Easy Arthritis

Gout is caused by high uric acid in the blood. In the past it was known as the Patrician’s Malady and thought to be a disease of indulgence, and until the introduction of drugs that lowered the uric acid level, patients suffered recurrent and frequent acute agonising gout and chronic gout leading to polyarthritis, tophi [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Gout, Summary, Treatment

In the days before adequate treatment controlled the blood level of uric acid, chronic gout presented with multiple joint involvement and chronic poly-arthritis. Today this is rare and only found in patients who refuse medication or have poor compliance. Here the acute gout attack will become more frequent. Then other joints become involved. The crystals [...]

Tags: Arthritis, Chronic, Gout, Treatment

If you have an episode of acute gout, it does not mean you have to be on continuous drug therapy to reduce your blood uric acid level. It simply means that your doctor will look for possible factors that may influence the level of uric acid in your blood and continue to check you uric [...]

Tags: Acid, Arthritis, Gout, High, Treatment, Uric

Hippocrates described gout in men and post-menopausal women. Studies have shown that the incidence of potential gout is one in one hundred. Studies have also shown a link between high uric acid blood levels and hypertension and obesity. It is also suggested that the incidence of gout is increasing.
In the past gout was unheard of [...]

Tags: Artritis, Gout, History, Treatment