Question by Samfusco: My Grandfather have been suffering from gout but only developes pain between the 4th-7th of every month?
I want to know what may be causing this. He is a diabetic and has had several surgery’s. for hip replacement, prostate cancer (and still receiving medication), renal cancer, and has a heart arrhythmia (which lead to water filling the interstitial space in lower body; which is also receiving medication to help void the excess fluid). Any idea of what could of caused this besides a drug interaction. Especially why pain only occurs during the 4th and 7th of every month on the dot. (i.e. pollen, lunar cycle)
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Answer by jtmod870
If your grandfather has these health complications then im sure he is on a strict medicine regiment. If it is at these times of the month it could be a side effect from some medication that he is taking that reaching its peak during this period. If it is happening at the same time every month this seems to be a logical explanation.
Another scenario would be that this is the period when the medications are not working properly and excess fluid is collecting in the regions of pain (heart arrhythmia).
You might ask his physician to change his regiment of medications to see if this time period changes. This would be a very gradual process.
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Comment by Tim W — November 18, 2010 @ 4:01 pm