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[|Human|] I m suffering from a severe gout attackfor 30 days in both feet I have been drinking black cherry and drinking alkaline water while watching purine intake.    could this be related to kidney problems or my diagnosed reflex sympathetic dystrophy in my knees?
[|AI|]  Hi, Gout is a disease of high uric acid content in blood that is due to increased purine intake as you have rightly understood, and decreased elimination by kidneys. There is a certain amount of uric acid that your kidneys can handle, if your intake of Purine containing foods is more than what your kidneys can handle, the extra uric acid remains in the blood and gets deposited in various parts of the body, like skin and joints. This is what has happened in your case. In fact extra uric acid even stagnates in kidneys causing stones. To that extent, yes it is a kidney problem. However, it has no relation to sympathetic dystrophy. Regards