What's the Difference between a Charley Horse and Leg Gout?

First of all, I need to make sure that Charley Horse is the informal name of spasms or carmps. If it is, you are totally wrong. Gout is more like a chronic disease that usually happens we get old, especially the people living in humid country. Charley Horse (if I am not mistaken) is a kind of sports injuries or the problem for the people lacking of exercise. According to what I had learned, they are totally different, and the ways to treat them are diverse, too. Is it enough? Or you need more information?

I think you will find that they are not related at all! Gout is a collection of "uremic acid" usually located in your distal digits..toes, fingers! "Charley horses" are contraction of muscles, often due to over exertion, and there is a lack of profusion to the muscles, and they often occur during activity! I suffer from "extremity spasms" which are different from the above two, these spasms are due to blockages in the femoral and brachial arteries and will be treated with angioplasty (a form of surgery)! These are both experienced during activity (mostly) and at rest!

mythociate theyt are very different as gout is a disease in which uric acid crystals form in the blood of the foot and the person must not eat meat and certain other foods. Meat triggers the gout.Gout is always felt in the feet. A charleyhorse is just a muscle spasm that makes a painful knot in the calf of your leg add You can often get it to release by simply walking it off. it is not disease at all.the charleyhorse is usually caused by an imbalance in the electrolytes of the body either because of dehydration or by eating too much salt. You can prevent charleyhorses by not eating salty foods or by drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water each day .