| Before I discuss about how long it takes to cure the | | | | uric acid to reach a concentration that is saturate |
| gout, you must first have a clear picture on how | | | | enough to cause crystallization. If it takes years to |
| gout comes about and how long it takes for gout to | | | | form, it is going take about the same time (or longer) |
| form. What goes around comes around. If you want | | | | to clear them off and this is only if you start the |
| to cure a disease, you must track down its root | | | | alkalizing process. Otherwise, the crystals will only |
| because it will always come back if the root is not | | | | grow more and more until a stage that it has |
| removed totally. | | | | nowhere else to hide and that is when tophi or |
| Our blood pH must always maintain at mild alkalinity | | | | kidney stones start to show. |
| which is at the pH value of 7.365. When you | | | | This is all depending on which direction your lifestyle |
| consume too much of acidic food such as meat, | | | | heading to, acid or alkaline. If you do not take the |
| seafood, bean, etc. more acid will enter the blood | | | | initiative to reverse the acidosis process, your gout |
| stream and this will lower down the pH of the blood | | | | condition will only become worse and worse. The |
| and trigger a series of homeostasis reactions in order | | | | longer you delay, the much longer it is going to take |
| to counter the acidosis effect. | | | | for you to clear off those uric acid crystals. |
| One of the pH balancing methods is to force those | | | | If you still hope that someday someone will invent |
| excess acids out from the bloodstream into the | | | | some magic gout drugs that can get rid of gout |
| interstitial fluids as a temporary parking. But since the | | | | instantly, you are heading towards never-never land |
| acid input is ever increasing, portion of it will slowly | | | | with your creeping painful feet. There is no such thing |
| seep into the synovial fluid in the joints. When the | | | | as instant cure for anything diseases, those are only |
| concentration of uric acid in the synovial goes beyond | | | | smokescreen that mask away the symptoms or pain. |
| the saturation level, crystallization happens and urate | | | | Believe it or not, the ultimate principle of achieving |
| crystal is formed and triggers the immune reactions | | | | good health is through common sense. You must first |
| which result in inflammation, burning sensation and | | | | seek to understand your enemy (gout) before you |
| pain, intense pain called gout. | | | | try to cure it. The sad fact is, common sense is not |
| Now you have a clear picture of how those urate | | | | that common after all. |
| crystals form in your joints. It takes years for the | | | | |