In the most comprehensive and up-to-date book designed for the gout sufferer, Konshin sets the record straight on the best and most effective ways to treat gout attacks and manage gout's underlying condition, hyperuricemia.

Concise and clinically focused, Gout, by Drs. Naomi Schlesinger and Peter E. Lipsky, provides a one-stop overview of recent developments regarding this common form of inflammatory arthritis. Impacting an estimated 8.3 million people in the U.S. alone, gout is seen frequently by both primary care physicians as well as rheumatologists. This resource provides detailed coverage of the epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with both acute and chronic gout. - Addresses key topics such as genetics, hyperuricemia, comorbidities of gout, treatment guidelines for acute and chronic gout, classification and diagnosis, and imaging. - Discusses future outlooks for improving pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment options, including an overview of drugs in the pipeline. - Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.

Gout: Basic Science and Clinical Practice is a thoroughly researched comprehensive text which covers all important aspects of gout, including its genetics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. Gout is probably the most common rheumatic disease after osteoarthritis and is becoming more common with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the US, and in many other countries. Only about 10% of patients with gout are treated by rheumatologists and this often leads to inadequate diagnosis and treatment in general medical practice. Written by an expert in the field this book is valuable reference for rheumatologists and others in the medical profession who are interested in understanding and managing this important disease.

Gout has been seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius and creativity. It is also believed to protect its sufferers and assure long life. This study investigates the history of gout and offers a perspective on medical and social history, sex, prejudice and class.

Forget about purines. Purine rich food does not cause gout and a low purine diet will not cure it. This book reveals the truth about what really causes gout. Some of you will have heard about the dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup, but you will be surprised to learn that there are other things that many of us eat and drink every day of our lives that can cause gout. The information is this book is based on scientific evidence, not the myths that have shrouded gout for so long. For years we have been told that uric acid serves no biological purpose. This is absolutely not true. Nature has given us some simple and straightforward ways of keeping ourselves healthy and uric acid is one of them. Too much uric acid and things start to go wrong. Maybe gout is giving us a wakeup call. We need a major re-think of how we look at high levels of uric acid and gout. Uric acid is not quite the bad guy it is made out to be.

A strong clinical emphasis is present throughout this volume from the first section of commonly presenting problems through to the section addressing problems shared with a range of other clinical sub-specialties.

It has been estimated by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), that around 6 million adults, in the USA, around the ages of 20 years or older suffer from gout and have been diagnosed with the disease. The majority of the people who have gout are completely clueless with regards to how the issue can lead to even greater concerns later on in life if proper measures are not taken. Therefore, proper education and awareness is important in this regard so that people can become more vigilant. It is a known fact that gout is painful, and with severe gout attacks, a person becomes bedridden and unable to move. If the people who suffer from gout take proper measures to ease their pain, then they can lead much better and healthier lives. They will also suffer from less gout attacks and will be more comfortable overall. There are several remedies in this book that can help gout sufferers. It is important that you, the gout sufferer, get to know about the disease early on so that you can take the necessary steps to avoid the disease becoming extremely painful. For all the questions that you might have related to gout, this book will definitely prove to be a major help as it consists of lots of different aspects related to gout! Covered in this book: - What is gout - Types of gout - Causes - Signs - Symptoms - Tests - Diet and recipes - Treatment - Natural remedies - Alternative treatments - Prevention - Complications - Highlights of current research .... and much more