Get checked for gout, especially if you just woke up that way and there was no apparent previous exertion or injury the previous day. It can present very similar to a sprain, but can last for months if left unchecked. Just my two cents, as this has happened to me before, and it was gout. A course of steroids cleared up the immediate pain and inflammation, and some minor changes to my diet has kept it cleared it up since then.
Hmmm based on my diet I doubt it’s gout, I think it’s more likely I got new work shoes a week ago and I think breaking them in gave me a repetitive stress injury.
It’s a quick blood test. I didn’t think my diet would warrant it either, but one day I woke up with a “sprained ankle.” I figured it was just a muscle-spasm or something (I get really bad muscle spasms in my sleep sometimes). Two months later my partner is like: homey, this is not getting better. Stop being an asshole. I’m taking you to urgent care. Sometimes your liver just doesn’t process certain things right and it ends up with uracil build-up. It wasn’t like I had to get my foot chopped off. Just a little change in diet and now it’s fine.
Get checked for gout, especially if you just woke up that way and there was no apparent previous exertion or injury the previous day. It can present very similar to a sprain, but can last for months if left unchecked. Just my two cents, as this has happened to me before, and it was gout. A course of steroids cleared up the immediate pain and inflammation, and some minor changes to my diet has kept it cleared it up since then.
Hmmm based on my diet I doubt it’s gout, I think it’s more likely I got new work shoes a week ago and I think breaking them in gave me a repetitive stress injury.
But still, I’ll look into it.
It’s a quick blood test. I didn’t think my diet would warrant it either, but one day I woke up with a “sprained ankle.” I figured it was just a muscle-spasm or something (I get really bad muscle spasms in my sleep sometimes). Two months later my partner is like: homey, this is not getting better. Stop being an asshole. I’m taking you to urgent care. Sometimes your liver just doesn’t process certain things right and it ends up with uracil build-up. It wasn’t like I had to get my foot chopped off. Just a little change in diet and now it’s fine.
Hope you get better homey!