¿Alguien ha probado cápsulas de semilla de apio?

Cuidado de los pies
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Hola compañeros sufridores de gota.

¿Alguien ha mencionado tomar semillas de apio en el pasado?

A lo largo de los años he sufrido de gota en los pies. El último ataque duró semanas y se movió de un pie a otro casi a diario. Fue principalmente a lo largo de los lados y en la parte superior de mis pies.

La colchicina controló los síntomas, pero no por mucho tiempo. Mi médico de cabecera me recetó medicamentos antiinflamatorios. Ayudaron un poco. Así que hice una búsqueda en Google y encontré la medicación de semillas de apio. Tomé cuatro cápsulas al día. Mi gota empeoró antes de mejorar. Después de un mes tomando las cápsulas, estaba claro. Dos meses después sigo sin síntomas. ¡Hurra!

Además, y no se rían, cada hora más o menos, mientras veo la televisión, me recuesto, levanto ambas piernas en el aire y muevo ambos pies frenéticamente durante unos segundos. La idea es aflojar las articulaciones que albergan los cristales de ácido úrico. Eso es algo que se me ocurrió; tal vez ayuda, no lo sé. Vale la pena intentarlo.

Cualquier comentario sería invaluable.

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Sí, tomo uno al día con un suplemento de Vitamina C. No he tenido un episodio desde abril, pero para ser honesta, paso años sin ataques. Solo decidí probar estos suplementos para ayudar a reducir mi nivel de acidez junto con la pérdida de peso. Así que no puedo decir si funcionaron o no.

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Raising the feet is known to improve symptoms of gout. 

However, I would be careful about declaring victory over gout on the basis of 2 months; it comes and go. But I would reiterate that the important thing for gout is to not be symptom free, but to address the underlying hyperuricemia which if untreated will kill many. 

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No soy médico, por lo que mis conocimientos son limitados en cuanto a este tema. Sin embargo, parece que la semilla de apio estimula a los riñones para que orinen con más facilidad, por lo que es importante beber mucha agua, lo que a su vez esperamos que ayude a eliminar el ácido úrico.

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Cheaper way of stimulating the kidneys into passing more urine: drink more water ;-)

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Yes, as I mentioned, fresh celery or celery seed has worked wonders for me.  It is supposed to have a compound in it, 3nb (3-n-butylphthalide​), which very specifically blocks purines from converting to uric acid.  It is also a mild diuretic.  It also gives celery its distinctive taste. Celery seed is a quick an easy way to add a nice flavor to many dishes!

​I was trying this and that "alternative" remedy.  Cherries - do nothing for me, but taste nice.  I had "real" gout, it started in the toes, it hurt like the devil, it was red and swollen - and I had just eaten a bunch of fresh trout, which I had not realized was on the bad list!  I tried a couple of sticks of celery and - hey, maybe it was helping?  I soon discovered celery seed capsules were available and more convenient, so after the gout attack cleared I started taking a capsule now and then, and finally regularly.  Was also hoping it would help with blood pressure - but nah, not so much.

​So a couple of weeks ago I had what felt like gout, but was not in my toes, was not red and swollen, and moved around a lot, almost hourly, from one joint in my foot to another, and even included one knee. I took more celery seed.  And more.  And it still hurt!  And just before I lost faith in celery, I finally read up about pseudo-gout.  Doh!  I can now go back and reclassify my gout attacks over the past eighteen years, some were gout, some were pseudo-gout - and some, I think, included both.

​But I have not had any real gout for the couple of years now I've been taking the celery seed.  And if you have real gout, it brings at least modest relief within a couple of hours.  And if you shop around a little you can buy the loose seed in bulk for almost nothing, the capsules are modestly expensive, and the loose seed in tiny bottles in the spice department can be modestly expensive, too.  And fresh celery is generally cheap, but you want to eat at least three to five stalks a day, to have full effect.

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Gracias, jx41870.

Su respuesta detallada es muy bienvenida. Esperemos que otros también prueben el apio. Me sorprende que usted considere que puede funcionar tan rápidamente para aliviar el ataque. 

Como dije anteriormente, empeoró antes de mejorar, como ocurre con el alapurinol, que también tarda en eliminar los cristales de las articulaciones. 

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I've read the little research there is on celery seed oil. From that research I see no reason that any rat should suffer from high blood pressure again :-)

It seems that the celery seeds oil (CSO) works by increasing urination by stimulating the kidneys. 

It is speculated that the CSO would help gout by the increased urination.  

Whilst there is no evidence it sounds reasonable that CSO has an effect on gout. NB it is warned that those with kidney issues should not take CSO.

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Have you had the test to prove that it is pseudo gout?

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No, have not even discussed with a doctor since I self-diagnosed, probably will do so in a few weeks.  But I didn't even know there was a test!  Even for regular gout what kind of test is there?  They can measure your blood uric acid, but they'd have to cut open your toe to truly prove it, afaik.

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Es un simple análisis de sangre, nada más. 

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The gold standard for confirming both gout and pseudo gout is extraction of synovial fluid from a joint. There is a slight risk and this may be why they are often reluctant to do it.