Eliminating Obscurities: Gouty Tophi In The Ear

Your ear is a hub for tens of thousands of nerve endings. Hence, your ears tend to be on the list of the most sensitive areas of the body. They are more sensitive to pain, tickling pleasure and other sensations.  Because of this, our instinct is to protect them from danger.

Gouty tophi is simply one of the many entities that may pose threat to your precious ears. But, it is one of the most painful and fear-inducing.

Pain, fear and your protective instincts are probably the reason you end up reading this article. You may be curious about the chalky lumps appearing on your ear, or terrified by the milky white crystals poking out of your skin. Whatever is the reason, you will understand those mysteries after you read through this article.

How did they reach the ear?

It is hard to believe that out of all body parts, tophi can build up on the ear. Your ears are veinous; the blood vessels creeping there are veins and not larger blood vessels. Hence, there is uric acid carried by blood flow.

The problem begins with the relatively low temperature of your ear. This low temperature results from the low blood flow and exposure to the environment while having no protection from fats. Crystallization occurs at such temperature. This means that your ears are still likely to form gouty tophi.

Gouty tophi in the outer ear

The most common case of gouty tophi is in the outer ear. White chalky nodules appear on the helix of the ear. They cause searing pain during or before gout attacks. In some cases, these lumps pierce the skin and protrude as milky white crystals.  

This case can be detected even before the lump begins to be distinctively visible. This is because it is very rare for the ears to be the first part to suffer from tophi. Most likely, you are already suffering from hyperurecemia or even gout before you develop gouty tophi in the outer ear. In case you haven’t been diagnosed of high uric acid concentration yet and you feel searing pain in your outer ear, you should go get a diagnosis.

Gouty tophi in the middle ear

If you have knowledge about gout, you are probably aware that gout forms in the uric acid accumulated in the synovial fluids. Synovial fluids are found between synovial joints such as the toes. 

Yes, you don’t have limbs in your ears. Nonetheless, your middle ear have auditory ossicles; the three small bones called malleus, incus and stapes (hammer, anvil and stirrup). These bones are connected by synovial joints.

There are extremely rare cases of gouty tophi formation in this area. Though rare, it is one of the most frightening case of gouty tophi. Imagine a lump of crystal inside the most sensitive part of your body. The more frightening part is the fact that It can cause deafness.

Fear not! This case is extremely rare, especially because there are ways to further enhance your chance of having gouty tophi in the middle ear, such as Calkaline, an activated mineral that can enhance the alkalinity of water.

Avoiding gouty tophi ear

To avoid forming gouty tophi in your ears, you should avoid the cause. In this case, the temperature of your ear is a major contributing factor. Therefore, you should avoid getting your ears into cold extremes.

When you are out during the cold seasons, you should try to cover your head, including your ears, with stuff that can warm you. For instance, earmuffs. Reduced exposure to the cold air means less temperature for your ear. You should also do this when you sleep.  

You should maintain the practices you do in maintaining your uric acid level. However, if you don’t see any improvement, you should seek alternative ways such as taking ionized alkaline water to increase the rate of uric acid removal. Using Calkaline to turn your water into ionized alkaline water is a particularly good choice. It has a proven track record of lowering the uric acid concentration of gout patients.

The cure for gouty tophi ear

Whether your gouty tophi are in a state of being small lumps or protruding crystals, the tophi can be totally eliminated. Unfortunately, it is hard to reverse the damage already done to your cartilages.

This can be done by undergoing a surgery. This surgery, when compared to surgeries to remove the tophi in other parts of your body, is easier because of the nature of your ear. Nevertheless, infections may still occur if you choose to undergo the surgery. This can lead to further damages which will cost you more pain and more expenditures.

An alternative is to be patient and wait for the effects of your low uric acid diet. This will definitely take time, but the process can be boosted if you intake ionized alkaline water to make the elimination of the crystals faster. The ionized property of Calkaline gives it a nano-structure that is so small it can easily navigate around your body thus reaching tophus infested areas in a faster rate. This way, crystallized uric acid will be pulled back to your bloodstream faster. Your excretory system now can expel the villain out of your precious body. You should take note that the crystal took time forming. Hence, patience should be exercised. The crystals formed over the course of years and even decades. That is why you should give yourself sometime. It may take six months to a couple of years but on the course of recovery, you will definitely experience development including a significant drop of uric acid in your first month.

Gouty tophi is definitely something to be feared. But once you start to demystify its nature, you will find not only resolve but also the right instruments and methods to fight this villain. Start your treatment now. You don’t have to prolong your misery. Enlist all aid available.