discoveries - Part II

It has been more than 18 months since my last gout attack. My remedies or practices that seemed to work in preventing gout attack are by the following:-

• Mineral Water
• Baking Soda

Parkia Speciosa festival?

Fancy a Parkia Speciosa Festival? What on earth is Parkia Speciosa anyway? Well, the picture shows it all. Yes it is the great PETAI!!!! Our good friend is seen here peeling some petai probably been donated by someone? Is it Dr Razali? Please correct me if I am wrong. Apa yang penting...kerjasama as Hasmerya says. Ada yang donate petai, ada yang tolong peel, dan ada yang tukang masak nanti kat rumah. Itu yang bestnya, esoknya pasti sudah terhidang di Bilik Aktiviti. Suatu masa dulu kita juga pernah buat Festival Ubi Kayu!! Ubi dari kampong halaman donated by Norazah and macam2 masakan ada, getuk ubi, ubi rebus dengan sambal ikan bilis, lempeng ubi, pengat ubi dan juga ubi goreng bersama bawang, resepi ini belum update pun lagi. Yang susahnya, chef di bilik aktiviti ni jenis yang masak pakai campak aje, jadi masa nak tulis resepi dah kelam kabut, nak ukur sikit punya payah. Itulah yang jadi lambat nak buat resepi book. Ok, ini sedikit maklumat tentang petai yang telah diberi oleh KJK sendiri, termasuklah gambar di atas ni..

GOUT: My Personal Discoveries - Part I

GOUT is the most painful form of arthritis when too much uric acid builds up in the body. The first symptoms of gout pain are at your joints, normally your toe becomes very sore, red, warm to the touch, and becomes swollen. This is due to sharp needle-like uric acid crystallizing or depositing in your joints commonly at the toe (my hypothesis to dissolve or dilute uric acid concentration, see the hypothesis in Part II, coming soon). If you are unlucky, you can get kidney stones from uric acid crystals in your kidneys.

GOUT: My Personal Discoveries

Gout is a type of arthritis and initially it’s an inflammation of the joints. The first symptoms of having gout are the pains on your joints of the big toes (podagra historically or commonly known as "rich man disease").

Alternatively gout crystals can deposit in joints of the hands, wrists, elbows, ankles, knees and other locations. My first gout attack occured more than 5 years ago without realizing the consequences of consuming too much or an overdose of seafood. Of course, in one of my infrequent trips to the doctor, I was given a pain killer injection and presto like magic the pain was gone. Unfortunately, a week later I was bed-ridden for 4 days and couldn't put on my shoes or even walk.

After that episode, all is forgotten and I am back to my old ways of having my favourite dishes of buttered prawns, chilli crabs, and fried calamari with the usual steaks.