Today we will talk about gout. Here you can check 10 interesting and useful facts about gout.
10 Facts about Gout
Gout occurs among men usually between the ages of 30 and 50. However, for women, Gout is more likely to erupt after the age of 60.
Gout stands for metabolic arthritis which is a disease created by a buildup of uric acid that gets deposited on the articular cartilage of joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues, resulting in inflammatory reaction of these tissues.
Another fact – gout is characterized by excruciating, burning pain, as well as swelling and redness.
The treatment for Gout includes pain relief, followed by drugs like indomethacin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), oral glucocorticoids, or intra-articular glucocorticoids administered via a joint injection.
The most famous sufferer of gout was Henry VIII. other celebrities include Khubilai Khan, Nostradamus, John Milton, Isaac Newton, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Charles V, Pablo Neruda, and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Another fact – gout affects up to 500,000 (1 in 30) Canadians and occurs more frequently in countries that have a high standard of living.
The features of Gout are linked with a urinary solute, late-onset in women, alcohol drinking, and even abstention of dairy products and were recognized by Aulus Cornelius Celsus in 30 AD.
Gout is rare in China, Polynesia, and the Philippines, but when people born in these countries move to areas with a higher standard of living, their incidence of gout has also tended to increase.
Gout is predominantly a disease of adult men. Moreover, men are at least four times more likely to develop gout than women.
Gout most often affects the big toe. In some cases, it may affect the ankle, knee, foot, hand, wrist, and elbow.
