Should I see a gout specialist?
Seeing a gout specialist isn’t an optional extra. It’s the most effective way to ensure you have fewer attacks and complications and even live longer.
Category: Gout
Covid and gout: An unhealthy combination
During the Covid pandemic, rheumatologists at one of Mexico City’s leading teaching hospitals saw the rate of flare-ups in their gout patients rocket from 1 in 25 to 1 in 3. Uric acid levels rose by 54%, and Covid rates were much higher than for the rest of the population.
Can your morning coffee prevent gout?
Coffee is drunk in vast quantities around the world. Mounting evidence points to many health benefits, including preventing gout. How much should you drink, and will your genes get in the way?
How gout attacks lead to heart attacks
Not only are gout flares excruciatingly painful and highly disruptive, they also seem to increase the chances of you having a heart attack or stroke over the next few months. After reviewing the case files of more than sixty-two thousand British gout patients, researchers found that those who had suffered a heart attack were twice as likely to have had a gout flare-up in the preceding two months.