High Protein Diet and Gout

I woke up on 8/12/16 with a sore foot at the base of my second toe but it wasn't too bad and I could walk on it without too much discomfort, it just felt like I had bruised it somehow.

Fast forward 3 sleepless days/nights of elevating it, icing it, taking Aleve and Tylenol.  Foot so swollen now up to the ankle that I can't wear a shoe on it, can't hardly stand to touch it much less trying to walk on it.  Foot has changed color to a deep reddish purple and feels hot on the inside though the skin feels normal temperature and there are pulses present and strong (so unlikely a blood clot).

After discussing my discharge instructions to follow a "gout diet", most of the items it says I am to avoid are the very things that I should be eating to follow the low-carb, high protein diet I started on when I began this journey.  (I don't have a surgery date and have been denied by the Bariatric Center after my psych evaluation).

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what dietary changes you were able to make and still stay on your diet plan.

How did the ER come to the conclusion it is the gout?  Did they check your uric acid level?  Deep reddish purple seems strange for the gout. 

My husband has the gout and even with his worst episode his entire foot never swelled or turned reddish purple.  His big toe would swell and turn red and he has had it for almost 10 years.   He hasn't had a flare up in a few years and he eats a high protein diet.

You do need to follow up with a doctor for testing to confirm the ER diagnosis.

The ER's job is to get you stable enough to get to your own doctor.  Follow up before you run with their suggestions.