medical question

[babycake]

i got out of the hospitol the day before mothers day
which i had a bactral infection
that i get every year

but any how they gave me
rifampin  to take

and i notice that my right knee was hurting yeaterday
and today i noticed my knee was swollen
it hurts but i can walk on it
and i was looking
on webmd website
for the side effects
and one said joint/pain or swollen
i called the doctor that was on call
and she has been a freaken doc for over 2oyrs
but yet not familiar with this drug..... geeze

my question is
could this be a re-occurrence of my gout for they took me off
the meds last year
or is this the side effect of the meds





EDITED: Moved to other severe medical conditions section- kitkatz-Admin

[gothiclovemonkey]

it could be gout... it hurts. ive had it in my knee.... hope u get some answers!

[babycake]

but normally gout
would go through
your whole leg
its just on my knee

and i did call the doc
that gave me the meds
which i have a appt with next week
and he advised me
to stay on the pills

[gothiclovemonkey]

the 3 times ive had a gout flair up, two were in my left big toe, and one in my knee. it was localized pain, not the whole leg.

[babycake]

a friend mine her mom has the same doc
that i have
and she has gout
but he told her you
can only get gout
in your big toe......BULL!!!!!!


but i did
call the doc that
gave me the meds
and he had advised
me to stay on the pills
untill he saw me
which i have appt
with him next week

[PrimeTimer]

a friend mine her mom has the same doc
that i have
and she has gout
but he told her you
can only get gout
in your big toe......BULL!!!!!!


but i did
call the doc that
gave me the meds
and he had advised
me to stay on the pills
untill he saw me
which i have appt
with him next week
 
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WOW! You guys are RIGHT! I did not know that you can get gout in the knees (and ankles) but I looked it up and lo-n-behold, you can! I swear, I learn something new on this site every day! Hope you and goth lady (gothiclovemonkey) feel better soon, gout sounds very agonizing and painful and we all have enough pain as it is!

[obsidianom]

I have seen gout an ANY extremity joint . It can effect just 1 joint or multiple joints. The most common is the big toe but it can go to the arms/hands, and to the kness or ankles or anywhere on the feet.  I once saw a huge gouty lump or tophus on an elbow.