Gout: When Raised Uric Acid Turns Into Sudden, Severe Joint Pain
It usually starts at 3 am. A 38-year-old businessman from Thane once described it perfectly: “I went to bed completely fine. By midnight, my big toe felt like it was on fire. I couldn’t even let the bedsheet touch it.” He’d had a big family wedding two days earlier – plenty of mutton, prawns, and more than a few rounds of beer. He assumed he’d sprained his toe somehow. What he actually had was an acute gout attack, triggered by a sudden spike in uric acid after a rich, high-purine meal. Gout is far more common in India than most …
Limb Mal-Alignment and Its Role in Knee Arthritis: What Every Patient Should Know
Look down at your legs while standing normally, feet together. Do your knees touch before your ankles do? Or is there a gap between your knees even when your ankles are touching? Most people have never really looked, but this one observation can explain years of unexplained knee pain. We see this often in our clinic in Thane: a 45-year-old office-goer with knee pain only on one side, a homemaker in her 50s whose knee “just wore out early,” a former college athlete now struggling to squat comfortably. In a large number of these cases, the root cause isn’t simply …
Is the ‘Jelly’ Gone from Your Knee?
If you live in Thane or Mumbai, chances are you’ve heard someone say this, or perhaps said it yourself. It’s the way many patients describe knee arthritis: …
Can You Save Your Knee from Arthritis?
Imagine waking up every morning, and the first thing you feel is pain in your knee. Getting out of bed, climbing stairs, and walking to the kitchen, each step is a reminder that something is wrong. …
Why Are Young Indians Getting Knee Arthritis, and What Can You Do About It?
A complete, doctor-informed guide to understanding, preventing, and treating knee arthritis before it steals your mobility, and why joint preservation is your best first option. …
