The most common symptom of gout, which afflicts about three-quarters of gout sufferers, is excruciating pain in the joint at the base of the big toe. However, joints in other parts of the body including the feet, hands, wrists, knees, shoulders, and elbows are fair game for gout attacks. Joints can become so swollen and inflamed that the patient develops a fever and chills. Gout comes on...

I am writing this feeling appalled! One of my ex-gout customers wrote a recent e-mail to me stating the cost of gout medication. I was completely unaware of the extreme expense of gout medication. I guess, I just assumed that mediation couldn't be more than a few hundred dollars. However, I was wrong! "My husband (who suffered from gout) has seen several doctors in the past year. ...

Should you take Vitamin C for gout? The answer is probably yes, but read on for a possibly relevant caution. Gout cures require that uric acid levels be reduced. Vitamins and drugs work in two ways to reduce uric acid levels. One is restricting its supply by inhibiting purine breakdown into uric acid, the other is improving uric acid's breakdown into the urine. Vitamin C is thought to be a uric...

Gout is not a very common disease and it does not affect anyone. However, there are some factors of risk when it comes to gout. Here are some of the most important risk factors in gout cases: Genetics - studies have shown that almost one of four people who suffer from gout have family history of this medical condition; this is to say that more than fifteen percent of all gout patients,...

When a gout attack strikes it's usually excruciatingly painful, leaving most sufferers willing to do almost anything to make the pain go away. Because for some people, even when they do their best to eat the right diet, and take all of the other precautions that are suggested by medical professionals, an attack can occur. There are a few things you can do right away to stop your gout attack from...