Well seems like all the animals ive departed over the years are coming back to bite me. Been having wierd pain and swelling in my finger for afew months. 2 docs and a surgen later im told its gout. Apparantly venison is bad for gout and thats 60% of my diet. The ironic thing is it is only bothering my trigger finger.....
Unfortunately it is one thing I know too well. Been battling it for over 10 years but mine started in my big toe and now a flair up is pretty much 1/2 of the foot and now can hit either foot when for years it was just one and for some reason my doc would not put me on the allopurinol pill to help prevent it until last fall when I was getting like 5 -6 events a year
Flair ups went from a few hours to 10 days and so bad I could not walk or let anything touch my foot and I found out later it is more prone to happen with people with high blood pressure or diabetic and I am both
As they told you it is a uric acid build up from purines and only you will have to find out what foods you can get away with eating that has it but most red meats of any kind for me is a no no yet I can eat hamburger go figure or steak sometimes A roast or stew and within hours I am in pain even with the pill and a little bit of liver only more than 2 small pieces pain Forget any booze for me especially beer those days are gone
Not to scare you but I have seen some real ugly fingers on people that didnot try to control it twisted up and huge joints since it is a form of arthritis to the point the finger cannot bend and one finger is just the start then two and so on Not showing anything here but google gout in the finger and look at some images and you will see one has to control it
If you have not looked here is the foods that normally cause it and if like me some you will be able to eat and still drink others are gone for you unless you like pain and I have found once it starts the events get worse and worse over the years and over a larger area
Not my words
Purines are also found in certain foods, including red meat and organ meats, such as liver. Purine-rich seafood includes anchovies, sardines, mussels, scallops, trout and tuna. Alcoholic beverages, especially beer, and drinks sweetened with fruit sugar (fructose) promote higher levels of uric acid.
Sorry to hear but no fun when it flairs up from any one here that gets it knows exactly what I mean and how painful it can be I remember one event in a chair for 10 days could not put my foot on the floor it was so bad Also not on the list is anything made with tomatoes some people that is the only thing that will trigger a flair up
All the best with your new ongoing battle Growing old is no fun
Cheers
lay off it if that's what's happening 
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