Anyone been misdiagnosed?
Hi all,
I went to urgent care on Friday because I couldn’t walk on my foot - he diagnosed it as gout within 10 seconds without running any tests - 50 mg of Prednisone for 5 days.
I’m on day 4 and not really feeling much of a difference. Although it seems like I probably have gout, there was one difference in presentation of pain that I noticed when reading up on it. Gout seems to happen out of nowhere whereas I felt soreness in my toe that built up over a few days (that I walked on a lot).
The other thing is that gout hurts at rest? My foot does not hurt at rest - only when applying pressure or walking, then it absolutely throbs.
Could the doctor have jumped the gun on gout? Context: the last 4 weeks I’ve been walking 20k steps a day, so a LOT of pressure on my foot. I don’t drink alcohol or really eat the trigger foods, but genetically not so lucky. I’m still treating this like a gout flare up - anyone here at first diagnosed but then it turned out to be something else?